As the General Assembly discusses the possibility of expanding its taxpayer-financed election schemes, John Locke Foundation Legal and Regulatory Policy Analyst Daren Bakst is making the case against the idea. The Leland Tribune published this week Bakst’s latest op-ed on the topic. Meanwhile, Bakst’s most recent opinion piece in the Charlotte Observer sparked at least a couple of responses from letter writers, including the following entry. (It’s time for N.C. to reform annexation
procedures. I have lived in six states, and this is the only one
empowered to force land into a municipality without the promise of
benefits to the property owner. North Carolina needs to move into the
21st century.)