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Letter to the Editor: On Mike McHugh’s Column on Gasoline Prices

The Jacksonville Daily News has published a letter to the editor I sent regarding Mike McHugh’s column on gasoline prices in the Jacksonville-Swansboro-Onslow County area. You can read the letter below or visit the Jacksonville Daily News’ version, but be sure to read McHugh’s column first. Disagree with my letter? Support it? Let me know [...]

As Usual, the John Locke Foundation is Wrong

I don’t want Jacksonville to be San Francisco…Or even marginally like San Francisco. In fact, I don’t ever compare Jacksonville, NC with San Francisco, CA.

Tuesday Tidbits

My week is almost over. I’m off tomorrow at Noon until Monday. So, yays for me. If you thought recent dramas in Jacksonville were over, you were wrong. The folks at Americans for Prosperity have attacked Mr. Phillip Cherry (Director of the Onslow County Library System) for sending out an email requesting citizens speak at [...]

John Locke’s Locker Room is Full of Crap

Since I’m a liberal, it’s probably no surprise that I’m not a fan of the John Locke Foundation (it’s NC’s version of The Heritage Foundation, or a group of right-wing free-market fundamentalists posing as “moderate-centrist-libertarians”). Their blog, Locker Room provides a perfect example of why with this post that compares American (and specifically Charlotte’s) light [...]

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  • It's been nearly a week since I've been able to fully use iTunes and Apple still hasn't resolved the issues. Does Jobs not want my money? 11 hrs ago
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