The three latest news articles you’ll find on today’s CJ includes:

1. In Nash County, The Cheesecake Factory will grab a couple of million in tax breaks from state and local governments over the next three years – provided the Factory meets employment goals it has set for six years from now. (That’s E.D. math.)

2. A Transylvania County official is complaining that without economic
incentives (tax breaks, corporate welfare) the county will “lose 60 new jobs.” How do you lose something you don’t yet have?

3. In High Point, officials are discussing ways to stem competition
from a new furniture market in Las Vegas. What in the world could save
this already state-funded entity?

Answer: More state funding. And in the form of mass transit!