We've already learned how the General Assembly leadership loves to stack the deck of "study committees" with people who have their minds made up, so will it be any surprise who gets appointed to this committee. H952 would authorize a study committee on teacher compensation specifically to look at merit-based proposals. Along with members appointed [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2009
- Mar31
Card Check Reality
Our friends at the Heritage Foundation put together this video with a former union organizer to demonstrate the lengths the unions will go to in order to get signed cards.
- 1Mar30
Maybe This is Why Nobody Knows Who Marc Basnight Is…
From an article in American Journalism Review: This winter, AJR conducted its fifth census of newspaper reporters who cover state government, its first since 2003, and found a staggering loss of reporting firepower at America's state capitols. The tally found only 355 full-time newspaper reporters at the nation's state capitols, a 32 percent decrease from [...]
- Mar30
Gov. Say — And Gov. Do
For only being in office two month’s Governor Perdue is already perfecting the art of saying one thing and doing another. At her remarks at last week’s North Carolina Association of Educator’s convention in Raleigh, Perdue used the time to reiterate her promise to fight for teacher jobs and protect public education from state budget [...]
- 5Mar30
Free Community College for Convicts
In a recently introduced bill, Representatives Larry Womble (D-Forsyth), Earline Parmon (D-Forsyth) and Pricey Harrison (D-Guilford) propose to give free tuition to recently released convicts. While the merits of giving people that have committed crimes against society a leg up after they complete their obligations to the state can be debated at length, there remains [...]
- 2Mar30
Civitas Poll: Legislative Leaders Unknown
This probably comes as little surprise to many of us, but is disappointing nonetheless — the leadership of the General Assembly are virtually unknown to the vast majority of North Carolinians. We tested the name ID of the Republican and Democratic leadership of both the House and Senate and here are the results: Opinion of [...]
- Mar30
Fancy Green Bulbs Fail, Surprise!
Have you bought into the all of the hype about compact fluorescent light bulbs? If you have then you may want to take a look at what the New York Times has to say about them. In an article picked up by the Charlotte Observer on Saturday, some of the shortcomings of the light bulb [...]
- Mar29
Corruption in NC?
The News & Observer has two stories this morning on possible corruption (my words not theirs) by former Governor Mike Easley. This one talks about trips and a car for he an his wife Mary (a $170,000 employee of NCSU). This one is about his son (a law student) getting a free car. Before the left screams we need [...]
- Mar28
Illegal Immigration
Jeff posted on North Carolina being a haven for Illegal Immigrants. WRAL-TV has something to say on the issue with a report on how illegals are leaving as the economy slows. The news report says 140,000 have left N.C. and 1.5 million the U.S. In 2007 while the national debate raged on immigration reform enforcement first [...]
- Mar27
Just Look at the Results
Modern day versions of Paul Revere have been sounding the alarm about illegal immigration for years now with little effect on North Carolina's elected officials, the notable exception being a growing number of our Sheriffs. We have warned local lawmakers of the cost of becoming sanctuary cities and tried to tell anyone that would listen [...]