In Charlotte, Creative Loafing columnist Tara Servatius recently gave Meck Deck blogger Jeff Taylor credit for breaking news in a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police scandal. Meanwhile, N.C. Senate Republicans promoted a pair of columns this week from John Hood. The first highlighted North Carolina’s poor performance on a national ranking of its road system. The second focused on election trends favoring Republicans. The John Locke Foundation also attracted some unwanted attention this week from the News & Observer. First, editorial page editor Steve Ford mentioned JLF in a screed targeting businessman, philanthropist, and Locke Founding Chairman Art Pope. Pope’s response letter also mentioned the John Locke Foundation.