Local Issues and Priorities

Stephanie Watson, Chair of our Wake LP Issues Committee, presented the Wake LP Convention with a panel of local issues produced by the Issues Committee. Convention attendees individually selected priorities from this issues list. The priorities were tabulated, resulting in these five top local issues:

1. Spending: Stop squandering taxpayer money on high-priced projects like convention centers, entertainment facilities, and recreational facilities, all of which can be provided more economically by private entities when a true market exists for them.
2. Eminent Domain: Support protection for landowners against eminent domain.
3. Assignment of Students to Public Schools: Public school assignments should be based on a combination of proximity and parental choice, and they should not be subject to social engineering projects.
4. Crime: Stop wasting law enforcement resources on prosecuting victimless crimes such as drug use, gambling, and prostitution while violent crimes and property crimes remain unsolved.
5. Smoking Bans: Support the right of property owners, including owners of restaurants and bars, to prohibit or allow smoking on their own property.

Wake LP – Positions on Local Issues