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Budget votes. Because they all matter.
Budgets lay out priorities. Votes on the budget reflect priorities of lawmakers. The governor had his with a 2.3% increase in spending. The House passed a budget last week that…
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Today’s Headlines
The top headliners for today’s local daily all pertain to protecting the innocents. One tells a sad story of a child killed in a fire. Another reads, “Could All Buncombe…
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Yo, Gov. Pat, Is This Just?
The big news is H488 needs only Governor Pat McCrory’s signature to become law. If passed, Asheville’s water system will leave a hole in the city’s balance sheet and fall…
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Requiring A Photo I.D. To Vote: Is It Unconstitutional?
As Carolina Journal’s Barry Smith reports, a move to require a photo I.D. to vote in North Carolina is gaining momentum in the legislature. A key House committee gave its…
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Honey, I Shrunk the Asheville
Moffitt-driven Asheville-diminishing legislation is advancing. Representative Susan Fisher argues Moffitt is being dictatorial in bypassing negotiations with local governments about local bills. Representative Tim Moffitt argues he is only keeping…
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Distraction
Two state legislators are fighting over annexation strategies, with the appearance of micromanaging people in each other’s district. A measure to make part of Leicester into an incorporated town may…
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Legislators’ Performance at a Glance
John Hood wished to call attention to a couple state legislator score cards. Civitas Action developed its Conservative Rankings by counting the number of bills on which each senator and…
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Red Shirts Keep Word
Citizens of Biltmore Lake are suing the City of Asheville for involuntarily annexing them. The case is based on flimsy arguments, technicalities about the annexation process. The real problem is…
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N.C. House developments, part II
District 70: Republican Pat Hurley declared the winner in the race for Arlie Culp’s seat District 85: Incumbent Republican Mitch Gillespie is declared the winner District 86: Incumbent Democrat Walt…
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RE: WNC Rep distancing from Black….
On my ‘Take A Stand’ program last week, Rep Susan Fisher (D-Buncombe) – she also happens to be the co-chair of the House ethics Committee – said that, no matter…