Raleigh’s taxpayer-financed convention center has played a role in a dispute over competing auto shows in the capital city. WTVD Television turned Thursday to John Locke Foundation Research Director and Local Government Analyst Michael Sanera for reaction. In other news, the Winston-Salem Journal cited the Locke Foundation in an interview with transportation expert David Hartgen about Greensboro’s loop road changes. John Hood continued this week to enlighten National Review Online readers about public policy debates taking place at the state level across America. At the national level, Carolina Journal Associate Editor David Bass‘ latest American Spectator contribution focuses on the contrast between U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s pronouncements about children and her actual stances on issues affecting children. Meanwhile, Paul Chesser of Climate Strategies Watch has taken his campaign against global warming alarmism to Alaska. Chesser spoke to 150 people Thursday at a breakfast meeting held by the Resource Development Council, and he granted radio interviews to KENI and KYBR in Anchorage. Chesser also braved the cold for a news report on KIMO Television, an ABC affiliate that broadcasts statewide.