An article ran today in the Observer that highlights the new laws and regulations concerning vehicle registration. Lawmakers have enacted legislation, that thankfully Cumberland County has been slow to comply with, that will make your vehicle property tax due at the same time as your normal vehicle registration renewal. Right now Cumberland County misses out on collecting about $3 million every year from lack of tax collecting enforcement of vehicle taxes.

RALEIGH (Oct. 20) — The N.C. Appeals Court decision upholding the state's restrictive ballot access laws is "a shameful day for our state," said Dr. Mike Munger, 2008 Libertarian Party candidate for governor.

"I am sympathetic to the position the judges find themselves in," Dr. Munger said. "While we wish that the other two members of the panel had voted with Judge (Ann Maria) Calabria, the core problem here is in the General Assembly."

GREENSBORO (Sept. 8) --Dr. Michael Beitler (pronounced Bite-ler) will announce his candidacy for the Libertarian Party's nomination for the U.S. Senate September 17 at a press conference in the Piedmont-Triad International Airport Marriott Hotel at 7:30 p.m.

Dr. Michael Munger, 2008 Libertarian gubernatorial candidate and Barbara Howe, North Carolina Libertarian Party chair will also speak at the press conference.