Liberty
DIY Police Funding
The Jerry Greene family donated $7000 to Buncombe County for the purchase of a speed trailer. Why? Because law enforcement appropriations these days are too much consumed by diversity enrichment…
Traffic enforcement camera
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Molding Crime
Am I Reading This Right? If you want to drink and drive, the Hendersonville Times-News wants you to wait until January 5. Until then, your chances of getting away with…
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Responsive Government
Tryon Town Council recently inquired about corrective action the police department was taking out of respect for allegations that it was overzealously stopping and fining once potential customers downtown. Much…
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Obedience Zones
If you are sitting there wondering when it would be a good week to observe legal speed limits, consider doing it now. The NCHP won’t care so much afterward. In…
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Time for a red light on NC’s red light camera laws
24 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands have red light cameras currently operating at least one location. 499 communities across the US operate red light cameras.…
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Pet Peeve
During the last Booze It & Lose It campaign, 2137 people were cited for not wearing seatbelts on North Carolina roads. I feel very sorry for those people. They have…
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This Must Stop
If the Searcy’s, whoever they are, are to be believed, Columbus has a big problem. The town recently made news for getting lots of points for participating in state traffic…
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Speaking of Traffic
Proceeding backward, the moral of the story is, with as many laws as we have, people who don’t care to play by the rules aren’t going to obey the new…
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The More You Harass . . .
The State of North Carolina has no money. It has to fire teachers. But it will probably have sufficient to buy the Columbus Police Department $15,200 in free merchandise. Goodies…
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Could It Be That A Government Program Will Actually Be Killed?
The Cary town council looks to be on its way to killing the controversial red light camera program. It’s not often we see a government program cancelled.
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Of East Carolina and the Shotgun That Turned Out to Be an Umbrella
This morning the social media sites starting lighting up about a campus lockdown at East Carolina because a guy was spotted walking around with a shotgun. Students and families were…
Law & Public Safety
New at CJO: Raleigh likely to flash stop sign at red-light cameras
Sara Burrows reports for Carolina Journal Online about the likelihood that Raleigh will scrap its red-light camera program.