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The city of Charlotte really wants to build a streetcar line. Queen City taxpayers probably will have to dig a bit deeper to pay for it, though, as construction bids have come in over 30 percent above projections.
Published: Wednesday, December 28th, 2016 @ 1:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Friday, December 2nd, 2016 @ 2:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When North Carolina voters in 17 counties cast their ballots this year, they had the option of voting "yes" or "no" for proposed increases in local sales or property taxes
Published: Tuesday, November 15th, 2016 @ 1:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On the Thursday "What Matters in North Carolina" program, host Mark Shiver spoke with Brian Balfour, executive vice-president of the Civitas Institute, to discuss the proposed Wake County sales tax increase on the Nov. 8 ballots, which will go to fund a mass transit plan
Published: Tuesday, November 1st, 2016 @ 2:46 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Taxpayer advocates, public policy analysts, and Republican Party officials Tuesday slammed a Wake County sales tax referendum and characterized a proposed transit plan as a giant boondoggle
Published: Thursday, October 27th, 2016 @ 12:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On the eve of his birth, the mother of Buddha dreamed that a white elephant presented her with a lotus flower, a sign of wisdom and purity. Throughout history a white elephant was regarded in Buddhist kingdoms as a symbol of divine blessing.
Published: Sunday, February 1st, 2015 @ 8:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Senate adopted the conference committee report for H1224 (Local Sales Tax Options/Econ. Devpt. Changes) Thursday night. This bill would grant more flexibility to counties in the use of existing sales tax authority.
Published: Monday, August 4th, 2014 @ 7:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Critics of a just-passed Senate bill complain that it limits the ability of Wake, Guilford, and Forsyth counties to raise sales taxes to fund proposed rail transit systems in the Triangle and Triad.
Published: Monday, July 28th, 2014 @ 2:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Senate on Thursday passed a revised version of H1224 (Local Sales Tax Options/Econ Devpt Changes) that changes county sales tax authority.
Published: Sunday, July 27th, 2014 @ 12:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In some circles, it is thought that for a community to be said to truly exist, it must be "World Class." It is assumed that each community aspires to be a World Class Community, no matter the cost. What brings a WCC to life, like the magician's hat to Frosty the Snowman, is light-rail transit.
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2013 @ 12:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The GOP majority on Jones Street has passed budget packages. The House and Senate versions are both in the ballpark of $20.6 billion (hundreds of millions higher than Bev Perdue's last budget).
Published: Saturday, June 15th, 2013 @ 11:27 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The Carolina Panthers are a very, very very bad football team. Their owner, Jerry Richardson, is a very, very, very wealthy and very, very, very connected man.
Published: Thursday, January 17th, 2013 @ 2:57 am
By: Brant Clifton
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List of resource links.
Published: Friday, November 2nd, 2012 @ 2:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Orange County voters will decide in November whether to raise taxes on themselves to help "invest" $1.4 billion toward construction of 17 miles of transit line that would have a miniscule impact on traffic congestion and air pollution.
Published: Monday, October 8th, 2012 @ 1:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Durham County Democrats say Republican complaints about hosting partisan Democratic events at government facilities are off-base because nothing prevents Republicans from using public meeting space for their own partisan activities.
Published: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 @ 10:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Some three dozen people delivered impassioned pleas Monday afternoon to the Wake County Board of Commissioners, urging them to place a half-cent sales tax on the November ballot.
Published: Thursday, June 21st, 2012 @ 8:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Orange County voters will decide the fate of a nearly $1.4 billion light rail project for Durham and Orange counties in the Nov. 6 general election.
Published: Sunday, June 10th, 2012 @ 11:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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