Local Issues and Priorities

Chair of our Issues Committee, Stephanie Watson presented the Wake LP Convention with Positions on Local Issues. Convention attendees individually selected priorities from this panel of issues, resulting in five key 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.