Nearly 30 N.C. counties are asking voters next month to give them power to take more of their money. Some want to increase the local sales tax. Others want to impose a local land-transfer tax. Michael Sanera explains in the next Carolina Journal Radio why the counties don’t need the money.

George Leef discusses UNC-Chapel Hill chancellor James Moeser’s recent decision to step down from that high-profile post. Another academic, Duke professor Gavan Fitzsimons, offers his analysis of a phenomenon known ? in scientific terms ? as the “yuck factor.”

Plus you’ll hear highlights from Randal O’Toole‘s recent critique of light rail in Charlotte, and veteran political campaign guru Jack Hawke offers some lessons in campaign strategy.