For planning purposes What: John Locke Foundation book signing When: 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 17, 2006 Where: Quail Ridge Books & Music 5322 Wade Avenue, Raleigh, NC (Directions are available at johnlocke.org/events.) Price: Free and open to the public, but space is limited. Who: Edwin J. Feulner is the President of the Heritage Foundation, one...
For planning purposes What: John Locke Foundation Headliner Luncheon When: Noon Monday, May 15, 2006 Where: The Grove Park Inn 290 Macon Avenue, Asheville, NC (Directions are available at johnlocke.org/events.) Price: $25 Who: Christopher Hitchens is one the best-known and most controversial figures within the contemporary American media. A prolific author and writer for Vanity...
Gov. Mike Easley’s proposed state budget takes advantage of a $2 billion surplus to increase spending by $1.6 billion, according to a preliminary analysis by the John Locke Foundation. In addition, the proposal includes more than $700 million in contributions and reimbursements to reserves and the Highway Trust Fund. The total general fund appropriation would...
It’s time for the state to put the brakes on funding for public transit systems across North Carolina. That’s a major recommendation in a new Policy Report prepared for the John Locke Foundation. The state’s 10 largest transit systems are eating up a larger chunk of the state budget, but they do little to meet...
It’s time for the state to put the brakes on funding for public transit systems across North Carolina. That’s a major recommendation in a new Policy Report prepared for the John Locke Foundation. The state’s 10 largest transit systems are eating up a larger chunk of the state budget, but they do little to meet...
It’s time for the state to put the brakes on funding for public transit systems across North Carolina. That’s a major recommendation in a new Policy Report prepared for the John Locke Foundation. The state’s 10 largest transit systems are eating up a larger chunk of the state budget, but they do little to meet...
It’s time for the state to put the brakes on funding for public transit systems across North Carolina. That’s a major recommendation in a new Policy Report prepared for the John Locke Foundation. The state’s 10 largest transit systems are eating up a larger chunk of the state budget, but they do little to meet...
It’s time for the state to put the brakes on funding for public transit systems across North Carolina. That’s a major recommendation in a new Policy Report prepared for the John Locke Foundation. The state’s 10 largest transit systems are eating up a larger chunk of the state budget, but they do little to meet...
It’s time for the state to put the brakes on funding for public transit systems across North Carolina. That’s a major recommendation in a new Policy Report prepared for the John Locke Foundation. The state’s 10 largest transit systems are eating up a larger chunk of the state budget, but they do little to meet...
It’s time for the state to put the brakes on funding for public transit systems across North Carolina. That’s a major recommendation in a new Policy Report prepared for the John Locke Foundation. The state’s 10 largest transit systems are eating up a larger chunk of the state budget, but they do little to meet...
RALEIGH – In the name of “clean elections,” an N.C. House committee is considering expanding North Carolina’s public financing of judicial campaigns to cover other campaigns as well. That would only hurt taxpayers and the democratic process, a new John Locke Foundation report shows. Under North Carolina’s Judicial Campaign Reform Act of 2002, candidates for...
What: John Locke Foundation Headliner Luncheon When: Noon Wednesday, May 3, 2006 Where: Country Club of Landfall 800 Sun Runner Place, Wilmington, NC 28405 (Directions) Price: $20 Who: General McInerney founded Government Reform Through Technology (GRTT), a consulting firm that works with high-tech companies. GRTT conducts business with federal, state, city, and local governments to...