The liberal left in the Legislature is wasting no time in pushing the latest effort to recognize and protect homosexual behavior in North Carolina's schools. After being defeated in the Senate last year, gay advocates have refiled the bill in the NC Senate with a freakishly large title and pushed it through earlier this month. [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2009
- 1May27
Skybus Part Deux?
Remember Skybus? The low-cost airline that was supposed to fly out of Greensboro's PTI airport supposedly lured to NC with million in incentives that ultimately failed miserably? Well, it looks like the ex-CEO of Skybus is targeting a return to PTI with a new low-cost airline called JetAmerica. No word yet on if an emergency [...]
- 3May27
Apple of Their Eye
As reported in today's N&O, the NC House admitted that North Carolina's business climate is so bad that it has to bribe companies to locate here – or as the N&O reports: The state House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday in favor of tax incentives designed to lure Apple Computer to North Carolina. The bill has already [...]
- May27
At Least LaHood Admits It
President Obama's Secretary of Transportation, former Republican Congressman Ray LaHood, finally admitted publicly what the President's transportation policy is about. In response to George Will's recent column (a great read on its own) calling LaHood "Secretary of Behavior Modification" LaHood responded: "About everything we do around here is government intrusion into people's lives," he said. [...]
- 1May26
A case for why Ethics Legislation/Rules are not all good
With the reporting on the Easley corruption scandal and the attention on Mary Easley and her "job" at NCSU, it would seem like legislative action to save the taxpayers some money and put an end to a part of the drama would be as simple as a line in the budget. Of course nothing is easy when you [...]
- May26
Wake Schools & Memorial Day: Change the policy.
The N & O reports only 59 percent of year-round students showed up to class on Memorial Day in Wake County’s 49 year-round schools. Yesterday’s attendance rate was significantly less than the 95 percent of students who are in school on an average day. School on Memorial Day? While Wake County’s policy is legal, the very idea [...]
- May22
A Shorter School Year? Come on.
In order to deal with a House budget for schools that is $930 million less than the original budget, Rep. Rick Glazier (D-Cumberland) is suggesting cutting five days from the end of the school year. Doing so would save the state about $100 million. Glazier says the last week of school is usually short on [...]
- May22
What is the life of a child worth?
How much value can you assign to the life of a child. If you happen to be a 7 year old little boy playing in your grandmother's yard when a drunk illegal alien speeds through your neighborhood, runs over you, flees the scene and then gives several different names to law enforcement, your life may [...]
- 1May22
I Hate to Say I Told You So
As the current budget "crisis" unfolds in Raleigh, many are shocked and surprised by some of the developments that have unfolded. They wouldn't be if they followed this blog or the research provided at nccivitas.org For starters, I wrote about how the Governor and Senate were using overly optimistic revenue projections to balance their budget [...]
- May21
Less Taxes, More Revenue
Can North Carolina increase tax revenues by decrease taxing percentages? I think the answer to this is yes. If North Carolina reduced its personal income tax to 0% (from 7.75%) and it's corporate income tax to 5% (from 6.90%), then there is a strong possibility that our tax revenues would increase. First, it has [...]