Education
And now, for some good news about NC schools
North Carolinians have two more reasons to be happy our schools. Earlier this week US News announced the latest rankings of public high schools in the US. North Carolina had…
Wendell
Liberty
Wake County holding lottery to purchase products they have complete control over. At noon. On a Friday. In Wendell.
This was just posted on the Wake County ABC Facebook page: Wake County ABC Stores and the Office have been inundated with phone calls and inquiries today regarding the most…
Liberty
It Makes You Wonder Why A Town Manager Would Present This Spending List
An interesting question about spending is shaping up in Wendell, where the town manager has told the commissioners the town needs $840,000 worth of repairs and renovations to town hall.…
Liberty
Profile Of House District 35 Race In Eastern Wake County: Chris Malone Leads Lori Millberg
It is a battle between two people with ties to public education in Wake County. Republican Chris Malone is a current member of the Wake County school board and Democrat…
Elections & Public Integrity
Planner Ethics: another oxymoron?
Last night I made a presentation to the Wendell town commissioners about the JLF’s “Review of the Wake County Transit Report.” Before the meeting, I had a pleasant conservation with…
Liberty
In this issue: Some Wake County elected officials don’t want to be bothered with facts about transit
View in your browser. In order to enlist the support of the Wake County cities and towns, the Wake County manager David Cooke and the Triangle Transit Authority (TTA) CEO,…
Liberty
In this issue: Wake County’s municipal elected leaders hear only one side of the transit story
View in your browser. Wake County’s municipal elected leaders hear only one side of the transit story Wake County Manager David Cooke and Triangle Transit CEO David King have been…
Liberty
Latest dispatches from the political trail
? The Washington Times profiles Kay Hagan’s challenge to Elizabeth Dole, though not without some boo-boos in citing JLF and NC Spin. Hagan discusses veterans issues during a campaign stop…
Liberty
It must be Bad Idea Thursday
The News & Observer is replete with reports of exceedingly bad ideas affecting Raleigh and Wake County today: Preventing hospitals from building satellite campuses in Raleigh, Cary, Holly Springs and…
Raleigh leaders should scrap their own disposals
RALEIGH – The John Locke Foundation today called on most members of Raleigh City Council to disclose their ownership of garbage disposals and to disable and remove those disposals as…
Liberty
NC DOT Kills Again
Or so says a fire chief outside of Raleigh. Wendell fire chief Tom Vaughan told the News & Observer that an SUV that crossed the median on U.S. 64 and…
Liberty
Annex Me!
It turns out that there is a reverse story to the traditional “we need to annex/build projects because they will add economic development and tax revenue” story. According to The…