A News & Observer letter writer today noted the John Locke Foundation’s support for legislation that loosens North Carolina’s election ballot restrictions. The Durham Herald-Sun quoted Mitch Kokai this week in an article analyzing President Obama’s policies for promoting job growth. A recent letter in the Carteret County News-Times cited the John Locke Foundation’s transparency grades for local governments. An Associated Press report and WRAL.com story on JLF founding chairman Art Pope’s appointment to the Golden LEAF board mentioned the Locke Foundation.