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Announcement
The esteemed Becki Gray, vice president for outreach at the John Locke Foundation, will be making a stop at the Twisted Laurel in downtown Asheville to address the Blue Ridge…
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GAcation over, back to the NCGA.
So the GAcation is almost over. Monday morning, I’m gonna be all……
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For a Dose of Sanity – Pluck out the Tourism Factor
Now that petrol prices are halved, the NCGA wants to go revert to using coal-fired trains for hauling freight. The regression would be simple enough, involving only minor tweaks to…
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Don’t Pick the Flowers!
From the kindness of their hearts, the NCGA has reached into its magic money stash and found $1 million jingling around. Legislators don’t know what they want to do with…
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Crime Lab – Psych!
In their last session the NCGA appropriated $1.44 million for the creation of a new crime lab in Edneyville. That was just for planning it. No funds are available for…
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What Kind of Test?
Buncombe County DA Ron Moore announced the evidence in eighty to ninety of his criminal cases was analyzed by SBI lab technicians who failed their certification test. Moore said this…
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Hear, Hear
The NCGA released a report recommending the merger of certain community colleges. Affected would be community colleges within thirty miles of each other, provided at least one had a fulltime…
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High School Graduation Project no longer required
The Senate voted on House Bill 223, No High School Graduation Project Required today. In his explanation of the bill, Sen. David Hoyle (D Gaston) said athough the original intent…
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Competition for Competition
Highly-recommended for people who don’t have time to critically scrutinize all bills coming before the NCGA is assistance from Americans for Prosperity’s web site. Since I signed their petition against…
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The forgotten history of preschool
Governor Easley is asking the General Assembly to add $45 million to the More at Four program budget. The massive funding that Easley and the NCGA have been pouring into…