Editorial, Charlotte Observer, 15 February 2012 – Trust and government often have a strained relationship in the eyes of the public. The Republican-controlled N.C. General Assembly hasn’t improved matters during this seemingly never-ending legislative session; a fourth special session is set for Thursday. Lawmakers’ shenanigans have mocked the lack of transparency and inclusiveness they so [more]
By Jeff Block My wife Debbie is a brain cancer survivor. She was stricken on the day following our fifth wedding anniversary, an event we celebrated with much excitement and gusto. Our lives were happy, filled with love of each other and with the expectation that all would continue. We had no inkling of how [more]
By Cliff Moone, Democratic Chair of the 10th Congressional District of North Carolina: POINT: Willard Mitt Romney offers that his effective tax rate is “probably close to 15%.” That is the ACTUAL LEGAL TAX RATE on MONEY MADE OFF MONEY! And most Republicans, including Romney, think this tax rate should be even LOWER! Almost NO [more]
Chris Fitzsimon, for NC Policy Watch: RALEIGH, 5 Jan. 2012 — It is hard to know where to start in describing the fiasco that was the North Carolina General Assembly Wednesday night and early Thursday morning. The word that comes quickly to mind is arrogance. And not just because the Republican leadership abused their power, [more]
Friends – Just after 1 a.m. on Jan. 12, the Republicans in the North Carolina House pulled off another legislative coup in the dead of night.While Democratic Representative Larry Womble was in critical but stable condition after a tragic accident, and after Representative William Wainwright had to excuse himself due to a serious illness, Speaker [more]
By Harry Taylor, for NCPolicyWatch: As the world impatiently awaits a statement of purpose and list of demands from the Occupy movements across the country and world, former Charlotte mayor Pat McCrory perhaps unintentionally and unwittingly framed it perfectly in a television interview last week when he said “You can’t allow the people to take [more]
By Andy Ball, Boone Town Councilman – The past few years have brought serious growth challenges to Boone, and your local Democrats have answered the call to action. Since the passage of the 2030 Boone Land Use Master Plan, we have embarked on the important yet time-consuming process of completely revising our UDO (Unified Development [more]
By Pam Williamson Don Howell was the smartest person in my grad class and my very best friend. In 1977 his Christmas gift to me was a trip with him to New York City. Don weighed in on my boyfriends (none was ever good enough), and I consoled him when his partner of many years [more]
By Chris Fitzsimon, NC Policy Watch– The appalling decision by the North Carolina House and Senate to put the rights of a minority of people in the state up for a majority vote is done. Now voters will decide in May if bigotry will become part of the state constitution, a document that is generally [more]
By Chris Fitzsimon, N.C. Policy Watch – For the last several years Republicans in the NC General Assembly have seemed generally supportive of More at Four, a program designed to help at-risk four-year-olds get ready for school. It is one of the state’s two nationally recognized early childhood programs. Smart Start is the other. It is [more]
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