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W.D. Eastwood: No impact on poverty

Of the UNC Board of Governors’ stated reasons for closing the UNC Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity, the most important is obviously that the center has not produced an appreciable impact on the reduction of poverty.

By that criteria, the North Carolina legislature and governor’s office would have been closed long ago.

W.D. Eastwood

New Bern

This story was originally published March 19, 2015 at 12:33 PM with the headline "W.D. Eastwood: No impact on poverty."

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