When $270,000,000 goes to the sixth largest city in the state, even liberals and newspaper cartoonist are bound to notice. Senator Tony Rand and his boy, DOT Secretary Lyndo ... Keep Reading
Accountability & Transparency
Gov Elect Perdue’s Priorities?
On Saturday, Governor Elect Bev Perdue published her "First Day Of Change" list. It starts with a silly nostrum to Establish the North Carolina Endowment for Positive ... Keep Reading
They Put the Road Where?
Questions are being asked about Senator David Hoyle's involvement in the Garden Parkway in Gaston County and some land he owns along the way. The Charlotte Observer has the ... Keep Reading
US Taxpayers Funding Acorn and El Pueblo
From OneNewsNow: The housing package signed into law by President Bush extends an unlimited line of credit to troubled mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae and rescues ... Keep Reading
Who’s the Most Powerful Person in N.C.?
In North Carolina, the Senate Majority Leader is more powerful than the Governor. That means, right now, Senator Tony Rand (D-Cumberland) is more powerful than Governor Easley ... Keep Reading
Transparency: Spread a Little Sunshine
Sunlight being a good disinfectant (or so the saying goes), we are starting to see a lot of good transparency measures popping up all over the country: -- Governor Matt Blunt ... Keep Reading
Transportation: A Picture is Worth 1000 Words
Credit to Kevin Siers who draws for the Charlotte Observer, which published this. ... Keep Reading
Sunlight as Disinfectant
If you haven't already, check out the Capitol Monitor -- a transparency project that keeps sunlight on North Carolina's politics, non-profits and interest groups. MSM: keep your ... Keep Reading
Which One of These Men is Lying?
Looks like business as usual again in Raleigh as budget-makers stage behind closed door meetings to determine how to spend your tax money. As this N&O article notes:"House ... Keep Reading
Poor City Attorney Burdened by Transparency
This poor, poor Charlotte city attorney, burdened by transparency, laments the types of information requests his department receives: McCarley said Charlotte officials had no ... Keep Reading
