Charlotte-area radio listeners heard Meck Deck blogger Jeff Taylor discuss with WBT’s Tara Servatius this week Mecklenburg County’s looming tax hike. Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation Director of Communications, recapped the week’s legislative news with Curtis Wright on the WAAV/WFNC morning show. The Smithfield Herald and Garner-Clayton Record promoted an upcoming speech from Becki Gray, Vice President for Outreach, to the Johnston County Republican Women. The Richmond County Daily Journal publisjed Gray’s recent column on annexation reform. A Durham Herald-Sun article on legislation designed to change current laws for newspaper publication of government legal notices quoted both Jon Ham, Vice President for Communications, and Squall Lines blogger Bob Smith. The Lincoln Tribune published Carolina Journal Associate Editor David Bass‘ article previewing this week’s legislative action. N.C. Senate Republicans promoted Associate Editor Sara Burrows‘ article on midwife legalization efforts. A Cary News letter writer’s complaints this week about legislative Republicans cited JLF. The N.C. History Project hosted two Andrew Johnson scholars for a special forum on the 17th president’s political history and impeachment. The N.C. Center for Voter Education plans to post that event at VoterRadio.com.