The Carolinian on CACs

Excerpt from The Carolinian Newspaper, March 19, 2020 edition. Editorial by Danny K. Manning

Business as Usual?

It’s clear that the COVID-19 pandemic is a serious threat to our health, safety, and way of life. Please adhere to the guidelines from local, state, and national governments. And please do what you can to help others. We will not recover quickly or easily from the...

Taxpayer-subsidized sports stadiums aren’t good catalysts

  Did you know…. from our friends at INDY   https://indyweek.com/news/wake/raleigh-soccer-stadium-john-kane-downtown-south/ as catalysts go, taxpayer-subsidized sports stadiums aren’t very good ones. Economists are nearly unified in the belief that they...

Watch Out For Your Wallet – Again!

The massive taxpayer subsidy John Kane is requesting for his Downtown South sports and entertainment project is a startling replay of his 2007 pitch for North Hills East subsidies. In 2007, the News & Observer wrote: “Kane wants about $140 million in local...