Tax increases are not the only option
How we build and maintain roads in North Carolina is complicated. How we pay for them doesn’t have to be. Here are four suggestions (in order of policy preference) to fix the gas tax... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Sex acts don't violate lobbyist gift ban
Sexual acts between lobbyists and a state official covered by North Carolina's state ethics act do not constitute a "reportable expenditure" or "things of value," according to a ruling the State... Read More
Spin cycle blurs gas tax reality
by Eric Frazier, Charlotte Observer, February 11, 2015. Why is it so hard for politicians to understand that everyday citizens aren’t total idiots? That’s my question after hearing the spin N.C... Read More
Fair elections, later
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, February 13, 2014. If the legislature can’t set partisan politics aside now, how about 15 years from now? Better late than never. Recognizing that Senate... Read More
Pure Baloney
Reverend William Barber went down to the newspaper and sat down with Ned Barnett to have a chat about the state’s soul. Now the main problem with the state spiritually, according to Reverend... Read More
The disingenuous gas tax hike an ominous sign for the legislative session
If you are looking for a sign about what sort of legislative session to expect this year, the gas tax increase passed by the Senate this week is an ominous one. Don’t be confused by the misleading... Read More
Seizing cash without criminal charges is dead wrong
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, February 12, 2015. If you can’t prove the crime, you can’t take a dime. Or at least that’s the way it ought to be in America. But a case that occurred in... Read More
N&O desperate to manufacture 'revenue crisis'
The N&O is at it again, trying desperately to drive the narrative that somehow the tax cuts enacted in 2013 are wreaking havoc on the state budget – which in the eyes of the N&O is far more... Read More
School grades just one step in improving schools
by June Atkinson, NC Superintendent of Public Instruction, printed in News and Observer, February 12, 2015. Regarding the state’s first round of A-F School Performance Grades released last week... Read More
