Outrageous. The IRS was asking a religious non-profit about the substance of its prayers. Outrageous. A Christian mentoring organization was asked about the specific backgrounds of the students it mentors. Outrageous. (Do Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson or Bill Barber get scrutinized like this? Hell, NO. ) While members of Congress got lots...
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Facts can be inconvenient things. Especially when your own in-house records contradict the spin you are peddling to the public. Moore County schools superintendent Aaron Spence and the members of the county school board have been all over the place — local radio, speaking before local groups, getting interviewed in our thrice weekly,...
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Tesla, the electric car manufacturer, is upset with pending legislation in the North Carolina General Assembly barring car manufacturers from selling directly to consumers. Holy hypocrisy, Batman! Tesla — a company founded by Bill and Hillary Clinton friends and allies — has stayed afloat as a result of major subsidies from...
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The tax collectors have come together in a fully-accredited union. Their jobs depend on an ever-expanding government with an ever-increasing appetite for revenue. They’re protesting the federal budget sequestration and campaigning for Democrats. The folks at RedState have more: As the scandal involving the IRS’ targeting of Conservatives and...
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Republicans are absolutely giddy over the current IRS scandal. Agency employees reportedly harrassed Tea Party-linked groups and individuals. Many in the national GOP see the scandal as an election issue and a possible monkey wrench in the implementation of ObamaCare. Does anybody seriously think that the IRS is solely a Democrat Party or Barry...
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We’re really lucky here in Moore County. We’ve got an award-winning newspaper, which is celebrating its success by cutting back to two print editions a week and erecting a pay wall on its web site. The folks who own and operate our local paper have a deep appreciation for all things state-run. They...
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Guess what? Evidence is suggesting that toll road projects — like the one proposed for I-77 in Mecklenburg County — may not be the budgetary magic bullet that the state bureaucracy is hoping for. ABC NewsChannel 11 has the story: The brand new Triangle Expressway stretching 19 miles...
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In Washington, pols from both major parties are trampling each other to make it to a microphone and /or camera to denounce the Internal Revenue Service. In case you’ve been visiting other planets in our solar system the past couple of days — allegations have surfaced that the IRS has been targeting conservative and...
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Judging from the lamestream media accounts, Pinehurst village manager Andy Wilkison is shocked — SHOCKED — that council members want a budget that is (1) less than 200 pages and (2) is written in language non-bureaucrats can actually understand. Our thrice-weekly (OOPs, twice-weekly) Kurt Schork Award winning local paper had...
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The resignation of Moore County commissioner Craig Kennedy, a few weeks back, has added a little bit of drama to Moore County politics. Kennedy, in 2010, came out of nowhere to upset incumbent commissioner Cindy Morgan — wife of SpeakerrrrrRichardMorgan™ – in the GOP primary. Well, the drama came to a conclusion last...
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