After solidifying the Democratic nomination for President, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) has pulled to within four points of Republican nominee Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) in North Carolina according to the Civitas Institute’s June DecisionMaker poll results released today. Among all voters, Sen. McCain leads Sen. Obama 45-41, a net pickup of one point over last [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2008
- Jun17
Gas Prices: Ga Ga over Transit?
So, with gas prices going up to record levels, is transit suddenly becoming a silver bullet? NO, says Randal O’Toole. Here’s why: "Journalists are all gaga over reports of a 4 percent decline in driving and a 3.4 percent increase in transit ridership. But do the math: transit only carries about 1.5 percent of urban [...]
- 1Jun16
Health Socialism in Repose
If Adam Searing is indignant, something good must be happening in healthcare–or, at least, nothing bad is happening. Well, Adam Searing is indignant. He’s angry that the N.C. Senate decided to pull extra money that was slated to expand socialized Medicine in North Carolina. Apparently, times is tight and they (the G.A.) can’t find the [...]
- Jun16
June Poll Results Coming This Week
Our June DecisionMaker poll results are in, and we’ll be releasing some of the details this week: Tuesday – PresidentWednesday – US SenateThursday – GovernorFriday – combating high gas prices Full results will be released next Wednesday at our monthly poll luncheon. Special guest this month is Bill Lumaye from WPTF. Reserve your seat here.
- Jun16
25% = Majority
Only in the world of unions does less that one-forth of employees voting for a union give approval for the union. Take the recent results in Colorado, where the Governor single-handedly enacted collective bargaining for state employees, then when the vote for unionization occurred, less that 25% of state workers voted in favor! Yet, that [...]
- Jun16
Jim Black’s Legacy Continues
Another campaign contributor to disgraced former Speaker of the House Jim Black is headed to prison. Video poker maven Michael Waguespack was sentenced to five years in Federal prison for money laundering profits from his video poker business. Waguespack gave Black at least $2000, some of which came to Black on the same day that [...]
- 1Jun12
Legislative Lowdown: Forced Annexation
The House Finance Committee on Thursday, June 12th dealt a blow to cities in North Carolina that prefer to annex new territory without the consent of that area’s citizens. North Carolina is one of the few states that allow forcible annexation and anger has been building out in the hinterland for years. Just last week, [...]
- Jun12
First Step Towards Collective Bargaining
As the General Assembly continues to debate giving collective bargaining rights to public employees, the first step in the process is apparently moving through the Senate next Tuesday. SB 1394 would allow employees to have union dues deducted from their paychecks. In essence, the state payroll office will be acting as a conduit to allow [...]
- Jun12
How Mexico Treats Its Illegal Aliens
Check this out. Imagine that … Mexico has a hypocritical immigration policy …
- Jun12
Rasmussen July Poll – Copycats!
WRAL has released their latest Rasmussen poll of NC, and geez, some of the questions look real, real familiar. Oh wait, they are familiar… we asked practically the exact same questions in previous months! The oil drilling question we asked last month.The question on official language we’ve asked many, many times of the past couple [...]