Are governments across the country starting to make sense again? The answer is a resounding....Maybe

Here in New Hanover County in southeastern North Carolina, the County Commission struck down a proposal to fund an "Arts Council." According to WECT News the deal would have cost at least 50 large. Sure this is a local story, but are people across the country starting to realize that cities everywhere, counties, states, and the nation simply can't afford to fund these dippy programs for much longer?

I'm not getting my hopes up. Liberals love to spend, especially when they don't have any money to do so. The GOP needs to stick to it's guns. Libs, by their very nature only care about ramming their programs and ideology through. It seems conservatives get complacent. Things like my county here striking down dippy funding for dippy programs is encouraging. However, governments across the country, such as in Wisconsin, need to be vigilant.

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NHC Commissioners vote down Arts Council funding.....

Evil Walmart strikes again...

It's late August and it's hurricane season. While the liberals continue to do everything they can to take people's money, run shows like "American Greed" on left wing networks such as CNBC, and consistently do everything they can to generate a general dislike for all things capitalism, Walmart has announced that they will be hosting a Hurricane Preparedness and Awareness event here in Eastern Carolina.

It's funny how the American people are bombarded with stories about politicians not paying their taxes, city managers pocketing near million dollar a year salaries, and first ladies taking $350,000 vacations, yet are told to believe that successful corporations, (one of the few fortune 500 companies to be providing jobs to the American people in the last year and a half) are simply greedy and the enemy.

I commend Walmart for providing jobs, and for helping out the local community during this time of year when hurricanes can do some major damage. While the local Wilmington City Council, the New Hanover County Commission, the Brunswick County Commission, and the Southport City Council, worry about things like whether a business can put a bench outside their doors on the sidewalk, or whether farmers should be allowed to sell their vegetables on the side of the road, (yeah, THOSE ideas will really help out the average citizen around here) Walmart uses non tax dollars to do something good.

And what d'ya' know? They aren't the government. Oh, and they aren't unionized either.

Pantano Commends New Hanover Commissioners for Resolution Supporting Arizona Immigration Law

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It's good to see New Hanover county supporting Arizona, just as it's good to see a true conservative challenging "Blue Dog" Mike McIntyre in the fall. Pantano is a former Marine Corps infantry officer who has served in the Gulf War and the Iraq War.