Meck Deck blogger Jeff Taylor returned to the WBT Radio airwaves this week. Taylor and host John Hancock discussed topics such as Mecklenburg County unemployment, the local business climate, and Bob Johnson’s decision to sell the Charlotte Bobcats to Michael Jordan. Meanwhile, WPTF Radio’s Bill LuMaye interviewed Lindalyn Kakadelis, director of the N.C. Education Alliance, about the new Wake County school board’s efforts to change the district’s student assignment policy. In other news, the Lincoln Tribune recently republished a Carolina Journal exclusive focusing on the value of the John Locke Foundation’s NCTransparency.com Web site. CarolinaJournal.tv featured this week a debate from the Campbell University Law School about the Federal Reserve’s role in preventing a second Great Depression. Debate participant Robert Murphy highlighted the CJTV video on his “Free Advice” blog. Speaking of CJTV, Senate Republicans highlighted this week Video News Editor Anthony Greco‘s report on the race to replace retiring Sen. Charlie Albertson, D-Duplin.