This morning the Senate Education Committee took up the Excellent Public Schools Act. The bill, introduced by Sen. Phil Berger (R-Rockingham), is the most comprehensive education reform legislation to be introduced in years. The bill includes provisions to: Eliminate Social Promotion. Improve reading proficiency with early intervention and assessment and ensure that students who enter [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Public Policy Polling Says, “We Have to Absolutely Eviscerate McCrory”
Pollster Dustin Ingalls, assistant director with the Democratic Polling Group – Public Policy Polling was speaking to the Cumberland County Democratic Men’s Club when he was quoted as saying, “To win, we have to raise a lot of money, first of all, and we have to absolutely eviscerate McCrory.” He went on to say, “We [...]
Rally Counters Dems With Call for More Funding of Private Education
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NC’s Welfare for Politicians Scheme Beginning to Unravel
A ruling by a federal judge struck a blow to North Carolina’s system of taxpayer-funded political campaigns. A federal judge struck down part of North Carolina’s public campaign financing system, following in the footsteps of other cases that link political money to free speech. U.S. District Judge Louise Flanagan issued her ruling Friday after the [...]
McCrory Far Outpacing Dalton in Fundraising
Republican candidate for Governor Pat McCrory is way out ahead of his opponent Democrat Walter Dalton in campaign contributions. The latest campaign reports for the first quarter of 2012 show McCrory has over $3 million on hand in his campaign coffers. Dalton, on the other hand, reports having a little over $670,000. Dalton’s campaign report [...]
