Carolina Journal
Volume 19, Number 1 - January 2010

Table of Contents:

On the Cover:

  • Easley ethics forms omitted rental income
  • How much does your congressman cost?

North Carolina:

  • Chapel Hill's Hookah Bliss plans to defy new smoking ban, Page 4
  • Forced annexation pits towns against residents in western N.C., Page 5
  • Cowell proposal brings risks to pension, Page 6
  • N.C. briefs, Page 6
  • Realtors' Kent recounts 24-0 record against land transfer tax, Page 7

Education:

  • Reformers and old guard knock heads on Wake school board, Page 9
  • Kristen Blair commentary: Skills vs. substance: 21st century smackdown?, Page 9
  • N.C. school systems slightly more parent-friendly, Page 10
  • North Carolina stands pat in effort to win 'Race to the Top' grant, Page 11
  • 'Wacky Wednesday' policy unusual for N.C. districts, Page 12

Higher Education:

  • UNC spending: much more than instruction, Page 13
  • Campus briefs, Page 13
  • Apart no more? Nation's HBCUs heading into an era of change, Page 14
  • George Leef commentary: Privatize UNC School of the Arts?, Page 14
  • Issues in Higher Education: A realistic way to think of college administrators: self-interested, Page 15

Local Government:

  • Yadking jail raises issue of judge's power, Page 16
  • Town and county, Page 16
  • Court rules against Union's public facilities ordinance, Page 17
  • Michael Lowrey commentary: Charlotte's eastside quandary, Page 17
  • Meck sixth locality to approve same-sex partner benefits, Page 18
  • Local Innovation Bulletin Board, Page 18
  • Greensboro City Council in choppy waters over aquatic center, Page 19

The Learning Curve:

  • Book review: Whatever happened to growing up and moving out?, Page 20
  • From the Liberty Library, Page 20
  • Troy Kickler commentary: Slave Omar ibn Said important figure in North Carolina history, Page 21
  • Book review: Rogue a story of accomplishments, Page 22
  • Short Takes on Culture, Page 22
  • Book review: Brookhiser's Right Time, Right Place works on different levels, Page 23

Opinion:

  • Editorial: Hagan's health care tax hikes, Page 24
  • Roy Cordato commentary: Tax reform should honor first principles, Page 24
  • Editorial: Rancid Davis-Bacon, Page 25
  • Editorial: Treasurer's bad idea, Page 25
  • John Hood commentary: Stop digging the debt hole, Page 25
  • Michael Walden commentary: Is tax reform in N.C.'s future?, Page 26
  • Editorial briefs, Page 26
  • Andy Taylor commentary: Will 2010 be 1994 redux?, Page 27
  • Becki Gray commentary: N.C. stimulus funds stimulated government, Page 27

Parting Shot:

  • Sneak peek: Mike Easley tell-all Alligator Arms (a CJ parody), Page 28

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