June 19, 2013
A step in the right direction. The funds should be eliminated and either reflected in lower taxes or made a part of the general fund. While there is more transparency with the voting, the funds can still be used to buy votes, and that's a problem.
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June 19, 2013
While I know this mans family is in mourning, the unavoidable fact is that bad choices were made and he unfortunately reaped the consequences. That's one BIG problem we have today....no one wants to accept the responsibility for their actions, but looks for any and everything else to blame. So far I've seen racism blamed in this article (I don't know this man, nor his race, nor did the article mention it), and I've see "he was fun loving". Got news for you...being out at 2 in the morning, drunk and running from the law is nobody's idea of fun. For you family members, you could best serve your relative's memory by starting a campaign on the dangers of alcohol abuse and DUI. Then you will get the respect you are screaming for, and perhaps your loved ones death won't have been in vain.
June 19, 2013
This can bring some problems..Living in Nevada, where we had NO speed limits on the open highways for years, Was a mixed bag. We got somewhere fast,,,and the accidents, when they happened were almost invariably fatal ones. In NC, where you have probably 50 inches of rain per year, it would be disastrous. A car going 75 on a road with a tiny amount of moisture, will hydroplane..making that car a 4,000 pound mis-guided missile. I have been in a hydroplaning car at 35 mph...It is scary..They better think about this B4 doing it..cause you know, and I know, some folks will go that speed limit..All such laws have "prudent speed" written into it..but somehow, it always happens anyway..
June 19, 2013
This is bunk. For all the supposed good it has done, the negative impacts far outweigh it. I love how she says the K-3 class sizes are smaller as 4th graders from Tanglewood are being transferred to Carroll Middle School. I'd like to know where this money is really going. Is it going to the Universities, who raise tuition rates almost annually and shouldn't get any lottery dollars? Schools seemed to be functioning better before all of the supposed lottery dollars, how in the world did they do it? (sarcasm)
June 19, 2013
While I can understand that Lottery Director would want to defend the program that provides generous salary, to convince me or any other logical person, she will need to prove that the $23.5 million invested in the lottery by county residents in one year was returned to us in an equal or greater amount.. She cannot do that, because it was not and never will be.
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June 19, 2013
While I know this mans family is in mourning, the unavoidable fact is that bad choices were made and he unfortunately reaped the consequences. That's one BIG problem we have today....no one wants to accept the responsibility for their actions, but looks for any and everything else to blame. So far I've seen racism blamed in this article (I don't know this man, nor his race, nor did the article mention it), and I've see "he was fun loving". Got news for you...being out at 2 in the morning, drunk and running from the law is nobody's idea of fun. For you family members, you could best serve your relative's memory by starting a campaign on the dangers of alcohol abuse and DUI. Then you will get the respect you are screaming for, and perhaps your loved ones death won't have been in vain.
June 19, 2013
This can bring some problems..Living in Nevada, where we had NO speed limits on the open highways for years, Was a mixed bag. We got somewhere fast,,,and the accidents, when they happened were almost invariably fatal ones. In NC, where you have probably 50 inches of rain per year, it would be disastrous. A car going 75 on a road with a tiny amount of moisture, will hydroplane..making that car a 4,000 pound mis-guided missile. I have been in a hydroplaning car at 35 mph...It is scary..They better think about this B4 doing it..cause you know, and I know, some folks will go that speed limit..All such laws have "prudent speed" written into it..but somehow, it always happens anyway..
June 19, 2013
This is bunk. For all the supposed good it has done, the negative impacts far outweigh it. I love how she says the K-3 class sizes are smaller as 4th graders from Tanglewood are being transferred to Carroll Middle School. I'd like to know where this money is really going. Is it going to the Universities, who raise tuition rates almost annually and shouldn't get any lottery dollars? Schools seemed to be functioning better before all of the supposed lottery dollars, how in the world did they do it? (sarcasm)
June 19, 2013
While I can understand that Lottery Director would want to defend the program that provides generous salary, to convince me or any other logical person, she will need to prove that the $23.5 million invested in the lottery by county residents in one year was returned to us in an equal or greater amount.. She cannot do that, because it was not and never will be.
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