Budget, Taxation & Economy
Frivolous spending with other people’s money. Again.
I’ve been out of the office, so I’m a little behind on this story. But even a week late, I just have to weigh in on this one. The News…
Capital Boulevard
Law & Public Safety
N.C. Appeals Court backs ‘modernist’ Raleigh homeowners in legal dispute
A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court ruling against a homeowner challenging the “modernist” design of the house built across the street…
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Rail consensus deniers desperately want a white elephant for Wake
View in your browser. On the eve of his birth, the mother of Buddha dreamed that a white elephant presented her with a lotus flower, a sign of wisdom and…
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In this issue: Raleigh City Manager Russell Allen and the City Council Members Should Learn Basic Economics
View in your browser. As we predicted when the doors opened in 2008, the city subsidized Mint restaurant has closed its doors after a net loss of $400,000. Here is…
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North Carolina’s ‘wacky’ transit plans
Antiplanner visited our fair state last week: …North Carolina, where transit agencies seem to be competing to plan the wackiest, most-expensive rail transit lines that few people will ever use.…
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6:30 PM Thursday, Join Me at Wake County Taxpayers Association Meeting in Raleigh
Tonight I’ll be talking to the Wake County Taxpayer Association meeting in Raleigh. The meeting is at 6:30 p.m. at the Bar B Que Lodge on Capital Boulevard, just south…
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Downtown Raleigh To Remain Mostly Off Limits to Food Trucks
Carolina Journal’s Sara Burrows reports on the Raleigh City Council’s decision to allow food trucks, but with all sorts of conditions. Because of that, Burrows reports, most of downtown Raleigh…
Liberty
Capital Blvd to Get a “Makeover”
Watch out, Raleigh-ites! (Particularly those of you driving from N. Raleigh to the John Locke Foundation.) The city of Raleigh has big plans for Capital Blvd inside the beltline. City…
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Seen on Capital Blvd. in Raleigh
While in Raleigh Saturday, I saw this bumper sticker on an expensive-looking new car driven by a 50-ish gentlemen: You Can Keep the Change Palin 2012
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Even a businessman who lives off the fruits of government regulation …
… can see the dangers of government growth. The EEP came into being in 2003 with an initial staff of six. The intent was for a small staff to oversee…
Liberty
Ah, I Love the Free Market
Supply and demand is a wonderful thing. I just paid a mere $1.52 per gallon for regular unleaded gas at the Hess station on Capital Boulevard near downtown Raleigh. My…
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Gas: $1.89 in Raleigh
If you need gas and you’re in Raleigh, check out Capital Boulevard all the way from downtown, north toward Triangle Towne Center. You’ll find a lot of stations running between…