From the N&O yesterday: Durham County now says it can fill a $57.6 million state funding gap for the Durham-Orange light rail project. The Durham-Orange Light Rail ... Keep Reading
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Lifeline Thrown to Durham-Orange Rail Line, But Hard Deadline Set
Among the provisions in the "technical corrections" bill that makes adjustments to the recently-passed state budget is a change in the funding requirements for major light rail ... Keep Reading
The Heavy Cost Light Rail
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The Left’s Transportation Vision: Unlimited Light Rail Funding; Fraud and Waste
North Carolina leftists continue their light-rail fetish If they had their way, the state’s Highway Trust Fund would be raided to pay for such boondoggles Light rail is a ... Keep Reading
Hold On To Your Wallets: Light Rail Edition
The N&O today is celebrating because there was a step forward in the process to soak Triangle taxpayers for a wildly inefficient, crony boondoggle: the proposed Durham-Orange ... Keep Reading
N&O: Wake County Taxpayers “Won’t Notice” Billion Dollar Tax Hike
In an article urging Wake County voters to raise taxes on themselves to pay for a wildly expensive transit option almost nobody uses, the N&O included this line: "It’s a tax ... Keep Reading
Bad Bill of the Week: Raiding the Transportation Fund
Legislature threatens to remove a cap on light-rail spending Light-rail is far more costly per passenger than highways Rail projects typically cost twice the original ... Keep Reading
Three Reasons the Future is Conservative
The cliché is that conservatives are stuck in the past, but the truth is that our ideas provide the best way to move into an increasingly turbulent future. Of course, ... Keep Reading
N&O’s Solution to Everything: Give More Money to Politicians
Recently the N&O weighed in on the potential capping of NC's state gas tax. As always, their solution: more of your money. No mention of more efficient means of distributing ... Keep Reading
NC to Bring Back Cap on Gas Tax?
Per yesterday's Wilmington Star-News, it appears a cap on North Caroilna's gas tax will be on the table in the upcoming short legislative session: In the General Assembly session ... Keep Reading
