The NC House, that is. Meck Deck directs our attention to the John Locke Foundation’s Locker Room, where Becki Gray dissects a House budget that is rife with one-time funding for recurring obligations, stuffed with $50 million in new corporate giveaways, and sets the stage for a $3 billion shortfall next year.
Fat, lazy grasshoppers in Mecklenburg, by way of Aesop’s fable that teaches to, “prepare for want before it comes.” County Manager Jan Winters explains how Gaston was able to avoid a tax hike this year, even while selling off the first load of bonds voters approved three years ago to build a new high school, […]
And no surprise that it entails hiking taxes and spending copious amounts of other people’s money. The latest from The Heritage Foundation reports that Congress is on a binge, increasing spending by $174 billion and adding $134 billion to the deficit, while hiding it under the guise of so-called “must pass” tax provisions. The gruesome […]
And doing so at the alarming expense of the private sector, which from 2001 to 2009 lost nearly 50,000 jobs. At the same time, state government ballooned by adding almost 35,000 jobs, a staggering increase of 12.3 percent, according to a recent report by the John W. Pope Civitas Institute. “The growth in state government […]
According to the latest Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll, an eye-popping 40% of the nation’s voters strongly disapprove of Barack Obama’s performance as President, while only 28% strongly approve of the same. Digging a little deeper, overall, 48% of voters said the at least somewhat approve of the president’s performance; 51% disapprove. In other […]
Since we have been in the mode over the past year of ‘solving’ all the ills we face such as these yawning budget deficits, health care and capping the BP Oil Volcano in the Gulf, I figured: “Why not take a swing at the bat at figuring out what to do with the illegal immigrant […]
Possibly right below the badges of Char-Meck police officers and firefighters, if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has his way. Reid, facing an uphill re-election bid in a state rife with union power and sway, is pushing federal legislation that would give public safety workers in North Carolina collective bargaining rights when negotiating for pay […]
On Wednesday, Harold Johnson, Republican Candidate for the 8th Congressional District, announced the endorsement of six key players in the Tea Party movement: Craig Nannini, Mecklenburg County Tea Party Leader; Rev. Russ Fincham, Tea Party Patriot activist from Rockingham; Corey Thompson, Co-Founder of CAUTION (“Common Americans United To Inspire OUR Nation”), Tea Party activist, and […]
Charlotte’s former boy mayor’s latest adventure in the political realm is the New Leadership PAC, which the site informs that McCrory established “to promote issues that he feels are critical to the future of North Carolina.” The organization purports as a goal identifying and supporting “future leaders and candidates” and concentrating on voter outreach efforts. […]
Taking a page from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ free- and reduced-price lunch program – latest motto, “We feed anybody, just ask” – the state is easing income restrictions for food stamp eligibility. The Wilmington Star-News has the rundown here. In a nutshell: The state’s federally funded Food and Nutrition Services program, commonly called food stamps, is currently […]
