Voters set the stage for some major changes in North Carolina politics in 2013. John Locke Foundation experts had a chance to discuss the potential changes during a series of broadcast media appearances at the end of December and the first week of January. President John Hood offered his expert analysis during the New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day editions of News 14 Carolina’s statewide “Capital Tonight” program.
Director of Communications Mitch Kokai previewed Gov.-elect Pat McCrory’s economic proposals for WTVD Television, and he spent the last three weekdays of 2012 filling in for Bill LuMaye on WPTF Radio. Among the topics of discussion on the afternoon-drive radio program were the federal “fiscal cliff” debate and the future of the newly designated park for the state-owned Dorothea Dix property.
Carolina Journal Managing Editor Rick Henderson analyzed McCrory’s latest Cabinet and senior-staff appointments for Curtis Media Group’s “People in Politics.” Both Henderson and Vice President for Outreach Becki Gray discussed the latest political news with Matt Mittan on WZGM/WHKP Radio. Gray offered her regularly scheduled Friday afternoon politics and public policy recap for WTSB Radio listeners one week ago, and she’ll return to the WTSB airwaves later today.
Outside of election-related topics, JLF Director of Research and Education Studies Terry Stoops discussed polling and education-related topics during an hourlong appearance with Don Curtis on the Curtis Media Group’s “Carolina Newsmakers” program. WSOC Television sought Meck Deck Blogger and Economic Policy Analyst Michael Lowrey‘s insights into potential changes in 2013 for Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
CJ Executive Editor Don Carrington discussed with WQSC Radio in Charleston, S.C., his latest article about questionable voter registration drives at state facilities for the mentally ill and developmentally disabled.
