Topics for NC SPIN #1092 airing 10/18/19

Topics:
Survey Says
Dorian Denial
NAACP Undercurrents
Medicaid Conspiracy?
Tell Us Something We Don’t Know

Panelists:
Chris Fitzsimon, Director, The Newsroom
Becki Gray, The John Locke Foundatiom
John Hood, Syndicated Columnist and Author
Cash Michaels, Journalist and Film Maker
Tom Campbell, Moderator

Tom Campbell asks the question: How long will we continue to argue about school governance?

Question to Rick Henderson and Chris Fitzsimon – Since the 2016 election there have been 1.1 million new voter registrations. Rebecca Tippett with Carolina Demography just reported that for the first-time unaffiliated voters outnumber either Democrats or Republicans. A large number are younger voters who are not North Carolina natives. What do these registrations tell us about what might happen in the 2020 elections?

Question to Donna Martinez and Rufus Edmisten – Recently the US Supreme Court agreed to hear a case where the owners of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Trump Administration are appealing a court decision that refused to allow the pipeline to cross the Appalachian Trail. Any idea how the court might rule? What happens if the decision stands and the pipeline can’t cross the trail? Will the project be dead?

Topics for NC SPIN #1091 airing 10/11/19

Topics:
Municipal Election Outcomes
The Legislature is Still Meeting
Education Wars
Tell Us Something We Don’t Know

Panelists:
Rufus Edmisten, Former Attorney General, Secretary of State
Chris Fitzsimon, Director, The Newsroom
Rick Henderson, Editor in Chief, Carolina Journal
Donna Martinez, WPTF Radio and the John Locke Foundation
Tom Campbell, Moderator

Tom Campbell discusses the search for the next president of the UNC System.

Question to John Hood and Chris Fitzsimon – We were interested in a piece we read recently that stated that our university problems are not the result of a diversity of students but a diversity of opinion on our campuses. Explain your reaction to this position.

Question to Peg O’Connell and Rick Henderson – The State of California just pass a law that allows college athletes to get paid for the use of their name, image or likeness. Should North Carolina follow suit? Our college athletes generate millions of dollars for their schools. Why shouldn’t they be allowed to be compensated for their talents?

NC SPIN episode #1090 Air Date 10/4/19

Topics:
UNC Matters
The Purpose of Redistricting Reform
Municipal Elections
Tell Us Something We Don’t Know

Panelists:
Chris Fitzsimon, Director, The Newsroom
Rick Henderson, Editor in Chief, Carolina Journal
John Hood, Syndicated Columnist and Author
Peg O’Connell, Communications and Healthcare Consultant
Tom Campbell, Moderator

Tom Campbell discusses an official looking questionnaire he received about the census.