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It’s keystone cops time in Durham, and this Herald-Sun editorial calls for the man at the center of it — Durham Schools Superintendent Eric Becoats — to go. Becoats’ troubled…
This story in The Herald-Sun is an admission that our current Durham County Board of Commissioners is a collection of incompetent dolts. With bills coming due for its new courthouse…
Carolina Journal’s Dan Way reports on the efforts by Democratically controlled Durham and Orange counties to push ahead with the ill-advised, costly plan for light rail. Only the Republican controlled…
Durham County Manager Mike Ruffin is pushing county commissioners to put both a quarter-cent sales tax hike AND a half-cent transit tax on the fall ballot. According to the Herald-Sun,…
Not even a horrendous recession can keep Durham bureaucrats from trying to reach even further into taxpayer pockets. The Herald-Sun reports that Durham County Manager Mike Ruffin will recommend to…
Get ready, folks. The Herald-Sun reports Durham County commissioners have instructed County Manager Mike Ruffin to talk to local business leaders about putting a 1/4 cent transit tax on the…
It’s possible. Durham County commissioners want more of other people’s money. So, they’ve instructed Manager Mike Ruffin to compile options — including a hike in the property tax rate and…
The News & Observer reports about today’s Durham County commissioners’ meeting, which included comments from county manager Mike Ruffin. “It’s not a question of whether, but of how much,” Ruffin…
That quote comes from not-real-happy Mike Ruffin, the Durham county manager. He’s responding to the cavalier action taken by the county school board, which has ignored Ruffin’s budget allocation for…
The $25-million incentive package given to Quintiles to expand its pharmaceutical research facilities in Durham County is even more sickening than the usual corporate welfare that state and local governments…