• John Locke Update

    Property Rights Legislation Update

    posted February 24, 2011 by Daren Bakst
    View in your browser. The following are major bills in the state legislature that affect property rights: Annexation SB 27: Senate Moratorium Bill…
  • Research Report

    The First 100 Days: Eleven Action Items for the 2011 Legislative Session

    posted November 11, 2010 by Dr. Terry Stoops
    This report highlights eleven action items that North Carolina’s new General Assembly should seek to implement in the first 100 days of the 2011 legislative session. These items touch upon a cross section of public policy areas, including education, economic development, property rights, energy and the environment, health care, the budget, and transparency. We at the John Locke Foundation believe that these items represent straightforward actions that would greatly enhance the liberty and prosperity of North Carolina’s citizens.
  • Research Report

    A Million Wasn’t Enough? Montgomery County commissioners want even more tax money

    posted October 17, 2010 by Dr. Terry Stoops, Joseph Coletti, Daren Bakst
    Montgomery county commissioners have raised the property tax by nine cents over the last two years, from 58 cents to 67 cents per $100 valuation — a 15.5 percent increase. Now the commissioners want $225,000 tax increase (an amount about the same as another one-cent increase in the property tax). If voters approve this tax increase, the total tax increase over the last three years would be $2.1 million.
  • John Locke Update

    Blight Abuse in Action

    posted October 17, 2010 by Daren Bakst
    View in your browser. In the Spotlight Apparently believing that forcing people out of their homes serves its "noble" purpose, Columbia University is abusing…

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