Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation communications director, says the recession should prompt local government leaders to focus on core services, rather than government expansion plans. He offered these comments in reaction to Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker’s announcement that he’ll see a fifth term in this fall’s election. The comments aired April 13, 2009, on News 14 Carolina.
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Last week the non-partisan Fiscal Research Division of the North Carolina General Assembly forecast yet another $1 billion+ surplus in anticipated tax revenues for the 2024–2025 fiscal year. That’s on top of the $400+ million in surplus collections for the 2023-2024 fiscal year. The news, the latest in a decade-long run of tax revenue surpluses,...