NC SPIN Podcasts

This week Tom Campbell discusses what our public schools will need to do in order to reopen in the fall.

Question to John Hood and Chris Fitzsimon – Senator Richard Burr has been involved in a controversy of the same of securities he sold just before the COVID-19 virus became so serious. Reports show he received millions of dollars from his sale and there have been some, mostly Democrats, calling for him to resign from the Senate. One viewer asked us who would make the appointment to fill his seat, what would the process be and who might likely be chosen. What say you?

Question to Becki Gray and Rob Schofield -The Republican Convention is scheduled to be held in August in Charlotte. President Trump says it will go on as scheduled and that all delegates will attend but some Charlotte leaders are voicing concerns about such a large gathering. Democrats have announced they will give delegates a choice of attending in person or by social media. Should Republicans do the same or just plan to hold the convention as planned?

NC SPIN episode #1123 Air Date 05/22/2020

Topics:

Phase Two

DOT in crisis

The legislature is back

Tell Us Something We Don’t Know

Panelists:

Becki Gray, VP, John Locke Foundation

Chris Fitzsimon, Director States Newsroom

Rob Schofield, NC Policy Watch

John Hood, Syndicated columnist and author

Tom Campbell, Moderator

This week Tom Campbell talks about what it will take to help NC and other states recover as we begin to re-start the economy.

Question to Chris and John – Donald Trump carried North Carolina by 3 percentage points in 2016 but pollsters say a hotly contested Senate race, coupled with a popular Democratic governor and Joe Biden’s popularity makes North Carolina what one pundit called a “tease ” for Democrats to put lots of money and energy into our state. How’s the race shaping up 6 months out?

Question to Howard Lee and Donna Martinez – The state of Callifornia just conducted an election for a Congressional seat and mailed out ballots to all the voters in the district. Many are saying our state needs to prepare for a large mail-in ballot surge but our Board of Elections says we aren’t prepared for it. Should the legislature provide funding for more absentee ballot voting?

NC SPIN episode #1122 Air Date 05/15/2020

Topics:

How well is the opening going?

Schools to reopen August 17th

DOT cash problems

Tell Us Something We Don’t Know

Panelists:

John Hood, syndicated columnist and author

Howard Lee, former State Senator

Chris Fitzsimon, Director States Newsroom

Donna Martinez, WPTF Radio and John Locke Foundation

Tom Campbell, Moderator

This week Tom Campbell discusses how partisan politics have returned to the once bipartisan cooperation in North Carolina to deal with the Coronavirus crisis.

Question to John Hood and Chris Fitzsimon – The UNC Board of Governors announced that they are going forward to name a new President of the System and that they will be conducting interviews for the job. Is right now the best time to be hiring a new president? Would they be better asking President Roper to continue until the pandemic improves and things settle down a bit? What’s your take on this move?