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When liberals love privatization
Remember Where’s Waldo? Imagine for a moment that he had the word “privatization” stitched on his colorful little cap, and see if you can spot him in this word picture: North Carolina spends billions of dollars a year funding a critical service. But rather than deliver the service directly, the state allows North Carolina recipients to choose among public, for-profit, and nonprofit providers to receive services paid for with tax dollars. ...
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Letter to the Editor
Tax reform is a big buzz-word in Raleigh these days as the North Carolina General Assembly looks at reforming how the state collects revenue from its citizenry. As President of the North Carolina Association of Realtor, which represents 31,000 realtors in every community and county in our state, I want to voice our support for tax reform measures. Our only word of caution is don’t pass tax reforms that are going to hurt our fragile housing ...
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Healthcare Costs: what you can do to make a difference
The cost of healthcare has certainly dominated the news in recent years with much finger pointing and blame to go around. Quite frankly, there are several things we can all do to help with the healthcare cost crisis, and most of them are pretty easy. First and foremost, have a medical home. Some people wonder what a medical home is, and rightfully so. But it’s really simple. A medical home is where you go for regular care: where you have a ...
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Public notices need to be where the public notices
But state legislators and a handful of local government agents want to take legally required public notices advertisements that tell you about major road closings, competitive bids being sought, elections scheduled, important public hearings set, etc. out of the newspapers that have run them for upwards of 200 years, and hide them in plain sight. They want the public not only to hunt for notices on obscure government websites, they also exp...
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The old tobacco farm: Part 4
After the tobacco was cured, we had to open up the barn at night so the tobacco would come in case (soften so it could be handled with it falling apart). Of course when the tobacco was fully cured, it was very brittle and would crumble in your hands. After the barn was open all night, the tobacco was in case and was hauled to the pack house on the wagon. The tobacco was packed there until all the priming was finished. Then all of the work...
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