Budget, Taxation & Economy
“We should learn from these things.”
Carolina Journal investigative reporter Don Carrington talks with Spectrum news about the anniversary of the Randy Parton Theater boondoggle in Roanoke Rapids. WATCH here.
Stella Parton
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New Carolina Journal Online features
Don Carrington explains at Carolina Journal Online why no celebration will mark the 10th anniversary of the Randy Parton Theatre’s first performance in Roanoke Rapids. John Hood’s Daily Journal explains…
Liberty
Do we need another university research park?
The UNC Board of Governors thinks we do — at East Carolina. Is this likely to be a great boon to the area — or another boondoggle like the Global…
Education
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
Years after the Randy Parton Theatre turned into a well-publicized flop for Roanoke Rapids taxpayers, Carolina Journal has uncovered another Parton-related development plagued by problems in western North Carolina. Rick…
Liberty
New JLF policy report out on growth
By, well, me. It’s called “Flex Growth: A smarter option for North Carolina communities” and is available here. The press release: RALEIGH — A system based on “flex growth” makes…
Regulation
Flex growth offers smarter options for N.C. state, local governments
RALEIGH — A system based on “flex growth” makes more sense than so-called “smart growth” as North Carolina and its local governments set their development and transportation policies. That’s the…
N.C. film incentives help favored groups, keep taxes higher for others
Click here to view and here to listen to Jon Sanders discussing the first two reports in the Carolina Cronyism series. RALEIGH — Less than a month after North Carolina…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New Carolina Journal Online features
Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online that the infamous former Randy Parton Theatre in Roanoke Rapids could become a sweepstakes parlor and tavern. Fergus Hodgson’s Daily Journal outlines the…
Liberty
Cleaning up Randy Parton Theatre mess
Figurative and literally, the N&O reports. City officials have approved electronic gaming as means of “taking a chunk out of the $1.7 million annual bill for the once ballyhooed venue.”…
Liberty
Broken Windows – for Chi-i-i-i-i-i-ildren
In between the gay headlines we find a news story you can read with your eyes closed. The governor wants a new tax. Pay no attention to butterfly exhibits, riparian…
Liberty
Carolina Journal influence and other items of interest
The latest Carolina Journal front page features Executive Editor Don Carrington‘s six-year progress report on the Randy Parton Theatre debacle in Roanoke Rapids. Local sources tell Carrington his article helped…
Elections & Public Integrity
Principal in Randy Parton Theatre scandal on Perdue’s re-elect team
Dome reports that former state Transportation Board member Thomas Betts Jr., who resigned from the board in the wake of the Randy Parton Theatre fiasco, is part of Gov. Bev…