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Salesman of the Year

Carter Wrenn posted on March 07, 2006 13:16

It’s only March but I’m for giving Jaume Plensa, the Spanish artist who’s sold Mayor Meeker on $2.5 million in ‘art’ for downtown, the Salesman of the...

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The Rumsfeld Doctrine

Carter Wrenn posted on March 06, 2006 13:33

Here’s a point of view on the War in Iraq that is being, unfortunately, ignored. New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, in a commentar...

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The Ports Deal and ’06 Politics

Gary Pearce posted on March 01, 2006 13:29

Carter and I spoke to a class of aspiring political operatives this week. Just before we started, CNN broadcast the story about Bush’s app...

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Mayor Meeker a Schools Convert?

Gary Pearce posted on February 28, 2006 15:36

It looks like our crusade to get the Raleigh City Council focused on schools is making progress. In his annual State of the City address this week,...

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Pay to Play

Carter Wrenn posted on February 28, 2006 13:02

‘Pay to Play’ is the name the media has given the scandals that are going on in Raleigh. It means, roughly, lobbyists ‘pay’ (by making contributions) ...

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Abortion Opponents May Regret This

Gary Pearce posted on February 27, 2006 17:19

For some time now, the political tide has been running against supporters of abortion rights. That’s because the opponents got smart. They started ...

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Scandals – ‘Pay to Play’

Carter Wrenn posted on February 27, 2006 16:20

The Democrats in Raleigh have been embroiled in a series of scandals over the last six months that the newspapers have dubbed ‘pay to play’ – and as a...

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Property Tax Revolt Coming in NC

Gary Pearce posted on February 24, 2006 14:31

From the first taxpayers’ revolution in California in 1978, North Carolina has escaped a full-scale rebellion over local property taxes. I predict ...

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Hoist By His Own Petard

Gary Pearce posted on February 24, 2006 14:30

I’m enjoying watching Republicans put President Bush on the hot seat for letting a Middle Eastern company run American ports. And I have a sneaking...

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Answering Bill Graham on the Gas Tax

Gary Pearce posted on February 23, 2006 16:41

A painful lesson Carter taught me in the 1984 Hunt-Helms race was the power of using your opponents’ own words against him. I thought of that whe...

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