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‘Tis the Season for Possum Hype
The battle for possums’ rights continues, with this victory in PETA’s court. Because the critters can’t speak for themselves, PETA has been suing since 2012 to put an end to…
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What If the ‘Possum’s in a New York State of Mind?
PETA continues to keep Brasstown, NC on the map. Just in time for the annual New Year’s Possum Drop, the Wake County Superior Court made a little rumble in the…
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‘Possum Drop Defenders: Happy Warriors Against The Left
PETA is at it again. The Leftist animal rights group is trying to prevent Brasstown, North Carolina from using an opossum in its New Year’s Eve ‘Possum Drop. But instead…
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Regulatory reform, Wake school bonds, Obamacare, and other JLF research interests
Readers of the Fayetteville Observer learned this week about North Carolina’s latest success with regulatory reform. John Locke Foundation Director of Regulatory Studies Jon Sanders wrote a column outlining the…
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How Would a Possum Vote?
PETA is still trying to stop the allegedly “cruel” New Year’s Eve Possum Drop in Brasstown. They have petitioned the NC Wildlife Resources Commission to withhold a permit for the…
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JLF experts earn air time, hit the road
Listeners of WUNC Radio’s “The State of Things” will hear today from John Locke Foundation Vice President for Outreach Becki Gray. She’s slated to take part in a “conservative roundtable”…
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Priorities
The NC Wildlife Resources Commission has been ordered by a Superior Court judge to pay PETA almost $75,000. The sum will cover court fees encountered when PETA sued the commission…
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Careful What You Sue for
PETA sued, and the courts ruled Clay Logan could no longer ring in the New Year with Brasstown’s traditional Possum Drop. For a change, government opted not to embrace, celebrate,…
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Embrace Diversity; Kiss Southern Culture Good-Bye
PETA has finally succeeded in shutting down Brasstown’s only claim to fame – the annual Possum Drop. It was like the big apple lowered to celebrate New Year’s Day in…
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Aren’t judges supposed to be, you know, smarter than the rest of us?
You can’t make this stuff up. A North Carolina administrative law judge has ruled that the people of Brasstown, N.C., by temporarily caging a ‘possum for their annual New Year’s…
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New Years Possum Drop was a Success in Brasstown NC
New York has the Big Ball in Times Square on New Years, but Brasstown, North Carolina has the annual Possum Drop. It was a success this year, one without any…