The Follies

Tolling for two North Carolinas

If transportation officials and some state lawmakers get their way, tolls roads will be common place in North Carolina in the near future. The current state budget includes plans for four toll roads, the first of which will be in Western Wake County.

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Big money and absurd claims in Clay County

Voters in Clay County head to the polls Friday to decide if they want to raise the local real estate transfer tax by .4 percent to build a new elementary school.

Hayesville, the county seat, is 350 miles from Raleigh, but big Raleigh money, slick misleading mailers, and misrepresentations from the market fundamentalist think tanks may decide the election if previous local transfer tax votes are any indication. [Continue Reading...]