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Articles by Donna Martinez

(5.21.03) Taxes and Vanishing Dreams
RALEIGH — Many North Carolina communities are raising taxes with little apparent regard for the economic consequences, say taxpayers. “The people who pile these taxes on us have little or no regard for people who are aged,” one said. “How far can it go in this country before people realize it can’t go any further?” North Carolina, once considered a low-tax state, now carries the highest individual and corporate income tax rates in the Southeast. Nationally, North Carolina now has the 25th highest tax burden as a percentage of income, according to the Tax Foundation. That represents a huge jump up the list from 1998, when the state’s overall tax burden ranked 36th.

(4.23.03) On Being a Substitute Teacher
RALEIGH — On a typical day in North Carolina, hundreds of substitute teachers take control of classes in the state’s 117 public systems, filling in for faculty that are sick, on vacation, or attending conferences. Parents may hear a passing reference to these stand-ins as children give a synopsis of their day. Other than that, substitutes are largely unnoticed by the public, but they have tremendous responsibility. I know firsthand. For four months last year, I was a substitute teacher in the Orange County School System.

(3.24.03) NC Not Ready for Terror Disaster
RALEIGH — While thousands of North Carolinians are fighting in and around Iraq to disarm Saddam Hussein and destroy his weapons of mass destruction, NC emergency management professionals are waging a war on terrorism at home as the nation’s terror alert rises and citizens brace for potential terrorist attacks in response to military action. While state officials stress progress in North Carolina's preparations, local officials from the mountains to the coast express alarm.

(3.05.03) No. 115: Feminist Fantasies: Required Reading for College Freshmen
Phyllis Schlafly has been giving sage advice to government for decades, and now she’s inadvertently provided a solution for cutting spending from the University of North Carolina’s hefty, taxpayer-funded budget.

(2.05.03) Pumping Revenue from Property Taxes
Boxed in by state budget deficits, sluggish sales tax receipts, Medicaid mandates, and politicians’ unwillingness to cut or hold the line on services, counties are raising property taxes more frequently to make ends meet. By Donna Martinez.

(1.16.03) No. 644: Foaming-at-the-Mouth Feminists Twist Logic
Boneheaded feminists continually employ confusion and contradiction to further their left-wing agenda.

(12.03.02) ‘Smart Growth’ Fizzles at Election Time
The September release of a Smart Growth America study charging that North Carolina’s Triad and Triangle regions have the second- and third-most serious sprawl problems in the country put discussion of so-called “Smart Growth” back in the state’s news. But Donna Martinez reports that growth policies took a backseat to economic issues in the Nov. 5 election.

(10.17.02) No. 622: Day of Reckoning Is Coming for Feminists
The federal "unborn-children rule," to be enacted in November, will force feminists to show their true colors.

(10.17.02) No. 622: Day of Reckoning Is Coming for Feminists
The federal "unborn-children rule," to be enacted in November, will force feminists to show their true colors.

(9.23.02) No. 617: See Me, NOW: Mary Tyler Moore Bows to June Cleaver
1970s feminist abandons a life of unfilled promises and rediscovers herself as a traditional woman and mother.

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