Home About Contact Member Login
Civitas Action Carolina Transparency Civitas Review

Author: Jim Tynen

  • Civitas Probe Shows Activist Meddled in NC Campaign Finance Fund

    Posted in Press Releases by Jim Tynen on May 16, 2013

    May 16, 2013 MEDIA ALERT CONTACT: Susan Myrick (919) 834-2099    Susan.Myrick@NCCivitas.org RALEIGH – Supporters of public campaign financing have long claimed that it would never have a partisan slant. But the latest Civitas Institute investigation has found how one liberal activist has taken control of the process in North Carolina. In “Guiding the NC Elections [...]

  • HB 298, Affordable and Reliable Energy Act: Ending the Waste

    Posted in Environment by Jim Tynen on May 9, 2013

    I’m really enjoying riding the wild, wacky merry-go-round of North Carolina’s renewable energy mandates. Yesterday, I got my bill from Duke Energy Progress, or whatever it is this week. I sure was glad that by paying it I was helping out the beleaguered pig farmers of North Carolina. That’s sarcasm, if you didn’t guess. State [...]

  • Civitas Polling Suggests Public Will Support Senate Bill 594, Require Drug Testing/Work First Benefits

    Posted in Poll Results, Press Releases by Jim Tynen on April 11, 2013

    April 11, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Francis De Luca (919) 843-2099 Francis.DeLuca@nccivitas.org RALEIGH – A 2011 Civitas Poll showed North Carolina voters will likely support proposed legislation that would require welfare applicants and recipients to pass drug tests to receive benefits. The poll of 600 registered voters had a margin of error of plus/minus [...]

  • Civitas Poll: North Carolina Voters Back Cancelling Dorothea Dix Property Lease

    Posted in Poll Results, Polling, Press Releases by Jim Tynen on March 25, 2013

    March 25, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Francis De Luca (919) 834-2099 Francis.DeLuca@NCCivitas.org RALEIGH – A new poll by the Civitas Institute shows that a plurality of NC voters approves of the legislature cancelling the state’s lease of the Dorothea Dix hospital property to the city of Raleigh. The poll of 600 registered voters was [...]

  • Annexation Activist Wins Civitas Award

    Posted in Press Releases by Jim Tynen on March 6, 2013

    March 6, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Francis De Luca (919) 834-2099 Francis.DeLuca@NCCivitas.org  RALEIGH – Civitas has honored grassroots activist Cathy Heath for her successful drive to reform municipal annexation law in North Carolina. She received the second annual Civitas Audentia Award at the non-profit organization’s recent Conservative Leadership Conference in Raleigh. The award was [...]

  • Pre-K Programs Deserve Skeptical Look

    Posted in Education by Jim Tynen on February 19, 2013

    It’s time for North Carolina and federal leaders to develop healthy skepticism about large-scale government-run pre-kindergarten education in schools – because there’s mounting evidence that the programs do little or no good. Dianna Lightfoot had been set to become director of childhood development and early education in the North Carolina Department of Health and Human [...]

  • Famed Economist: NC Can Get Ahead of the Curve

    Posted in Budget & Taxes, Legislative Activity by Jim Tynen on January 31, 2013

    Famed economist Arthur Laffer provided real-world economic solutions at the Civitas Institute’s legislative training session recently in Raleigh. First, though he is best known for “the Laffer Curve” showing how tax cuts can bring in more revenue, and for advising President Reagan, he’s not about party or ideology, he said. “It’s economics.”  And it’s the [...]

  • Civitas Poll: McCrory, Hagan Stay Popular

    Posted in Press Releases by Jim Tynen on January 28, 2013

    Jan. 28, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Francis De Luca (919) 834-2099    Francis.DeLuca@NCCivitas.org RALEIGH — A new poll from the Civitas Institute found support among voters for new North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory and also for U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan. The Civitas Poll of 600 registered North Carolina voters was taken Jan. 14-15 and had [...]

  • A Tale of Two Bridges

    Posted in Corruption & Ethics by Jim Tynen on January 16, 2013

    This article originally appeared in the Fayetteville Observer. Many scandals are about crimes and money, but equally destructive are scandals that corrode our sense of honor. Consider this sad moment from the waning days of Gov. Bev Perdue’s administration: Last week a bridge in Wilmington was named the Lanny T. Wilson Bridge. “To name a [...]

  • Civitas Announces Pope Resignation from Boards

    Posted in Press Releases by Jim Tynen on December 20, 2012

    Dec. 20, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Francis De Luca (919) 834-2099 Francis.DeLuca@NCCivitas.org RALEIGH –James A. “Art” Pope has resigned from the boards of the Civitas Institute and Civitas Action, Robert L. Luddy, chairman of both organizations, announced today. The Civitas Institute is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to advancing conservative and free-market principles. Civitas Action [...]

  • New Report Touts Benefits from Replacing the North Carolina Income Tax with Consumption-Based Tax

    Posted in Press Releases by Jim Tynen on December 18, 2012

    December 18, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Brian Balfour brian.balfour@nccivitas.org  Civitas Institute Study Demonstrates How Eliminating the Income Tax Will Put More Money in North Carolinians’ Pockets  RALEIGH – Today the Civitas Institute released a report recommending a tax reform plan that would replace North Carolina’s income tax with a consumption-based tax. The report—“More Jobs, [...]

  • Civitas Spotlights Lobbyist’s Hidden Influence on State Board of Elections

    Posted in Press Releases by Jim Tynen on December 14, 2012

    Dec. 14, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Susan Myrick (919) 834-2099 Susan.Myrick@NCCivitas.org RALEIGH – A new Civitas Institute investigation reveals how a liberal lobbyist worked behind the scenes to manipulate the State Board of Elections (SBE) and further his own liberal, partisan agenda. Civitas has been using the public records law to request information uncovering [...]

  • Jim Tynen on NBC-17 Election Web Cafe

    Posted in Video by Jim Tynen on November 20, 2012

  • Civitas President Calls Out Elections Chief on Lie

    Posted in Press Releases by Jim Tynen on November 19, 2012

    Nov. 19, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Francis De Luca(919) 834-2099 Francis.DeLuca@NCCivitas.org RALEIGH – Civitas Institute President Francis De Luca has called out the head of the State Board of Elections for lying about the state’s elections process. A Thursday News & Observer story noted that Gary Bartlett, state elections director, claimed the current voter [...]

  • Civitas’ NC Vote Tracker Breaks Down Voting Tallies

    Posted in Press Releases by Jim Tynen on November 5, 2012

    Nov. 5, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Susan Myrick or Jim Tynen (919) 834-2099 Susan.Myrick@NCCivitas.org  or  James.Tynen@NCCivitas.org RALEIGH – The Civitas Institute’s NC Vote Tracker (ncvotetracker.com) allows you to analyze the trends as the final early voting statistics roll in. Every day, ncvotetracker.com updates official early voting statistics and puts them into an easy-to-use format. [...]

Page 1 of 712345...Last »