Old NC Senate Chamber
This afternoon, the local school board is meeting in Raleigh to take a second vote on doing away with mandatory year-round schools. This comes as the result of elections at the end of last year that saw a group of new board members elected after running on promises to do just [...]
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I finally found my calling. I’m going to become a trainer providing seminars to government officials. Apparently, it’s a very lucrative profession where you can earn upwards of $10,000 for three days of work. At least that’s what the North Carolina State Auditor authorized in payment for a “touchy feely” seminar [...]
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For some who have been stopping by here since the beginning, Tarheel Ramblings has looked very different for the last couple of weeks. For the most part it’s been a photo-blog. That’s not a bad thing, but it is not how I started out. The main reason for the difference has [...]