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GOP Candidate unloads on NCGOP’s heavy-handed approach to 2012 GOP primaries

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May 19, 2012
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        Former state senator Fern Shubert has never been one to mince words. She came in a close third place in the May 8th GOP primary for state auditor.  Greg Dority and Wake county school board member Debra Goldman were slated to compete in a July 17  runoff.   Shubert was...
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Tim Lea throws a tantrum, and The Pilot dutifully takes dictation

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May 18, 2012
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If you read The Pilot, you would think that county commissioner Tim Lea was little more than a crusading, good-government, of-the-people, by-the-people kind of guy.    He regularly throws tantrums at meetings — waving his arms demonstratively and rolling his eyes while others are talking.  He likes to insinuate that his colleagues on the...
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Getting to know the GOP candidates for Insurance Commissioner

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May 18, 2012
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      Anyone looking to learn more about the GOP candidates in the state Insurance Commissioner runoff on July 17 should click on THIS LINK.    Somebody has done an excellent job of putting together a primer on former Moore County legislator and current Insurance Commissioner candidate Richard Morgan. Morgan has been out of...
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“Tom-with-an-H” is all alone on this one

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May 18, 2012
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Drip-drip-drip.  The sordid details surrounding Speaker Thom’s staff  are treating Raleigh Republicans to the worst kind of Chinese water torture.  They took power in 2010  promising a different environment than what their predecessors offered.  Considering some of the stories coming out of the speaker’s office, it’s like Richard, Jim, Joe, and Marc NEVER left....
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Guilt By Association? (Stones in glass houses, anyone?)

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May 18, 2012
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          I need ol’ Richard to clarify something for us. On his Facebook page,  Richard Morgan instructs visitors  to “stop our go along with Obama insurance commissioner.” O-kay.  Richard — you formed an alliance with Jim Black  (who went to federal prison) and spent four years in that alliance helping...
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Renee Ellmers on her $40B vote for the Ex-Im Bank

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May 17, 2012
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          Our congressional representative here in North Carolina’s second district put out a statement trying to explain how her allegedly conservative ideology meshes with her vote to reauthorize the U.S. Export-Import Bank (long a target for elimination by conservatives and Tea Partiers): I voted to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank this...
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NCGOP’s heavy hand comes down hard in auditor primary

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May 17, 2012
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              The mental giants in NCGOP leadership are forcing yet another one of their cronies on us: Greg Dority, who came in second in this month’s GOP primary for state auditor, announced Thursday that he would not seek a runoff against first-place finisher Debra Goldman, a Wake County...
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Has Richard been hacked?

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May 17, 2012
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              I had to do a double-take after reading this quote posted on Insurance Commissioner candidate Richard Morgan’s  Facebook page: Richard T. Morgan Yesterday near Raleigh, NC via mobile Another day – so let’s get going and approach it that before the day is out we each do something kind for at...
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City of Charlotte seeking legal advice on same-sex benefits for city workers

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May 17, 2012
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        In the wake of the overwhelming approval last week of the marriage amendment to the state constitution, the Democrat-dominated Charlotte City Council is taking it slow and cautious on benefits for city employees in same-sex relationships: The Charlotte City Council appeared concerned with offering benefits to same-sex partners during a...
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Ex-members of Team Thom hit jackpot on way out the door

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May 17, 2012
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        Hmmmm.  Severance pay for resigning from your job.   That’s a new one.  But they’re always breaking new ground, or looking to do so, on Jones Street: State House Speaker Thom Tillis authorized payments equal to a month’s salary for two high-level staffers after they resigned because of inappropriate relationships...
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