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Ray Funderburk III was removed from the Cape Fear Community College Board of Trustees last week. Now that he’s off the board, he’s sharing two concerning experiences he said happened during his tenure.
At Thursday night’s Cape Fear Community College Board of Trustees meeting, President Jim Morton gave a lengthy presentation on the college’s accomplishments over the last five years since he’s been in charge. Some of these were increasing enrollment numbers, upping state funding through course credits called full-time equivalency (FTE), and building improvements on campus.
Last week, members of Cape Fear Community College Board of Trustees (BOT) pushed Trustee Ray Funderburk III into a closed session, after he said he wanted to make a public statement about the removal of former Trustee Jimmy Hopkins by New Hanover County Commission Chair Julia Olson-Boseman.
At Wednesday’s Cape Fear Community College Board of Trustees meeting, Trustee Ray Funderburk brought up the contentious removal of former Trustee Jimmy Hopkins — but was almost immediately shut down by the board chair and attorney.
Rule was the starting goalie for the U.S. in 1974 and a 1998 Hall of Fame inductee.