Blue Ballot Solutions

04/14/2024

Today's show was a great conversation with State Senator Graig Meyer. It is well worth a listen.

Sen. Graig Meyer served in the NC State House of Representatives from 2013 to 2022. In 2023 he became the State Senator for Orange, Person, and Caswell Counties. Meyer approaches his public service through the desire to connect people to the resources they need. His priorities include ensuring every child receives a good education, families have access to good jobs and health care, addressing the climate crisis, and ensuring everyone their full rights to justice and representation.

Rep. Graig Meyer has served as the State Senator for Orange, Person, and Caswell Counties since 2023. Meyer approaches his public service through the desire to connect people to the resources they need. His priorities include ensuring every child receives a good education, families have access to go...

11/18/2022

Discussing the recent 2022 election on the Chatham County Round Up last Monday the 14th:

Publisher of the Chatham County Line Randy Voller spoke with 97.9 The Hill's Andrew Stuckey. He discussed election results and more.

10/19/2022

It looks like more folks are clearly perceiving the pandemic and post pandemic corporate greed that has manifested itself in record profits---profits that are a factor in driving inflation:

“Bigger corporate profits account for *over half* of the higher prices people are paying.”

03/10/2022

We supports ARTS in the schools.

This was a inspirational program yesterday at Pittsboro Elementary:

Artists-in-Schools favorites Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana dance their way into Pittsboro Elementary this week! Fourth graders will enjoy a performance and then a 2-day workshop, where they will study the art of flamenco!

This residency is powered by The Lily McCoy Voller Stargazer Fund. Our Artists-in-Schools Initiative is made possible through our partnership with Chatham County Schools.

01/17/2022

A key quote that must be remembered from Dr. King's April 4, 1967 speech at Riverside Church in NYC:

“We must rapidly begin the shift from a "thing-oriented" society to a "person-oriented" society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.”

― Martin Luther King Jr.

01/17/2022

Message from NC Governor Roy Cooper on MLK Day:
As we celebrate the life and legacy of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we must remember it’s on all of us to continue to build on the progress that we’ve made so far. Together, we can work toward a more just and prosperous future for all North Carolinians.

“As we celebrate the life and legacy of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we must remember it’s on all of us to continue to build on the progress that we’ve made so far. Together, we can work toward a more just and prosperous future for all North Carolinians. https://t.co/X9D26IOSYb”

07/10/2021

Always relevant to remember:

06/29/2021

Economist Philipp Heimberger makes the point about the importance of housing quite plain and easy to understand:

Providing homeless people with housing:

- reduces crime
- increases employment
- improves health
- does not increase reliance on social benefits.

80% of costs are offset by the benefits in the first 18 months.

03/11/2021

This fellow Max Aaron hits the phony Dr. Seuss reactionary-right culture warrior issue squarely on its head:

03/08/2021

How public policy is crafted and implemented is key to how our country operates.

The chart below indicates that the top 20% of households reaped 65% of benefit from Trump’s tax cuts.

The bottom 20% got 1% of the benefit. Just let that sink in.

The American Rescue Plan gives aid to those who actually need it and is spread out much more evenly.

The American Rescue Plan will also put spending money in the hands of a wide swath of the economy which will lead to economic growth and resiliency in commnities across our country:

01/20/2021

Attached is the "Resolution to Invoke Unity" by the Pittsboro Town Board passed on January 11th that condemned the violent assault on the United States Capitol on Janaury 6th: