Carolina Journal
Volume 19, Number 8 - August 2010

Table of Contents:

On the Cover:

  • Tobacco Trust funds footbridge to nowhere
  • Major issues avoided in short session

North Carolina:

  • Six-figure N.C. pension payouts on the rise, Page 2
  • Raw milk adherents fight state law forcing them underground, Page 3
  • Report: Contractors bought booze for DMV employees, Page 4
  • New rules limit pension fund manager political contributions, Page 5

Education:

  • Charter conference highlights interest in school choice, Page 6
  • Terry Stoops commentary: A sound superintendent search, Page 6
  • State's overseer of private education retires after 25 years, Page 7
  • N.C. Supreme Court strengthens public records law, Page 8
  • Charter schools' attorney Vinroot keeps racking up victories, Page 9

Higher Education:

  • Impressive number of dropouts succeed wildly without degrees, Page 11
  • Jay Schalin commentary: UNC gets legislative favors, Page 11
  • Use of nontenure teaching specialists growing, Page 12
  • Campus Briefs, Page 12
  • Issues in Higher Education: Can states spur economies by investing in higher education? Page 13

Local Government:

  • Chowan County digging out of fiscal hole, Page 16
  • Town and County, Page 16
  • Appeals Court says DENR wrong in septic perk case, Page 17
  • Michael Lowrey commentary: Higher-speed rail activists clueless, Page 17
  • Durham cries foul over lake regs, Page 18
  • Local Innovation Bulletin Board, Page 18
  • Orange County pushes tax hike as economic development tool, Page 19

The Learning Curve:

  • Movie review: 'Rise and rise again': A philosophical Robin Hood, Page 20
  • From the Liberty Library, Page 20
  • Troy Kickler commentary: World Cup offered teachable moments Americans desperately need, Page 21
  • Book review: The Battle short but informative, Page 22
  • Short Takes on Culture, Page 22
  • Book review: Updated Geisler classic illustrates how religion and ethics relate, Page 23

Opinion:

  • Editorial: Time to privatize public broadcasting, Page 24
  • Rick Henderson commentary: North Carolina dodges a tax-financed bullet, Page 24
  • Editorial: Unions and reform, Page 25
  • Editorial: A placeholder budget, Page 25
  • John Hood commentary: An ironic deal on tax penalties, Page 25
  • Michael Walden commentary: We are still competitive, Page 26
  • Editorial Briefs, Page 26
  • Becki Gray commentary: We can — and must — do better, Page 27
  • Marc Rotterman commentary: GOP — Bold agenda, or pale pastels? Page 27

Parting Shot:

  • Highway Patrol first to join Text Offender Registry (a CJ parody), Page 28

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