What might be the biggest threat to the State of North Carolina’s economic future is called Senate Bill 75. A very non-threatening moniker for a referendum to amend our state constitution by permanently freezing the state’s current income tax rate. Voters will have the opportunity to oppose this debacle in November. How will this permanent…
Category: Moore County Issues
Mockery of Democracy
This week our State Legislature put out a 300+ page budget for 2018-2019. This is part two of last year’s two-year budget and one might assume that we write two year budgets so that we don’t have to redo them every year. But one would be wrong. This budget is packed with partisan pork. It…
Using Your Teacher’s Voice
Today I spent an amazing day with teachers from all over NC. I am certain you heard them. They were in Raleigh to let legislators know that our schools are still drastically underfunded. It was not just about pay, although that is still a big issue. It was also about funding basic school supplies like…
We now see the job in front of us
Jamie Boles picked up 60% of Republicans. They are clearly happy to have more of the same. On the other hand, Republicans showed they are open to change by voting Sheriff Godfrey out. I wouldn’t speed through Carthage for awhile. On Primary Tuesday, I visited 13 polls and loved every minute of it. I met…
Born on Third Base
US UNEMPLOYMENT FEBRUARY 2009 – FEBRUARY 2018 Trump taking credit for the decrease in unemployment is like NC Republicans taking credit for increasing teacher pay. When you manipulate numbers out of context you can change the message. Maybe numbers are like guns – numbers don’t lie, it’s the people using them that do.