Another Huntersville focused article ahead in case you want to stop reading now. I delivered the remarks below during the public comment session for the proposed FY15-16 budget at the Huntersville Town Board meeting on Monday, May 18. You can view the entire budget here along with the Town Manager’s summary here. I was the […]
Dear CRTPO Representative, Who Owns This Divisive I77 Non-Solution? The Governor is pointing his finger at you – the CRTPO – and saying you as the representatives of the Charlotte region asked for the P3 HOT lane solution being imposed on Lake Norman and other managed lane concepts in the Charlotte region (He didn’t mention […]
Is there global warming? Does mankind have an influence upon the weather or the climate? If so, how much do man’s actions actually influence the weather? Most importantly; can man, through his actions or in-actions, actually influence the climate in a chosen direction? The answer to the first question is yes. The Earth has been […]
Is Hillary Clinton supporting policies that are un-American? So says her potential rival for the Democratic nomination, former Rhode Island governor (and United States Senator) Lincoln Chafee, in an exclusive interview today reported here. Gov. Chafee has a credible claim to become the most potent threat to upset Mrs. Clinton’s nomination by the Democratic Party. […]
My name is Michele Nix and I’m running for the NC Republican Party Vice-Chairman position. The Republican Party needs those in leadership who can and will attract like-minded individuals from all walks of life, including minorities and youth. My vision for the North Carolina Republican Party is to instill the core values of Strength and Unity which […]
Background On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or “Obamacare.” The law required virtually everyone in the country to purchase healthcare insurance or pay a penalty, a clause known as the “individual mandate”. Fourteen states immediately filed suit and by January 2011 that number had swelled […]
Thumbing trough my local paper Sunday, I came across a full-page ad paid for by theWaterkeeper Alliance regarding a “RALLY FOR RACIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE” with the hashtag #RaiseAStink. This peaked my attention of course, so I called the number listed for Lower Neuse Riverkeeper (252) 637-7972 and spoke with my “source”. It seems the Waterkeeper Alliance, the NC Environmental […]
For years now we’ve been told that one of the benefits of the I-77 toll lanes is they will encourage carpooling because vehicles with three or more occupants can use the lanes for free. NCDOT’s website proclaims: Speaking of free, there are several ways you can use the express lanes without spending a dime. The […]
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 […]
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 […]
