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- Wilmington to Triangle rail system/Issues we care about
It’s nice to see that Charlotte added a light rail system last week. And while I don’t think Wilmington is big enough to command such a system, it would be nice for the area to consider passenger rail service between Wilmington and the Triangle. I Googled this topic and came up with the following report [...]
- War and taxpayers’ money
Today’s paper states that Liddy Dole voted in favor of a bill that includes a $250,000 grant for UNCW’s School of Nursing. Her esteemed colleague, Sen. Richard Burr, however, voted against the bill because it contained $9 billion over what the president originally requested. A Burr spokesman said one of his boss’s “responsibilities and highest [...]
- V-22 Osprey’s Broken Wings
If you picked up a copy of Time magazine recently you might have read the cover story recounting the failures of the Marine’s V-22 Osprey program. If ever there was cause for close scrutiny of how your Federal tax dollars are being spent, consider the following. This broken-winged bird doesn’t do what it [...]