News reports: “The state should close an Elizabeth City museum, a Kinston historic site and reduce operating hours at seven other locations to reduce operating expenses at attractions with high costs and low visitor traffic, the Legislature’s fiscal watchdog agency said Tuesday.”
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Wake County’s Transit Plan: High Costs, Little Benefit
UNC-Charlotte professor of transportation studies Dr. David Hartgen dissects the proposed Wake County Transit plan in this N&O piece. Like most centrally-planned boondoggles, this transit plan includes heavy costs with little benefit – and forces many to subsidize the commuting plans of a few. Light rail service would cost $33 per rider per trip and [...]
Racial Justice Act & News and Observer Exposed
State Senate President pro tem Phil Berger (R – Rockingham) has a great letter in today’s N&O. In it he takes the paper’s editorial page to task for misrepresenting the Racial Justice Act and for misrepresenting a Twitter statement from his office. The RJA is a bad piece of legislation and every District Attorney in [...]
Obama Budget Proposal: $6.7 Trillion in New Debt, Higher Taxes, More Spending, No Entitlement Reforms
The Obama administration released its 2013 fiscal year budget proposal today, and the numbers are disheartening for anyone expecting the President to offer a serious proposal to put the nation on a path to fiscal stability. James Pethokoukis of the American Enterprise Institute sums up the proposed budget over at AEI’s blog: All in all, Obama has proposed some [...]
Candidate Filing Period Starts
Candidates began filing for office at noon Monday. The current State Personnel Director Linda Coleman added her name to a list of those seeking the Democratic nomination for Lt. Governor. She served briefly in the state House of Representatives. Rep. Bill Faison (D-Orange) also officially entered the primary race for Governor. The cornerstone of [...]
