VIDEO: Pantano Gets Early Start on 2012 Campaign
By Anthony Greco
RALEIGH — Ilario Pantano is not taking any downtime after his narrow loss to U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre, D-7th. Pantano filed campaign paperwork with the Federal Election Commission. He said he decided to keep his campaign active in order to meet as many potential voters as possible.

John Hood’s Daily Journal

The Perdue Predicament
The best option Democrats have right now is for the governor to recover her footing and make a serious contest out of what now seems a foregone conclusion.

Headlines

3.23.11 – Plan puts NC health insurance on chopping block

3.23.11 – Lottery funding for public schools on table

3.23.11 – GOP tries to put brakes on high-speed rail in NC

3.23.11 – N.C. held back data on bypass, documents say

3.23.11 – DAs say guilt of suspects affirmed

3.23.11 – High court to rule on Miranda rights of juveniles

3.23.11 – 911 call bill gets Senate approval

3.23.11 – Goolsby seeks more openness in government

3.23.11 – Florida legislator regrets letting utility pass on cost

3.23.11 – Duke to offer free home car chargers

3.23.11 – Bill would allow wider use of digital billboards

3.23.11 – CMS will explore privatizing services

3.23.11 – Experts duel over busing, diversity in Wake

3.23.11 – Census numbers amplify shortfall in Fayetteville budget

3.23.11 – Greensboro landfill savings could top $5 million

Upcoming Events

Monday, March 28, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Noon
A meeting of the Shaftesbury Society
with our special guest Daren Bakst, Esq.
Ending Eminent Domain Abuse in NC:
Time for a Constitutional Amendment

Saturday, April 02, 2011 at 10:00am-3:30pm
A Citizens’ Constitutional Workshop in Brunswick County, NC
with presenters Dr. Troy Kickler & Dr. Michael Sanera
What the Founders and the State Ratification Conventions
Can Teach Us Today

Monday, April 04, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Noon
A meeting of the Shaftesbury Society
with our special guest Steven F. Hayward
The Death of Environmentalism?
Reflections on the Rise and Fall of a Social Movement

Saturday, April 09, 2011 at 9:30 am- 3:30 pm
A Citizens’ Constitutional Workshop in Monroe, NC
with presenters Dr. Troy Kickler & Dr. Michael Sanera
What the Founders and the State Ratification Conventions
Can Teach Us Today

Friday, May 20, 2011 at 1:00pm-4:30pm
A Citizens’ Constitutional Workshop in Franklin, N.C.
with presenters Dr. Troy Kickler & Dr. Michael Sanera
What the Founders and the State Ratification Conventions
Can Teach Us Today

Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 1:00pm-5:30pm
A Citizens’ Constitution Workshop in Murphy, N.C.
with presenters Dr. Troy Kickler & Dr. Michael Sanera
What the Founders and the State Ratification Conventions
Can Teach Us Today

Today’s Opinions

Limit leadership terms
Scott Mooneyham writes that most longtime observers of government would agree that political power kept in the same hands for a long period of time isn’t a good thing.

Judicial elections
Jack Betts says that it’s difficult to see how the state can have an independent judiciary if judges are elected with the stamp of approval of political parties and special interests.

Tort reform
The Jacksonville Daily News says that tort reform could make North Carolina a more attractive place to practice medical specialties, thus bringing more physicians to the Tar Heel State.