North Carolina?s 2009 municipal elections offered mixed messages. John Hood sorts through those messages in the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.

You?ll also hear Daren Bakst?s prescription for a more sensible state energy policy, and Jason Kay of the N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law will explain why a funding dispute is leading some charter schools to sue the state and selected local governments.

You?ll learn why Jack Walker thinks he has too much power as head of the State Health Plan for government workers and retirees, and you?ll hear a warning about the dangers of government growth from Steve Lonegan, a former New Jersey mayor and gubernatorial candidate.