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Raleigh Spending on a Roll

Carter Wrenn posted on July 17, 2006 11:30

Local government spending in Raleigh and Wake County is mushrooming. The City Council wants to spend more. The County Commissioners want to spend mo...

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"That's Just Pretend Ethics"

Carter Wrenn posted on July 17, 2006 11:27

Prospects for ethics reform and cleaning up the ‘pay to play’ scandals took a blow in the State Senate last week. Senator David Hoyle told the Senate...

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Toll Roads and Polls

Carter Wrenn posted on July 14, 2006 11:47

The North Carolina Turnpike Authority’s mission is to build toll roads. Its problem is people feel, with all the gas taxes they’re paying, they should...

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School Board

Carter Wrenn posted on July 14, 2006 11:45

The News and Observer recently asked the School Board for copies of its e-mails – under the state’s public records law – about student reassignments t...

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Posted in: Raleigh

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A Blue Ribbon Punt

Gary Pearce posted on July 13, 2006 14:03

When I hear the words “Blue Ribbon Study Commission,” I automatically think: Another politician is punting. That’s exactly what happened in Wake Coun...

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Posted in: General, Raleigh

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The Great Contract Embroglio

Carter Wrenn posted on July 13, 2006 13:24

The state’s biggest contract is its $171 million Medicare contract. Two years ago, it put the contract out to bid and Secretary of Human Services, Car...

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Democrats, Republicans and 'Pay to Play'

Carter Wrenn posted on July 13, 2006 09:53

The Democrats in the State House have been conducting their version of ‘damage control’ to dodge the political fallout from the ‘pay to play’ scandals...

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Posted in: General, North Carolina - Democrats , North Carolina - Republicans

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The Governor's Race

Carter Wrenn posted on July 12, 2006 13:15

The Republicans Salisbury attorney, Bill Graham, has spent a million dollars of his own money to pay for TV ads to express his opposition to the Gas ...

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Hypocrisy From the Left and the Right

Gary Pearce posted on July 12, 2006 13:14

Two news stories from the same day: While Republicans in Congress and the Bush Administration fulminate over The New York Times’ “treason” in publi...

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John Edwards: Leading the War on Terrorisim

Carter Wrenn posted on July 12, 2006 13:09

John Edwards has called for us to immediately withdraw 40,000 troops from Iraq. Not next month. Or by Christmas. Or in a year. Now. Granted we’re in ...

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Posted in: General, National Democrats

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