Keep Your Eyes on the Policy

There are a few, major state issues that the JLF has been weighing in on that we all should be paying attention to. Right in line with two seasonally rare blizzards in Buffalo and Denver and a weak hurricane season, N.C.’s Global Warming Commission is still hamming up the state’s role in climate change. Roy Cordato clues the alarmists in to the reality of the situation in the Triangle Business-Journal. Key phrase: “The fact is that even if the alarmist scenario were probable, there is nothing that the state either acting alone or in conjunction with all 49 other states can do to change the climate.” Full of more hot air then the upper atmosphere, is Big Labor.  Their promises of “fair wages” and “full benefits” haven’t worked in the South, as George Leef reminds us in the Fayetteville Observer.  But, that could change. Other issues to watch are eminent domain abuses and the public financing of judicial elections – both were addressed by Daren Bakst, the former for the Capital Area Republican Club, the latter at a panel discussion for the Triangle Chapter of the Federalist Society. A smaller, more local issue – ordinances and their implementation – are a concern for voters in county commissioner and town council elections. At the 7:05 Club in Lee County, Chad spoke with concerned citizens about this issue.