Join The Bastiat Society’s Charlotte chapter on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. at Hance Auditorium at Johnson & Wales University for a debate on net neutrality! Get more information Register Now! I can’t make it Have you wondered about the nature of the net neutrality regulations and their implications for liberty? We’re excited […]
We had the occasion recently to catch up with a recent college graduate friend of ours (we have trained hundreds now in The Institute for the Public Trust) who is now in the last year of his Ph.D program in statistical economics, whatever that is. He is a gifted advanced mathematics person with a great […]
While Governor Pat McCrory has all but refused to meet with citizens concerned with plans to give a 50 year contract to a foreign company to construct toll roads on I-77, the recent uptick in local opposition has now led to some discussions between McCrory, the NCDOT, and some members of the local General Assembly […]
Background In February 1937, flush with confidence after his historic 1936 landslide, Franklin Roosevelt made a rare political miscalculation. The first wave of New Deal legislation often found the President at odds with the Court, as the Court struck down one piece of legislation after another. FDR figured he could remedy this inconvenience by packing […]
Let me generalize. Many people are Democrats, some believe in democracy. Many people are Republicans, some believe in a republic. Those who register Independent or third party find neither of the two major parties to their liking. People of majority northern European ancestry, if registered to vote, are Democrats, Republican or Independent. People of African […]
On Sunday, Cornelius Commissioner Dave Gilroy sent out an email outlining many of his concerns with the proposed HOT lane corridor on I-77 between Charlotte and Mooresville. As a result of his efforts, Cornelius Commissioners on Monday unanimously passed his resolution to ask the State of North Carolina to delay for 90 days the financial close […]
Shawn Dow with the Foundation for Applied Conservative Leadership will be hosting a political leadership class in Concord, NC on May 9. His training is being sponsored by the Cabarrus Conservative Alliance, though there is still a minor cost to attend. You can learn more and register by clicking HERE. The Foundation regularly sends out some pretty […]
The I-77 tolling contract contains a non-compete clause that allows Cintra to be compensated for lost revenues resulting from certain public improvements. Basically, if we add any general purpose interstate lanes we’ll not only pay for construction costs but also whatever revenues Cintra is projected to lose. There are a few exceptions to this. One exception is if […]
Earlier this week, a child’s life in Aurora, Colorado was forever changed when she discovered that the Cookie Monster is not actually the happy, fuzzy, blue creature who loves to eat and share his sweets on TV, but a cafeteria worker at her pre-school who confiscated the small pack of Oreo cookies her mother lovingly […]
Background In the summer of 1787 legislators from every state gathered in Philadelphia to debate and draft what became the Constitution of the United States. Their hopes were buoyed by the success two years earlier of the Mt Vernon Convention, when Virginia and Maryland drafted the first inter-state compact in American history, an agreement regarding […]
