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Hundreds of NC FreedomWorks Members Rally in Raleigh Activists fight tobacco tax increase, demand smaller government Contact: Allen Page Phone: (336) 213-1167 Email: apage@freedomworks.org Raleigh, North Carolina - Today, Governor Mike Easley and many North Carolina legislators got a lot more than they bargained for when they proposed a massive tax increase on smokers. That’s because over 400 FreedomWorks activists traveled from all across the North Carolina to the state Capitol to tell their representatives and senators: “We Want Less”. During the 6th annual ‘FreedomWorks CSE Day at the Capitol’, activists focused on the campaign against the 900 percent increase...

Fw:Rep John W Rhodes Johnrh@ncleg.net Letter to the Editor The Charlotte Observer January 24 2005 Once Again Lawmakers, Tripping Over the Trees, Looking for Forest. Rep. John W. Rhodes 704-892-7783 Once again North Carolinians will be watching the story unfold of how their state is in such financial disrepair as the 2004-05 General Assembly convenes Wednesday. Once again lawmakers will be tripping over the trees in search of the illusive forest, a quick fix the current budget, or at least make things look rosy for their next election. Folks, this is not rocket science, the cure for North Carolina's budget...

Let’s Roll! By Judson Cox A few months ago, I announced plans to start a conservative, state wide newspaper in my home state of North Carolina. The outpouring of support was overwhelming. The North Carolina Conservative is now a reality! First of all, we would like to thank our contributors: Charlie Daniels, Dr. Fred Decker, John Plecnik, Rep. John Rhodes, Sen. Fern Shubert, Jason Lewis, Mark Ruscoe, John Armor, Chris Adamo, Al Klemm, Megan Fox, Linda Fryer, Lilly Nelson, Karen Pittman, Lee Ellis, Robert Parks, Frank Salvato, Nancy Salvato, Barbara Stock, Dave Swanson, Resa Kirkland, Mike Nevin, Howard Nemerov, Angela...

The Rhodes Report Week of Dec 13, 2004 Inside the Legislature and Across North Carolina Rep. John W. Rhodes - Mecklenburg ******************************************************************************************************************************* NC House Reaches Party Parity/Parity Amendment One - Trojan Horse Poised At The Open Gates Ready to Strike. Governor - Dude, You’re Getting a Dell - Oops, Your Hard Drive Just Crashed Incentives - The Crack Addiction of N.C. Politics ******************************************************************************************************* NC House Reaches Party Parity/Parity "We will see if Rep. Kiser will start pushing a Republican agenda or if he will continue to enable the Democrats to increase spending and taxes like he did last session". N.C....