The far-left N.C. Budget & Tax Center pens this op-ed in today’s News & Observer. Reportedly written with a straight face, the author declares that the cure for what ails North Carolina is another $1.6 billion tax hike. This article would be laughable if it weren’t for the fact that many will take it seriously [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2012
More Questions Around Latest Hoke County Spin of Lunch Search
Hoke County Schools Assistant Superintendent Bob Barnes is now telling the media a state inspector was at West Hoke Elementary School when some children’s home made lunches were inspected and supplemented with school meals. Barnes is quoted by the Burlington Times News as saying an “agent” from the state Division of Childhood Development and Early [...]
NC Center for Voter Education Disenfranchises Military and Students with ID Requirement
The liberal election law advocacy group, “NC Center for Voter Education”, is requiring students and military members to show a VALID ID in order to get a discount to their awards dinner. The Center for Voter Education must believe that people would lie about their age and military service to save $15 to attend their awards dinner. [...]
NEA dues support politics; not education
Education Intelligence Agency reported in January that the National Education Association (NEA) gave $18.8 million to advocacy groups in 2010. The contribution totals for each group were tabulated from financial disclosure records. Remember: these contributions do NOT represent the money that NEA gave to political candidates, but contributions — from member dues — made to [...]
Paper or Paper? Plastic Bag Ban Failure
Just over two and a half years ago, North Carolina passed S.L 2009-163 – a new law that banned the use of plastic bags in a few select coastal counties (Currituck, Dare and Hyde). The bill was inspired primarily because Marc Basnight got upset about seeing plastic bags littering the roads of his district. Unsurprisingly, [...]
