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Newspaper
Sun Journal
Location
New Bern, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1995
Page
8
A quotation attributed to Vermont Royster states that a journalist owes nothing to those who govern the country, but owes everything to the country itself, underscoring press independence and public responsibility.
Local governments failed to align on how to spend a proposed Craven County occupancy tax hike, halting a 3 to 6 percent increase aimed at funding a $1.5 million convention center. Craven, New Bern, and Havelock dispute revenue shares, delaying action until a consensus on spending is reached.
The GAO reports since 1991 four top universities billed the government at least 17 million dollars to cover tuition for the relatives of federal researchers. More than 20 percent of faculty earned over 100000 annually, raising questions about taxpaying citizens subsidizing wealthy researchers' families. The colleges resist curbing the practice, described by the Rocky Mountain News.
John Hood notes parallels between North Carolina politics in 1794 and mid-1990s debates. He highlights the rise of the Democratic-Republicans under Nathaniel Macon, state concerns over federal debt, taxes, tariffs, whisky excise, trade, and property rights, and the push for states’ rights amid disputed Granville District lands.
Arkansas Democrat Gazette columnist Paul Greenberg critiques U S policy as China fumes after a Taiwan president spoke at Cornell. He notes Secretary Christopher defends the visit as an exceptional act, argues of trade priorities over principle, and laments U S appeasement of tyrants while Hillary Clinton plans a Beijing women's rights conference.
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