Citizens of Cabarrus County are asked to contact all members of the North Carolina House of Representatives and respectfully request that they vote to “NOT CONCUR” with the senate version of HB1218 when it comes back to the house. This matter will come up in the next scheduled session of the House which is Monday […]
Recap on Common Core: The main issue is grant funding that was given to our state with strings attached. The Race to the Top Phase II federal grant mandated the implementation of standards common to a majority of states. The RttT agreement was a 3-part initiative: common standards, student data mining, & school reform/transformation – […]
It’s not surprising that once the information NCDOT possessed on the projected costs of the I77 HOT became public, that the bureaucracy would go into full fledged spin mode. That appears to be what happened yesterday as the date for signing the 50 year contract with the Spanish contracting firm, Cintra, looms later this week. One could expect that when […]
Democratic Senator Kay Hagan’s campaign is highlighting her Republican challenger’s comments about “traditional” North Carolina voters in building a narrative that Thom Tillis is divisive and offensive. The latest addition for this meme came from an old appearance Tillis made on a Charlotte public television show: Williams: Let’s start fairly broad with the Republican Party. You watch— […]
During a recent interview with Diane Sawyer, Hillary Clinton claimed that Bill and her were “dead broke” when they left the White House. And then on Sunday, Hillary told the Guardian that they are not “truly well off” despite having earned about a hundred million dollars since leaving the White House and owning a couple of luxury homes. […]
Through a provision within the House-proposed state budget, some NC lawmakers are urging the adoption of a Joint Enforcement Agreement (JEA) between NC Marine Patrol and the federal government. Adoption of the agreement would mean that the NC Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) will receive federal funds (previously estimated at $150,000 – $200,000 annually) in […]
Greetings! CAUTION’s Summer Sessions are in full swing…and it’s really Summer now as well! Join us Monday evening at the Dilworth Neighborhood Grille from 6-7:30 for some great conversation with fellow conservatives. This is a long newsletter, so let’s dive in!! This week, in addition to our This Week in History presentation, we’ll also hear […]
Despite the many benefits of living in South Carolina (ahem, cheaper gas, ahem), there remains a number of practices that I find just silly when it comes to local politics. South Carolina gets it half right in not having it’s citizens register by Party affiliation, but it then continues to run elections in a partisan […]
On Tuesday night the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners adopted the County Manager’s proposed budget. During discussions, I made a substitute proposal. My proposal would continue to fund everything in the Manager’s budget, but would lower the tax rate by one penny by reducing the allocation to the Debt Service Fund by one penny. **The […]
You may have heard that less than two weeks ago the NC House passed a bill (HB 1061) which would end the state’s participation in Common Core education standards. House Bill 1061 promotes decentralized government and takes control from unaccountable federal bureaucrats and puts it back into the hands of the citizens of North Carolina. […]
