North Carolina has the dogwood as the state flower, the cardinal as the state bird, the plott hound as the state dog, the Fraser Fir as the state Christmas tree, and the emerald as the state gem. We also have the channel bass (red drum) as the state fish. But one of those need to change. … Continue reading North Carolina’s New State Fish – The Red Herring

Imagine being a teacher who gave a required assignment to a student for a class that had to be taken in order to graduate based on criteria set by governing bodies. The student specifically chose to be in your section and even lobbied parents and administration to be in that class promising to do everything … Continue reading The Required Assignment (LEANDRO) The NCGA Refuses To Complete

On September 25th, the Down Syndrome Association of Greater Winston-Salem will be hosting its annual Buddy Walk. If you can't walk with us at West Forsyth High School, then walk where you can. Still helps people! For those who are not familiar with the Buddy Walk, here is the blurb from the DSAGWS.org website: The Buddy Walk® … Continue reading Malcolm’s Minions – A Chance to be Ultra-Cool And Help Some People

Remember that this state has not had a new budget in three years, has one of the nation’s most miserly unemployment benefit systems, never expanded Medicaid benefits financed by the federal government, still maintains the lowest minimum wage legally possible, and is one of a few states to outlaw collective bargaining rights for public employees. … Continue reading This $500 Raise Would Cost You So Much More If You Took It

Rob Schofield posted a piece in April of 2019 on NC Policy Watch that reported on an effort for all of North Carolina’s public employees to have collective bargaining rights. More than 600,000 public employees throughout North Carolina would obtain a right that’s been denied to them for 60 years under a pair companion bills introduced in the … Continue reading NC Teachers (And All Public Employees) Should Have Collective Bargaining Rights

There is a high school less than one half of a mile from my home where the majority of high school students in my neighborhood attend. In fact, there are parents in my neighborhood who graduated from this same school. They are now sending and will send their kids there. On Friday nights in the … Continue reading Two School Shootings & “Our” Kids

Apparently it only takes a few thousand people to make Phil Berger move to protect our young people. But there is a caveat: those thousands of people have to show up at school board meetings. Concerning House Bill 324, the senator commented, “Try to convince the thousands of parents who are showing up at school … Continue reading Sen. Berger & The Cruel Irony Of Using Contemptuous School Board Meetings To “Ensure Dignity”