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Surely We Could Raise Taxes to Subsidize Another 100 Craft Breweries
A news brief running on WWNC 570AM today suggests the “beer bubble” in WNC is going to “burst.”
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Primary elections, N.C. barbecue politics, core local government issues, and more
Primary elections generated plenty of opportunities for John Locke Foundation experts to offer expert insights and analysis to media outlets. Vice President for Outreach Becki Gray analyzed election-night returns for…
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Asheville: Still in the Rear-View Mirror
So, while all these normal people I know are freaking out over what news outlets are framing as mandatory pick-your gender public restrooms; the City of Asheville released the following…
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Pipe-Dreaming that Words Could Have Meaning
On Changes, WWNC 570-AM’s public affairs programming this morning, if I heard aright, Director of NC Policy Watch Chris Fitzsimon said: I believe in the free market, depending on how…
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Random Opinionating on New Asheville City Council Meeting
The first business meeting of the new, radical Asheville City Council wasn’t that bad. I had taken WWNC talk show host Pete Kaliner’s advice and moved to the county when…
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Riddle: How Do You Become Invisible?
Answer: You don’t drink lots of tequila; you stage a highly-attended conservative event. The NC TEA Party held a caucus to decide which national Republican candidates they wanted to collectively…
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Cooper fundraising, teacher imports, and other items of interest
Both the Raleigh News and Observer‘s “Under the Dome” blog and the N.C. Republican Party took note of Rick Henderson’s Carolina Journal article reminding readers of the dubious history surrounding…
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I Disagree
The brilliant and usually correct afternoon multimodal-time host from WWNC 570-AM, Pete Kaliner, was running an ad earlier today about North Carolina being a teacher importer. He said that ran…
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Host Encourages Hosts to Leave Para- . . . Relationship
Pete Kaliner at WWNC 570 AM provided an analysis of the recent Asheville City Council election.
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National attention, talked-about tweets, and other items of interest
The John Locke Foundation attracted attention this week for its role in the emergence of a strong state-level conservative movement across the country. Chairman John Hood cited JLF among the…
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Budget analysis, solar tax credits, Barbour speech, and other on-air news
Pundits and prognosticators continue to analyze details of North Carolina state government’s new $21.7 billion General Fund state budget. Time Warner Cable News’ statewide “Capital Tonight” program called on John…
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Gang threats, budget deal, Constitution Day generate JLF media interest
A recent Carolina Journal cover story is attracting attention from a national group of federal prosecutors. Managing Editor Rick Henderson joins Bill LuMaye this morning on WPTF Radio to discuss…