Tax Reform: Dull Ax or Sharp Knife?
In order to revise our tax system, the Senate proposal used a dull ax. The House/Governor/Final version used a sharp knife. The Senate proposal was wholesale and the House/Governor/Final version is... Read More
NC Spin Articles
We won't know Tax Reform's Impact until 2016
One of the most contentious sessions of the General Assembly can now end within the next two weeks with the passage of a tax bill. Some will continue to hold their breath until the Senate gets the... Read More
Malicious Magic
The other day Thomas Edsall of the New York Times reported that a terrible thing has happened. Since the Voting Rights Act passed, the number of Black state legislators has grown from fewer than... Read More
Tax Reform a Bad Deal
This is a bad deal for North Carolinians. What the Governor and Legislature agreed on won’t support job creation and it will drain resources needed to bolster our economy. It puts at risk the... Read More
Tax Reform a Good Compromise
The tax reform package is a good compromise and a good first step in overhauling the out-dated tax code in North Carolina. It is very easy and popular to promise tax reform on the campaign trail... Read More
2013 Tax Reform - Before and After
Well, they did what previous General Assemblies and governors have tried for decades and have never been able to do until now – reform North Carolina’s outdated, cumbersome and complicated tax... Read More
Claude Pope thanks New York Times for their Wisdom
From Under the Dome, July 15, 2013. State GOP Chairman Claude Pope has submitted an open letter responding to The New York Times editorial which expressed anguish about North Carolina's decline as a... Read More
50 Years of Democrats
This week, one of my Tea Partier tro…um, “friends” on Facebook asked me, “What good has the Democratic Party done for North Carolina in the past fifty years?” I ignored his question because... Read More
How North Carolina Became the Wisconsin of 2013
With a Republican takeover of state government and weekly protests in Raleigh, the Tar Heel State is the front line in America's partisan battle. Nowhere is the battle between liberal and conservative... Read More
The evolution of Mayor Pat
On a Charlotte radio station last week, I was asked what in the world has happened to Mayor Pat since he moved to Raleigh six months ago. My answer is that nothing has happened. Gov. McCrory and Mayor... Read More
