The Center for Local Innovation’s annual ranking of local government tax burdens in North Carolina, By The Numbers, drew immediate attention this week. The News & Observer posted highlights on its Web site within hours of the report’s release, while the center’s director, Chad Adams, spent much of the rest of the week addressing media inquiries from WPTF Radio (both the news department and the morning show), Charlotte Observer, Danny Fontana and WDYT Radio in Charlotte, WWNC Radio in Asheville, Asheville Citizen-Times, Winston-Salem Journal, Wilson Daily Times, Hickory Daily Record, Kinston Free Press, and Lockwood Phillips on WTKF Radio. The Chapel Hill News mentioned the report’s key finding for that Orange County town, while News 14 Carolina focused on Charlotte’s high tax ranking for a report on its statewide cablecast.