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Despite Budget Shortfall, WCPSS Board Fills Tech Chief Position at $139K a Year

Posted on September 9, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

At the September School Board meeting, the board announced the hiring of Stacy Lee to fill the role of Chief Technology Officer for the school system. Lee will be hired at $139,000 a year.

This comes despite the board’s continual complaints about a nearly $17.5 million dollar budget gap in their $1.2 billion dollar budget. Continue reading →

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#WBOC Prioritizes Transit Over Kids

Posted on February 1, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Dispatches from the 100% Democrat held Wake County Board of Commissioners: . @WakeGOV may skip 2016 school bond to protect Nov. referendum to raise sales taxes to fund transit plan https://t.co/HZD1ASbeLf #wcpss — Keung Hui (@nckhui) January 31, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js … Continue reading →

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Wake County Commissioners Raise The Wage! For 75 out of 4,000 Employees. – #ncpol

Posted on November 17, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Wherein John Burns and Matt Calabria break their arms off patting each other on the back. I’m sure Bully Barber and his merry band of ‘Fight for $15’ folks will be pleased. Continue reading →

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#WBOC’s John Burns Breaks Campaign Promises, Show His Political Biases

Posted on June 13, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

One of the biggest campaign promises the “More with Four” Democrats ran on was funding education in Wake County. Apparently they meant funding education ‘over time’. Continue reading →

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Wake Commissioner Candidate Can’t Pay Taxes On Time? Update: Ticket for Revoked License?

Posted on October 31, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

The Democrat’s “More with Four” candidates keep unraveling.
It appears that John Burns can’t pay his own taxes on time?

Burns and Skelly have paid property taxes on their home on time, but their cars are apparently another matter. Source: Wake Co. Property Tax Office

According to the tax records, Mr. Burns has been late paying his car tax every year but one since 2002. Not some years. Not most years. Every year but one.

KEEP READING… See the chart. Continue reading →

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Wake BOC Candidate John Burns Mocks Travel Ban

Posted on October 30, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

This is the guy running for an office of controlling the purse strings in Wake County. He apparently thinks concern over Ebola is hilarious and should be mocked.

Travel ban makes sense. The town that builds walls always survives the zombie movie. #nope #itdoesnot

— John Burns (@johnburnsnc) October 19, 2014

KEEP READING… THERE IS MORE… Continue reading →

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