Other items of interest

As Mecklenburg County considered a change that would prevent people from searching online county property records by name, The Charlotte Observer sought a response from Jeff Taylor, “who writes the popular Meck Deck blog for the John Locke Foundation.” Taylor also discussed the online property records issue with WFAE Radio. Speaking of radio, Taylor joined Tara Servatius on WBT Wednesday to discuss new DNA evidence in the 1990 Kim Thomas murder case. In other radio news, JLF communications director Mitch Kokai discussed the state’s debt problems and public school history curriculum changes during an appearance Wednesday with Curtis Wright on WLTT Radio’s “Morning Beat” program. Meanwhile, the Richmond County Daily Journal published Carolina Journal Radio Co-Host Donna Martinez‘s latest column on women’s advances in business and government. The Jefferson Post published JLF office manager Melissa Mitchell‘s recent column endorsing term limits. The Taylorsville Times mentioned in a profile of N.C. Senate candidate Dan Soucek that he’s a 2009 graduate of the E.A. Morris Fellowship for Emerging Leaders.