Last session’s SB554 had all of the elements of pure political sketchiness: subsidies for solar energy, legislation tailored to meet the needs of very specific business interests, and key legislator
Continue readingGranted, SB554 has the stink of plain ol’ political corruption. But evidence is mounting that suggests this may be yet more hijinks from the solar goons. The developer pushing hard
Continue readingThere were all kinds of private meetings in the office of speaker Tim Moore. All kinds of cash has moved between Pembroke and legislator pockets. SB554, allowing private developers to
Continue readingIt looks like SB554 — a provision to allow local school systems to lease facilities from private developers — is on its way to reality. Normally, we’re big fans of
Continue readingA group called Robeson for Advancement has been identified in driveby media reports as a leading force in the lobbying effort to get SB554 — authorizing a build/lease program
Continue readingOn the face of it, SB554 sounds like a nice, innovative idea — leasing school buildngs under creative financing schemes to cash-strapped county systems around the state. But outgoing treasurer
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