Skvarla's odd definition of partner
The buzz continues in Raleigh over the shrill, defensive news conference held this week by Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources John Skvarla and other DENR officials in the wake of the... Read More
NC SPIN Posts by Chris Fitzsimon
Trapped by poverty and underfunded schools
Supporters of privatizing public education with a voucher program say that parents need vouchers to give them more educational choices because many low income students are “trapped in failing public... Read More
The right still spreading the myth about the 'Carolina Comeback'
The myth persists on the Right in North Carolina that the decision by Governor Pat McCrory and legislative leaders to slash unemployment benefits for laid off workers is responsible for the big drop... Read More
McCrory's shallow teacher salary plan
Governor Pat McCrory and legislative leaders are hoping you just look at the headlines this week about teacher pay and don’t actually read the stories about their education plan or talk to your... Read More
The anti-government ideologues behind NC GEAR
It’s not unusual for governors to create special committees or blue ribbon commissions to find ways to make state government more efficient. Usually the initiative comes in their first year in... Read More
More desperate 'spin' about the Carolina Comeback
Here are two things you need to know about this week’s news that the state unemployment rate fell half a percentage point in December to 6.9 percent and is down 1.5 percent since December of... Read More
Its about more than teacher salaries
Some teachers in North Carolina will get a raise next year. That seems like a foregone conclusion. The questions now are how big the raise will be and which teachers will get it, how will Governor Pat... Read More
McCrory/Pope/Civitas administration
One of the more interesting news items of the week was the announcement that the Pope Civitas Institute was paying for $20,000 worth of radio ads praising the tax shift passed by state lawmakers last... Read More
The furious tax spin from the right
The right-wing spin machines have been in overdrive lately, primarily trying to convince people of two things, that the drop in the state unemployment rate is evidence that the policies of Governor... Read More
The cynical celebration by Civitas and the NC Chamber
Thousands of long term laid off workers in North Carolina have simply given up looking for a job and dropped out of the labor force and folks like the N.C. Chamber and the Pope Civitas Institute... Read More
