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City of Durham and Advocacy
In today’s Carolina Journal Exclusive, Donna Martinez writes about a City of Durham public television program that advocated in support of the Durham County half-cent sales tax increase for transit. The city attorney argues that there’s nothing wrong with this because the city isn’t advocating for its own referendum. In 2010, the legislature passed theContinue Reading
Where did they get the money?
Live Blog A common question on the budget has been where the Senate got the $252 million to pay for new spending without raising the sales tax. The following table explains it in gory details. The budget sets aside less for future downturns, divert order viagra s money from other funds at the same rateContinue Reading
Disappearing federal education dollars
The editors of the Charlotte Observer want county commissioners to pony up some money for CMS. No surprise there. But take notice of this bit of spin: Some say CMS is focusing on the wrong target. County commissioner Bill James said in an email that school officials “should be putting the squeeze on the groupContinue Reading