In addition to research staff and John Hood, John Locke Foundation Vice President for Outreach Becki Gray logged travel time this week. Gray discussed state government issues in a presentation to a group at the Wakeminster Baptist Church. Gray also returns this week to Curtis Media Group’s “People and Politics” radio program. She discusses top statewide electoral and political news, including North Carolina’s 2010 U.S. Senate race and a controversy over unreported air travel in the 2008 gubernatorial campaign. Meck Deck blogger Jeff Taylor also earned air time this week; he joined Tara Servatius on WBT Radio Thursday to discuss fare hikes, service cuts, and a $3.6 million budget hole for the Charlotte Area Transit System. In other news, Vice President for Communications Jon Ham put his creativity to work in designing artwork for a new Twitter project involving the John Locke Foundation and State Policy Network.