by Brian Irving
LPNC Communications Director

Once again, the News and Observer has performed an admirable public service by exposing the exorbitant salaries being paid to select state government employees and the manipulation of the law to increase their pensions.

The number of voters registering in a major party continues to decline in North Carolina, even as the total number of registered voters in continues to rise. 

The number of registered Libertarians, 22,173, while still proportionally small, is an historic high for the party.

It doesn't matter who’s running things in Raleigh, Republicans or Democrats. State spending will still increase.

The overwhelming majorities of  Democrats and Republicans who passed one more government debt and spending hike proves that they are incurable and can never be convinced to do the right thing, Libertarian Party political director Carla Howell said in a statement today.