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Jeff A. Taylor

Email: jtaylor82@carolina.rr.com

Jeff Taylor is a longtime contributor to Carolina Journal who moved back to North Carolina in 2003 after a lengthy stint as a journalist in the Washington, D.C. area. He currently writes the Reason Express newsletter and contributes to Reason magazine, based in Los Angeles. A former national political reporter for Investor's Business Daily and “Evans & Novak,” Taylor began his journalism career as a UNC-Chapel Hill graduate with newspaper reporting jobs in South Carolina and at the Smithfield Herald.


Articles by Jeff A. Taylor

(5.14.10) Davidson, Mooresville Taxpayers Face Bailout of Municipal Broadband Service
DAVIDSON — Residents of Davidson and Mooresville have been staggered in recent days by news that the $92.5 million cable TV and broadband system the towns own jointly will require an additional $6.4 million subsidy from taxpayers next year. The need for additional funding follows a recent $576,000 cash call on the towns from M-I Connection to keep the system operating for the remainder of the current fiscal year.

(4.01.10) We Are No Model, Mr. President
CHARLOTTE -- President Barack Obama comes to Charlotte Friday to talk up America's flagging economic recovery. If local boosters are correct, the president will hold up Charlotte as a model for rest of the nation to emulate. If only that were true.

(12.02.09) Meck County Officials Still Not Talking About DSS Criminal Probe
CHARLOTTE — One week after Mecklenburg County Commission Chair Jennifer Roberts acknowledged publicly an ongoing criminal investigation of the county’s $200 million Department of Social Services, county officials refused to identify the government agency conducting the investigation. County commissioners reportedly were advised of a federal probe while in closed session in early November.

(6.18.09) Jim Black’s Property Settlement in Corruption Case May Not Add Up
CHARLOTTE — Imprisoned former North Carolina House Speaker Jim Black used undeveloped land with a tax value of less than $150,000 to pay off an outstanding $500,000 state fine linked to his conviction on corruption charges, according to Mecklenburg County property records.

(11.14.08) McCrory failed to move Mecklenburg’s conservatives
Some people are learning the wrong lessons from the Charlotte mayor’s recent defeat in the gubernatorial election.

(6.22.07) UNCC Resources Push Charlotte Transit
CHARLOTTE — State employees and resources were used to prepare a report written to the specifications of opponents of the repeal of the half-cent transit tax levied in Mecklenburg County, emails to and from UNCC Chancellor Phil Dubois show.

(11.22.05) The Portland Smart-Growth Implosion
Don't look now but the Portland experiment with strict land use controls is having the desired effect of driving up the cost of living and pricing out families. How soon before Charlotte follows?

(10.18.05) Jim Black Should Resign
The speaker has again managed to show his disdain for an open political process by giving access to lottery deliberations to the friends of insiders.

(9.15.05) Historical Omissions
The county's Historic Landmarks Commission has not given up on buying an Uptown property even though it wildly overestimated its value. It is an old, costly habit for the group.

(8.12.05) NASCAR Go Home
City leaders opt to woo NASCAR officials with a parade route and millions in public money in hopes of landing a Hall of Fame. Good thing all of Charlotte's other problems are solved.

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