Governor Beverly Perdue issued a statement today she would not run for re-election. She claimed it would get in the way of improving education in North Carolina. Political analysts say she had very little chance of winning anyway. Perdue won by a very small margin over former Republican Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory mainly because she [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Someone give the Chapel Hill Town Council some help
After months of failing to enforce town rules for permits, limits on how long groups can remain in public places and smoking bans near public buildings, it took town of Chapel Hill officials only little over a week to lose patience with homeless men who had begun congregating at Peace and Justice Plaza and sleeping [...]
Gov. Perdue Not Running for Re-Election?
According to Politico, Gov. Bev Perdue is expected to announce today that she isn’t running for re-election. Gov. Perdue consistently does poorly in the polls when matched up against Republican Pat McCrory. She has one of the lowest approval ratings in the country. Even with in her own party, Perdue has faced speculation about Democratic [...]
Right to Work Law Passes in Indiana
The Indiana House of Representative has just approved Right to Work legislation that would protect employees from mandatory union fees. From the Washington Post: INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s Republican-controlled House of Representatives has cleared the way for Indiana to become the first right-to-work state in the traditionally union-heavy Rust Belt.The House voted 54-44 Wednesday to make [...]
Would Employment Go Up if NC Adopted Alabama’s Immigration Enforcement Law?
Immigrationreform.com has a post about the dramatic drop in the unemployment rate in Alabama since they adopted HB 56, immigration reform legislation, in late August. Ever since Alabama began implementing its immigration enforcement law, H.B. 56, in late September, the state’s unemployment rate has been dropping like a stone. In just the first month the [...]
