Gov. Beverly Perdue has asked the General Assembly to raise up to $1.5 billion in new taxes next year for public education and other government services. “The General Assembly has to protect education fundamentally,” Perdue said in the House chamber in the old Capitol building. “We cannot increase class size. We cannot lay off teachers. We will not sacrifice North Carolina’s economic future.”

But if she’s serious about keeping the teachers in the classrooms, she would start cutting the fat at the notorious “Pink Palace” (also known as the Dept. of Public Instruction).

This is where the bureaucracy in our educational system starts. With over 800 government employees — with annual salaries of over $66,000.00 per year — the Pink Palace would be an ideal place to start cutting overhead in order to keep the classrooms safe. These workers are not teachers; they are high-priced bureaucrats and consultants.

Ask Gov. Perdue: “Instead of raising my taxes, why can’t you trim the exorbitant salaries at the Pink Palace?”

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There’s a new sheriff in town: Report Public Corruption, a watchdog group with its eye on politicians and bureaucrats in the Old North State and elsewhere. (Thank you to ConservativeNC.com and my partner in crime at RunSmart2Win’s for bringing this new organization to my attention.) Report Public Corruption’s purpose is…

…to bring a new level of transparency, accountability and integrity to all levels of American government. The Foundation will accomplish its mission by receiving and independently investigating allegations of corruption in government, providing reports of corruption to investigative journalists, and pro-actively educating government leaders and the general public on the true nature of ethics in government as well as the causes and remedies of public corruption.

Speaking of government transparency and accountabiliy, RunSmart2Win will post exclusive reports of outlandish, wasteful spending in North Carolina and around the country this week. These reports will be available as downloads. I promise you, if you’re not fed up with our tax and spend and spend and spend government, you will be. Stay tuned…