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BlueNC blogs: Remindng the governor, Teaching is an honorable profession

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:58:58 -0500

I am a teacher. I had no choice; both parents, two siblings and their spouses were in education in some capacity. If a gene exists for teaching, it runs rampant in my family. Of course that gene usually goes with the "struggling middle class" and the "you ain't never going'" [...]

BlueNC blogs: Easley Legacy Continues

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:35:44 -0500

As some of you are probably aware, the battle over Titan Cement's new facility in Hanover County is still raging. Dozens of (medical) doctors have joined to voice their concern, as well as hundreds of citizens and a few of my favorite environmental orgs. Most recently, these groups pleaded with [...]

The Wild West: Tourism Board Disbanded

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:57:56 -0500

The Graham County Commissioners voted to disband their tourism board. The decision wasn’t based on fiscal pressures or role of government philosophies. In fact, the reasons are rather hazy and diffuse.

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BlueNC blogs: Jerry Markatos

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:30:38 -0500

Some very good news about an old friend, received via email this week:

The Human Rights Coalition of North Carolina is pleased to announce Jerry Markatos of Pittsboro, N.C., as the recipient of its 2009 International Human Rights Award. Markatos is a “longtime unsung hero” in providing support for the [...]

The Wild West: And Then There Were Two (Paying Students)

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:43:31 -0500

UNCA tuition may increase 5.5% next year. The increase is needed to support an unprecedented number of students who cannot afford tuition.

Funds might also be used to keep the library open long enough for students to conduct research, remove the germ-ridden carpet from the sports medicine clinic, move the [...]

InterstateQ.com: Charlotte: Queen City of LGBT invisibility?

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:32:43 -0500

For the past few weeks I’ve been on an activism-through-journalism swing over at my day job. In a two-part, pre- and post-election opinion column, I ranted and raved over the lack of LGBT equality and recognition in Charlotte, North Carolina’s largest city. In the column prior to Election Day, I [...]

BlueNC blogs: Larry Taking Some Heat

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:49:12 -0500

Here it is.
I just don't buy the Medicare excuse.

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The Progressive Pulse: Progressive Voices speak out

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:43:22 -0500

Progressive Voices commentator Adam Linker exposes Senator Burr’s duplicitous nature in his commentary “Richard Burr on health care: Less than candid and ineffective“.

Commentator Bill Schweke looks at how the national economy is doing in “Obama between a rock and a hard place on the economy.”

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Public Policy Polling: Wisconsin a tossup

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:08:00 -0500

The top candidates to be the next Governor of Wisconsin are relatively unknown, and that makes the race to replace Jim Doyle a tossup.

Tom Barrett and Scott Walker are tied at 40, while Barrett leads Mark Neumann 41-39 and Tommy Thompson 46-41.

A plurality of voters have [...]

The Progressive Pulse: On News & Views with Chris Fitzsimon

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:56:32 -0500

With Thanksgiving over, members of Congress will now have to deal with leftovers – specifically the unfinished business of health care reform.

Adam Searing, Director of the North Carolina Health Access Coalition, joins Chris Fitzsimon in the studio this week to discuss the legislation and its supporters and detractors.

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