Voters will do more than decide the fate of local taxes during the May 6 election. They’ll choose candidates for president and for the state’s top offices. Information from the Locke Foundation could help voters make more informed choices. The Asheville Citizen-Times sought JLF President John Hood‘s expert opinion this week about the impact of illegal immigration on the governor’s race. A Lincoln Tribune columnist used JLF information about Charlotte’s high tax burden to criticize Republican gubernatorial candidate and Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory. A supporter of rival GOP candidate Fred Smith relied on the same data for a letter in the Hendersonville Times-News. A third Republican candidate, Bill Graham, cited JLF research in discussing renewable energy mandates in a Charlotte Observer column.
