When they unveiled their plans, the room was crammed with hundreds of people —a stunning turnout for their home in rural Appalachia. Juanita Colvard knew many of these people lost someone. Her own best friend died of breast cancer in her 50s. Another woman watched…
Mecklenburg County voters recently rejected a sales-tax increase. It was advertised as raising money for “arts and parks.” Joseph Coletti, John Locke Foundation senior fellow, has examined the impact of the timing of local sales-tax votes on the likelihood of their approval. He’s found that voters are less likely to…
John Locke Foundation Chairman John Hood and Vice President Donna Martinez discuss key 2019 N.C. municipal election results. Hood and Martinez offered these comments during the Nov. 8, 2019, edition of “NC SPIN.”…
Mecklenburg County voters rejected a plan to raise the sales tax to fund arts and parks. The quarter-cent tax would have taken the county’s rate from 7.25% to 7.5%, but 57% of voters said no. The Mecklenburg Tax Alliance,…
Joseph Coletti, John Locke Foundation senior fellow, places the failed November 2019 Mecklenburg County sales-tax vote in a statewide context. Coletti offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
Dr. Whitney Afonso, professor of public administration and government at the UNC School of Government, explains the concept of participatory budgeting. Afonso offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio.
To understand the educational zeitgeist of voters, start here: Most want choice and change. Republican or Democrat? Gen Xer or millennial? It doesn’t matter much. Views on initiatives or implementation may differ, but conceptually, school choice garners broad bipartisan support. It’s time to push past political polarization…
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses the sales tax increase Mecklenburg County voters will see on the November ballot. Kokai offered these comments for an Oct. 18, 2019, report on WSOC-TV.
Twelve years ago, the General Assembly gave counties the option to ask residents if they wanted more government spending. The county commissioners’ response this year in Mecklenburg? Spend an extra $50 million on the arts and parks. The General Assembly passed legislation in 2007…
Rick Henderson, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, and Donna Martinez, John Locke Foundation vice president, assess 2019 N.C. municipal election results. Henderson and Martinez offered their comments during the Oct. 11, 2o19, edition of “NC SPIN.”…
