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  • CoC ready, waiting

    EdCone.com

    I heard back from Rob Clapper, president of the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce, on my query about GoogleFi. He says the Chamber is "in full support of the effort" and has been assisting the City by providing information. I asked... [...]
    Posted: March 15, 2010, 6:58pm EDT
    by Ed Cone
  • Paying For Jobs

    Civitas Review Online

    Nary a day passes that legislators or local officials don’t find a way to say that it’s government’s job to create jobs. The lack of free-market understanding and lack of a principled approach to job creation is staggering.  The most recent and ludicrous example was highlighted today by the good [...]

    Posted: March 15, 2010, 5:19pm EDT
    by Chad Adams
  • Rough guess

    EdCone.com

    Estimated loss to companies from time spent reading articles about estimated loss to companies from time spent on NCAA pools: One million billion dollars. Got my first press release of the season on the alleged goof-off crisis today; look for... [...]
    Posted: March 15, 2010, 4:53pm EDT
    by Ed Cone
  • Florida on its Governors

    Public Policy Polling

    One of the things we like to do sometimes on our polls is ask people in a particular state who their favorite and least Governors are out of the last five. We did that on our Florida poll and the results were kind of interesting:

    -Jeb Bush rated as [...]
    Posted: March 15, 2010, 4:11pm EDT
  • I'm digging Alan Grayson (FLA)

    BlueNC blogs

    Best quote in months about Sarah Palin today came from Florida Ultra-Progressive Rep. Alan Grayson. Palin was in his territory yakking up the same old spiel about losing freedoms because they have a Democrat in office blah, blah, blah, and Alan Grayson fired back:

    "I look forward to an honest" [...]

    Posted: March 15, 2010, 4:04pm EDT
    by sydfynch
  • Just clap your hands

    EdCone.com

    Good question: So what happens when the stimulus is over and the Fed begins to tighten again? Where will demand come from to get Main Street back, create jobs, raise middle class wages? Not from big businesses. Certainly not from... [...]
    Posted: March 15, 2010, 3:43pm EDT
    by Ed Cone
  • By any other name

    EdCone.com

    They really think you're stupid: "Ryan’s attempt to deny that what his own movement used to call privatization is, in fact, privatization should settle the question of his sincerity."' [...]
    Posted: March 15, 2010, 3:28pm EDT
    by Ed Cone
  • A shift on Israel?

    EdCone.com

    Tough talk on Israel: While commentators and pundits might reflect that Joe Biden's trip to Israel has forever shifted America's relationship with its erstwhile ally in the region, the real break came in January, when David Petraeus sent a briefing... [...]
    Posted: March 15, 2010, 3:24pm EDT
    by Ed Cone
  • Stimulus

    EdCone.com

    As the FCC finishes its first-ever national broadband plan, Congress and commissioners would do the country a service to see it as a jobs bill. You can believe, as I do, that better internets will breed jobs in many ways,... [...]
    Posted: March 15, 2010, 3:16pm EDT
    by Ed Cone
  • Plan for high seas

    Under the Dome blog

    Sea levels on the North Carolina coast will rise 15 to 55 inches over the next 90 years, according to a state science panel.

    In a report delivered to a legislative commission today, the state Coastal Resources Commission's science panel on coastal hazards recommended that planners and policy makers anticipate sea [...]

    Posted: March 15, 2010, 2:47pm EDT
    by lbonner
  • The GOP Senate Contenders

    Public Policy Polling

    Republicans certainly have the opportunity for a big year in Senate races, but for now most of their candidates aren't exactly lighting the world on fire. Only 1 out of 11 major Republican Senate contenders (Mike Castle) we've polled on since November has been viewed favorably by more than 35% [...]
    Posted: March 15, 2010, 2:38pm EDT
  • Lunch links

    The Progressive Pulse

    buffet

    Watauga Watch tells us that Virginia Foxx held a health care town hall today in Statesville conveniently scheduled for 11:30am so all working people in her district can easily attend. Can’t wait to hear about her solutions to our health care mess — let me [...]

    Posted: March 15, 2010, 1:57pm EDT
    by Adam Linker
  • David Price steps up

    BlueNC blogs

    VIA EMAIL:

    Washington, DC – Flanked by constituents who favor comprehensive health insurance reform, Representative David Price (D-NC) today announced his support for the legislation that will come before the House of Representatives later this week. Rep. Price is the first member of congress from North Carolina to announce that he [...]

