Sen. Jim Jacumin (R.) is a man with an economic plan. Having worked in the North Carolina textile industry for years, he is well acquainted with the hardships it is currently ... Keep Reading
Archives for March 2009
Taxpayer-Funded Campaigns Fail to Deliver Benefits
This article originally appeared in the Herald Sun on Mar. 13, 2009 Despite a struggling economy, high unemployment and a massive state budget deficit, some North Carolina ... Keep Reading
A Lid For N.C.’s Budget
This article orginally appeared in the News & Observer on Sat., Mar. 14, 2009. North Carolina's second "budget crisis" in eight years should serve as a very ... Keep Reading
Raising Per-Pupil Support: How is it possible?
In her first State of the State address, Gov. Beverly Perdue described some of the challenges facing North Carolina, and called on her fellow lawmakers and citizens to make the ... Keep Reading
Bad Bill of the Week: 03/13/09
As North Carolina’s State Health Plan faces a projected shortfall of $1.2 billion over the next two years, it seems the last thing needed right now is any measure that would ... Keep Reading
Iraq: An Emerging Democracy
Iraq is an emerging democracy. Just as recently as one year ago we could not make that statement, but today it is a fact. It is hard to imagine the changes that have taken ... Keep Reading
Removing the Cap on N.C. Charter Schools
Civitas' Jeff Mixon interviews Jim Gulley and his re-introduction of a bill to eliminate the cap on N.C. charter schools. ... Keep Reading
Welfare For Politicians Does Nothing To Clean Up State Government
This op-ed orginally appeared in the Charlotte Observer on March 6, 2009. It is co-written by Francis De Luca and Sean Parnell In North Carolina, the goo-goo crowd is back. ... Keep Reading
Smoking Bill Debate Disingenuous
Without a doubt, compelling arguments can be made against smoking and its negative health effects. Obviously, that’s just what the proponents of HB2 – the statewide ... Keep Reading
Bad Bill of the Week: 03/06/09
Senate Bill 20 Expand Taxpayer-Financed Campaigns Thomas Jefferson once declared, “To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors ... Keep Reading