A wise man once told me that you should never hire someone you cannot fire. According to an April 6, 2012 N&O article, NC Commerce Secretary Keith Crisco asked his Director of the Community Development Division, Henry McKoy, to resign and McKoy refused. Don Carrington broke the story about McKoy’s “efforts to funnel $2 million [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2012
N&O Fact Checker Observes Only Half the Story
The N&O fact checks a claim made by Walter Dalton in the recent Democratic gubernatorial debate regarding job creation numbers resulting from a corporate welfare economic development program – the One North Carolina Fund. Dalton claimed that the fund “created 60,000 jobs and produced $11 billion worth of investment since its inception.” Here’s how the [...]
Medical Malpractice Reform Already Paying Off in NC
One major medical malpractice insurer in North Carolina is already crediting the state’s recently passed medical malpractice tort reform – passed over the veto of Gov. Perdue – with a reduction in insurance premiums. According to the N&O’s Under the Dome: A medical malpractice insurer has lowered its premiums and is crediting what is often [...]
NC Taxpayers Helped Fund the NCDP Party Sexual Harassment Hush Payment
Political Parties in NC get taxpayer money. If as reported, the NC Democratic Party (NCDP) and Chairman David Parker paid a “settlement” to a former staffer to cover up an allegation of sexual harassment, some of that money probably came from the check-off money the state gave to the NCDP (over $331,000 in 2011). Money [...]
Tea Party in Raleigh
I was at a Tea Party tax day rally in downtown Raleigh. A couple of hundred people were there on a nice spring afternoon/dusk. Since we don’t back candidates, I’ll talk about key points that speakers brought up or alluded to. Fairness: Liberals like to talk about fairness. So how fair is it to saddle [...]
