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Tired of budget shenanigans?
With the formal release of President Obama’s budget, the pieces are finally in place for a reprise of the Washington drama we’ve all come to know. There will be high-stakes negotiations, lines in the sand, and enough intrigue to keep Beltway insiders riveted by every piece of breaking news. The rest of us, though, are already worn out. Ordinary Americans are tired of brinksmanship and weary of a government that appears addicted to crisis. W...
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To serve and protect
Dear Editor, I want to thank a police officer for a wonderful job he did on April 25, 2013. He had to stop the busy traffic on Rockingham Road across from the old Winn Dixie, to help a family of geese get safely to the other side of the road. There was a mama, daddy and four tiny little babies. It was truly a beautiful sight to see the police officer protect this little family. Thank you Rockingham Police Officer Dustin Johnson. Su...
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Our View: A good lesson
When we talk about a winning school, a dynamic school, we talk about a very special place that works to prepare youngsters to succeed in life. Life beyond the classroom. We are proud to say that one of those very special places — one of those very special schools — is Hamlet Middle School. Hundreds of students gathered together recently as Hamlet Middle School received its official designation as a North Carolina “School to Watch” for the...
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This Week in Washington for April 27, 2013
In 2010, President Obama signed into law the Affordable Care Act, and asserted that “it will take four years to implement fully many of these reforms, because we need to implement them responsibly. We need to get this right”. Far from getting it right, Obamacare has turned out to be the abysmal mess that so many warned it would be. Not only does it increase costs at a time when every dollar matters, but it has actually terminated American job...
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From Entitlement Road to Poverty Road
Entitlement Road. It’s a wonderful place to visit, but it is a horrible place to live after a time. The visit is great at a time when you are in need, no one would disagree with this statement. But reality is just around the corner. Entitlement Road is paved with illusions, no matter how real the illusions appearance is, it is still an illusion. An illusion that after a time makes one think that this is a great way of life. Think about it, ...
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Governor should be Mr. Fix-It
Now that Pat McCrory has passed the oh-so-important mark of 100 days in office, the political class in Raleigh feels obligated to offer a critique of his administration. The most common one is that Gov. McCrory is playing “small ball.” That is, the critics say that because the governor didn’t propose a major spending program in his 2013-15 budget plan, he’s not really doing anything of consequence. Even the reform initiatives McCrory has an...
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Tar Heel View: On praising first responders
The city of Boston and the town of West, Texas, could hardly be more dissimilar. One is a massive metropolitan center, with a combined residential population of more than 7 million, that also serves as the state’s capital, while the other is a rural crossroads of only 2,800 people that, until last week, was easily overlooked on a drive along I-35 between Austin and Dallas. However, these two communities share one thing in common — the brave...
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Tar Heel View: On reworking lobbying rules
Robert Brawley, Republican North Carolina House member from Iredell County, meet your governor, Pat McCrory. The governor rode to victory by campaigning against evil Democrats loading up on campaign dollars and doing favors for their friends and hobnobbing with lobbyists. Oh, they were bad, said then-candidate and now-Gov. McCrory. Gotta clean things up. Yessiree Bob. So why, then, having been around politics long enough to have seen form...
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Eastern North Carolina eating, the literary way
There are hundreds of reasons to celebrate Georgann Eubanks’ third and last in her “Literary Trails of the North Carolina” series. Follow her travels in the just released “Literary Trails of Eastern North Carolina,” and you will have the most enjoyable and efficient survey of authors and literary connections in that region. But one of my favorite parts of her books are the descriptions of the places where literary-connected people eat. ...
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My Spin: Slow down and get it right
Both Governor McCrory and our General Assembly reached milestones last week and, as we pundits are prone to do, they warrant marking and remarking about. Pat McCrory reached 100 days in his tenure as governor and nobody will refute he was thrown into the deep end on day one. With the notable exception of budget director Art Pope his team is largely new to state government and has experienced a trial-by-fire on-the-job-training. From the get...
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