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Do you agree or disagree Students are often given the Andrew Dunn Thomas Jefferson Speaking truth to power and with the following grades A, B, C, and D, and Johnny Kampis “TI love the First Amendment challenging the power structure statement: Parents should Fail to denote the quality with a burning hot passion of a have been crucial to every single DESIGNER thousand suns. It’s what drew civil rights advancement in our have the ability to choose of their work. What grade Greg de Deugd me to journalism. Fear of losing country. Take threats to it serious- where their child attends would you give local public [email protected] it drew me to public policy. More ly. Right now, those threats are school? schools in North Carolina? information is freedom. Less infor- real. PUBLISHED BY mation is tyranny. 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Think Reich- Emmons, Bill Graham, John M. The First Amendment is to the Hood, Ted Hicks, Christine Mele, powerful as sunlight is to vam- continued PAGE 20 Rodney C. Pitts, Paul Slobodian, Paul “Skip” Stam, David Stover, COMMENTARY BY JOHN HOOD Edwin Thomas Board of Directors Lower taxes An ESA creates a savings Would you say that you ISSN 2578-8167 Carolina Journal is a monthly journal of news, analysis, account using government approve or disapprove of and commentary on state and local funds for parents with Gov. Roy Cooper's handling government and public policy issues attract key leaders in North Carolina. restricted uses for of school re-opening, in ©2020 by The John Locke Founda- WHEN DEMOCRATS educational purposes. light of COVID-19? tion Inc. 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Government officials health care or local government also make choices that define and do, too — although incumbent can ask to receive weekly e-letters drive an economy. But in every politicians are typically harder to covering these issues. economic system that has ever displace than incumbent CEOs. existed, spanning the spectrum Still, there is no question that from primitive villages to cen- the fate of North Carolina’s econ- trally planned states to modern Harper Polling, on behalf of John Locke Foundation, surveyed 950 likely general election voters from continued PAGE 21 market-based societies, there January 20 – 24, 2021 with a margin of error of ±3.18%. CAROLINA JOURNAL // FEBRUARY 2021 3 NORTH CAROLINA Cooper creates new position for left-wing foundation's exec BY DAVID N. BASS portions of what her new role will profits and activism in the Tar Heel entail. State, including partisan caus- ov. Roy Cooper’s office is cre- “The philanthropic sector in es such as Blueprint NC. Blueprint ating a new position and fill- N.C. is rapidly growing and chang- NC was responsible for a 2013 me- ing it with a longtime staffer ing, with several new foundations mo calling on progressive groups to from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foun- on the scene with financial assets “cripple” and “eviscerate” Republi- Gdation, one of the top philanthropic that our state has not previously can legislative leaders. The Reyn- funders of left-wing causes in North seen,” she wrote. “Simultaneous- olds Foundation gave $2.1 million Carolina. ly, our state and nation continue to to Blueprint NC between 2009 and The position, called a philan- reckon with issues of racial injus- 2013. thropy liaison, will be filled by Joy tice, democracy, climate justice, ed- Heinsohn’s hiring comes six Vermillion Heinsohn. Heinsohn ucation, and economic inequality in months after the Reynolds Foun- currently serves as assistant direc- ways that now are overlayed with a dation pledged to give $50,000 to tor of the Reynolds Foundation and pandemic and its repercussions. … a task force created by Cooper to has been with that organization in Moving forward, building partner- study racial equity in the criminal some capacity since 1998. Hein- ships will be central to my new role justice system. sohn officially leaves the Reyn- in state government, which will fo- The hiring also appears to be an- olds Foundation Feb. 5, and her first cus on connecting state govern- other step in recent moves by the day in the governor’s office will be ment and philanthropy to strength- Cooper administration to tap talent March 1. en our collective ability to improve from left-wing philanthropies for According to a news release Jan. the quality of life of the people of official government posts. 27, the new role is “grant-fund- North Carolina.” In August 2019, Cooper ap- Z. SMITH REYNOLDS FOUNDATION REYNOLDS SMITH Z. ed,” although it is not obvious who JOY VERMILLION HEINSOHN. Heinsohn currently serves as assistant director In the past, Heinsohn has pointed Damon Circosta to the the funder is. Questions from Car- of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation. been candid about her political state Board of Elections. Circosta, olina Journal on specific duties for views. In an interview from Octo- who was subsequently made SBE the position, plus information on ber that identified her as “a Demo- chair, is executive director of the its source of funding, were not re- cratic voter from the small city of A.J. Fletcher Foundation, another turned by press time. CJ has filed an two-paragraph note on its website “presents numerous conflict of in- Winston-Salem,” Heinsohn called top supporter of left-wing activism open-records request with the gov- from Executive Director Maurice terest” challenges. “Who will she be for “bringing decency back to the in North Carolina. Longtime Capi- ernor’s office to obtain any grant “Mo” Green.