The majority of Mecklenburg County Commissioners want to raise sales tax by a quarter of a penny to supplement the salaries of CMS and CPCC educators and to support the Arts & Science Council and public library. The increase would generate an estimated $34 million annually.
Speaking of education: Senate leader Phil Berger met with Moral Monday protesters to talk money and education. The protesters expected to be arrested.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s defeat in the primary likely means immigration reform won’t pass this year. Pundits speculate Cantor, who spent $5 million in the race, was defeated by tea partier and little-known candidate Dave Brat, who spent $150,000, because voters didn’t think Cantor would sincerely stand against amnesty.
And finally, the answer to our biggest question, what kind of sea creature could devour a great white shark?
This article appears in Jun 11-17, 2014.
What a great idea. First you pass a massive tax cut for the richest citizens, leaving a huge hole in the budget and hoping no one will notice that that group includes many legislators. Then you take a stand in your war against the Democrats and refuse BILLIONS in Medicaid money from the Feds. Then, to balance the injured budget, you raise the sales taxes that are paid by the poor and middle class. Taxes on things like mobile homes. Then you eliminated the deduction on part of retired people’s pensions. Now you want local tax payers to pick up the slack when you gut the school budgets. The courts keep shooting down your wacky laws, so you are now trying to find a way to get control of the courts. But what is the hardest to comprehend is how the chickens will just keep voting for Col. Sanders.