When I interviewed for the police chief’s position in 2006, then City Manager Craig Meadows gave me a list of things that he wanted the police department to accomplish. At the top of the list was to get the police department nationally accredited through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, or CALEA.

For months and months, our nation has endured numerous debates regarding how to best control America’s national debt while attempting to stimulate an economic recovery.

This week, the Senate passed a continuing resolution to fund the government at current funding levels for the next six months.  I voted against this bill because I think current levels are too high and we need to decrease our federal spending.

The N.C. General Assembly appears poised to enact new voter identification requirements in the near future.

Early on, I learned that a job worth doing is a job worth doing right.

 Whether the setting is Raleigh or Washington, the tax reform debate will inevitably come down to one Big Question: Are you willing to trade current tax preferences for lower tax rates?