The message from Department of Transportation bureaucrats and elected officials deep in the transportation policy game has been the same for some time now – “send more money.” With a prominent study groups known as the 21st Century Transportation Study Committee set to recommend the same next month, the message demands closer scrutiny. [Continue Reading...]
An open letter to the Governor-elect
Dear Governor-elect Perdue:
It’s been pretty crazy around here the last three weeks. What with the economic meltdown, the dramatic change in Washington and then the state budget shortfall and all of the news surrounding your soon-to-be administration here in Raleigh, some of us progressives have forgotten our manners.
This week marks the tenth anniversary of the settlement between 46 states and the tobacco industry. The states, including North Carolina, agreed to drop their lawsuits against major tobacco companies and the companies agreed to give the states $200 billion over 25 years to offset tobacco-related health care costs. [Continue Reading...]
