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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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2013 Earth Day is on ground level in Richmond County
Earth Day 2013 was celebrated Monday in Richmond County. — The Editor Since its 1970 inception, the Earth Day phenomenon has led to much understanding of the consequences confronted when not caring for our natural resources. This awareness led to action to protect America’s land, water, air, wildlife, and, yes, humans. In Richmond County, North Carolina, America and around the world, environmental concerns are a primary focus among lawm...
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Pooling our resources is vital
Many of you have mentioned you enjoy my occasional history lesson in my legislative report so here’s one for this week. In the history of our great state, have you ever known of a father and son who both served as NC Lieutenant Governor? This has only happened once and a prominent Anson County family has this distinction — the Taylors. Mr. Hoyt Pat Taylor Sr. served as Lt. Governor from 1949-1953, following his years of service in the NC Ho...
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