If you think there’s plenty of conflict between the Wake County commissioners and Wake County school board members, you’re right. And thank heaven for that. It’s too bad Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker would prefer to quickly dispense with the pesky folks who have views that differ from his. As Locke Foundation Director of Research Michael Sanera explains in his excellent post in The Locker Room, the mayor could learn a lot by a quick review of James Madison. In sum, conflict between levels of government is by design in order to protect the people.

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