Posted in Healthcare Legislative Action Committee News Politics State

CON Laws & Hospitals: their dirty little secret

By Jay Singleton, M.D. Restoring the free market to our healthcare system in North Carolina is essential. This is currently being attempted in our General…

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Posted in Legislative Action Committee News State

Help Get Rid of CON

As you know, our Legislative Action Committee is working to get rid of CON (Certificate of Need) laws in North Carolina. (They’re used to create…

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Posted in Common Core NC State Education Public Education State

NC Academic Standards Review Commission Meeting-July 20, 2015

Following are my minutes and my comments highlighted in parentheses, taken during the ASRC meeting on Monday. In full disclosure, I don’t think DPI made…

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Posted in Aldermen Watchdog

Class Warfare and Racial Prejudice Reared Their Ugly Heads in New Bern

Class Warfare and Racial Prejudice Reared Their Ugly Heads in New Bern Report on 5-12-15 Board of Aldermen Meeting by Raynor James Two of the…

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Posted in AP US History Common Core Legislative Action Committee NC State Education News Public Education SchoolBoard State Watchdog

CCTA Vice Chair, Glenn Fink, on Public Education in NC and Craven County

Glenn Fink went into the LION’s DEN and made this talk to the Craven County Board of Education a few days ago… I am Glenn…

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Posted in Legislative Action Committee News State Watchdog

CCTA Legislative Action Committee Meeting with Representative John Bell 2-4-15

CCTA Legislative Action Committee Meeting with Representative John Bell 2-4-15 Seven members of the Legislative Action Committee (Nan Murdoch, Connie Hanna, Mark Jones, Cat Stash,…

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Posted in Legislative Action Committee News State Watchdog

CCTA Legislative Action Committee Meeting with Senator Norman Sanderson 1-21-15

CCTA Legislative Action Committee Meeting with Senator Norman Sanderson 1-21-15 Our CCTA Legislative Action Committee met with Senator Norman Sanderson on January 21st, the day…

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CCTA Legislative Action Committee Meeting with Representative Michael Speciale 1-15-15

CCTA Legislative Action Committee Meeting with Representative Michael Speciale 1-15-15 Our CCTA Legislative Action Committee met with Representative Michael Speciale on January 15th and with…

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Posted in News SchoolBoard Watchdog

Petition Craven County Board of Commissioners

Petition: Craven County Board of Education – 20 November 2014  Hal James, Coastal Carolina Taxpayers Association  Kim Fink, Glenn Fink, and I have petitioned the…

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Posted in CCTA Education State Uncategorized Watchdog

NC Academic Standards Review Commission First Meeting-22 Sep 14

Photo Credit for this picture- Lady Liberty 1885 As you can see from these picture, the meeting room was very crowded.  It was also hot,…

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