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WUNC reports from Greensboro about Guilford County and surrounding area.

Leaders Urge Congress To "Fix the Debt"

Some prominent North Carolinians are joining a national campaign to "Fix the Debt". North Carolina's "Fix the Debt" campaign hopes to set a bipartisan example with former Republican governor Jim Holshouser and former Democratic governor Jim Hunt standing side-by-side.

Jim Hunt:"Everyone in Washington worthy of representing the American people must be willing to compromise."

Hunt says if they don't and spending cuts and tax increases take effect in January, the result will be another recession. Tonya Cockman is C-E-O of Greensboro-based Clear Defense. She says the fiscal stalemate is stifling her business

Tonya Cockman: "The ability to hire, to expand, to prepare for the future. Businesses need certainty..and there is currently none."

Coalition members say they aren't endorsing any single plan to fix the debt.

Gurnal Scott joined North Carolina Public Radio in March 2012 after several stops in radio and television. After graduating from the College of Charleston in his South Carolina hometown, he began his career in radio there. He started as a sports reporter at News/Talk Radio WTMA and won five Sportscaster of the Year awards. In 1997, Gurnal moved on to television as general assignment reporter and weekend anchor for WCSC-TV in Charleston. He anchored the market's top-rated weekend newscasts until leaving Charleston for Memphis, TN in 2002. Gurnal worked at WPTY-TV for two years before returning to his roots in radio. He joined the staff of Memphis' NewsRadio 600 WREC in 2004 eventually rising to News Director. In 2006, Raleigh news radio station WPTF came calling and he became the station's chief correspondent. Gurnal’s reporting has been honored by the South Carolina Broadcasters Association, the North Carolina Associated Press, and the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas.
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