    Posted: March 15, 2010, 11:57am EDT
    by James
  • Public and private sectors

    EdCone.com

    A second email from Linda Shaw about GoogleFi. She plans to speak with some councilmembers today, and also with commissioners Alston and Arnold, "to see what we can do to help." Greensboro Partnership president Pat Danahy called in response to... [...]
    Posted: March 15, 2010, 11:47am EDT
    by Ed Cone
  • Secondary effects of Obamacare

    JLF > The Locker Room

    Here is a sharp Heartland piece on the consequences of Obamacare -- not the glittery, hoped-for, daydreamy ones, but the nasty unintended ones. A sample: "It will force people to pay for waht they don't want and purchase what they don't need....The entire proposal functions not as a method... [...]
    Posted: March 15, 2010, 11:17am EDT
  • The Colorado Primaries

    Public Policy Polling

    We wrap up our Colorado poll today with a look at the primaries:

    -In the Democratic Senate contest Michael Bennet leads Andrew Romanoff 40-34. Support in this race may end up having to do more with personalities than ideology, as there's no real divide in support along liberal/moderate lines [...]
    Posted: March 15, 2010, 11:14am EDT
  • State Revenue Update

    Civitas Review Online

    Number of comments: 1

    The General Assembly’s Fiscal Research Division has a report updating state revenues through the end of February. Some key findings:

    • General Fund revenue for the first 8 months of the fiscal year are $45 million below a $12.1 billion target for the period.

        – Through the efforts of the [...]

    Posted: March 15, 2010, 10:39am EDT
    by Brian Balfour
  • Health Care bill

    JLF > The Locker Room

    Grace-Marie Turner of the Galen Institute has this to say about the Senate health care bill that is being considered in the House. This week will be the last stand for Obamacare, and the trickery that Speaker Pelosi is concocting to get the 2,700-page Senate... [...]
    Posted: March 15, 2010, 10:27am EDT
  • Empty seats

    EdCone.com

    I have to disagree with Dr. Brod about the role of the economy in damping ACC attendance. Yes, Carolina's absence was a big factor, and it didn't help to have semifinalists from Georgia, Florida, and New Jersey joining the one...' [...]
    Posted: March 15, 2010, 9:39am EDT
    by Ed Cone
  • Tourney notes

    EdCone.com

    "Blue Devils carry ACC postseason hopes again," the N&R headline tells me. I guess rooting against a team is a kind of hope. Wake gets gets seeded by a committee-member who apparently has not been paying attention for the past... [...]
    Posted: March 15, 2010, 9:10am EDT
    by Ed Cone
  • We the people

    EdCone.com

    Just regular folks making themselves heard: The Chamber of Commerce is leading the opposition to the health care bill with a coalition called Employers for a Healthy Economy. In two weeks, the group has bought more than $7 million in... [...]
    Posted: March 15, 2010, 8:59am EDT
    by Ed Cone
  • Geo Will on Barak Wilson Obama

    JLF > The Locker Room

    George Will says here that Obama has more in common with President Wilson than Lenin or Mao. Note the Obama quote below. Professor Obama, who will seek re-election on the 100th anniversary of Wilson's 1912 election, understands, which makes him... [...]
    Posted: March 15, 2010, 8:57am EDT
  • Geo Will on Barack Wilson Obama

    JLF > The Locker Room

    George Will says here that Obama has more in common with President Wilson than Lenin or Mao. Note the Obama quote below. Professor Obama, who will seek re-election on the 100th anniversary of Wilson's 1912 election, understands, which makes him... [...]
    Posted: March 15, 2010, 8:57am EDT
  • The court of public access

    Squall Lines

    There’s a good piece in the Brunswick Beacon today to kick off Sunshine Week. It examines the issue of public access to court documents and judicial proceedings, laying out what is available and when. What’s not available?

    The following court documents are not public record: adoption records, civil discovery, commitment [...]

    Posted: March 15, 2010, 8:56am EDT
    by John Hood
  • Idus Martias

    EdCone.com

    Beware the Ides of March. I'm looking at you, Cornwallis. From Luna's favorite plaque: MARCH XV MDCCLXXXI In the manoeuvering that preceded it, in the strategy that compelled it, in the heroism that signalized it, and in the results that...' [...]
    Posted: March 15, 2010, 8:40am EDT
    by Ed Cone
  • Top of the morning

    The Progressive Pulse

    Number of comments: 4
    Sunrise_over_the_sea

    The New York Times reports that three members of North Carolina’s Congressional delegation are among the 40 members of the House being bombarded with ads by both sides as a final vote on health care reform approaches.

    Representatives Bobby Etheridge, Larry Kissell, and Mike McIntyre have all [...]

    Posted: March 15, 2010, 8:11am EDT
    by Chris Fitzsimon

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