And the beat goes on … Former Wilmington mayor Harper Peterson is one of the Democrats’ marquee challengers in this cycle. This seat has bounced back and forth between the parties since Patrick Ballantine gave it up to run for…
Category: NC legislature
#ncga: In HD-51, Mathis (D) outrai$ing incumbent Sauls (R) for ALL of 2018
This Lee County-based district has bounced back and forth between Rs and Ds for the past few years. Will it happen again in 2018? According to the latest fundraising reports, state Rep. John Sauls (R) raised $5,050 for the second…
#ncga: In HD-36, Democrat von Haefen has MORE Dollars than Nelson
For the second quarter of 2018, that is. One of Speaker Tim Moore’s top henchmen (who happens to chair the House Appropriations Committee) finds himself in a little bit of a fiscal hole. According to the latest campaign disclosure reports,…
#ncga: In HD-52, Simon (D) outrai$ed Boles (R) in low-budget Q2 tussle
They appear to really be pinching pennies in this Moore County-based district. Republican incumbent Jamie Boles has been representing this district since 2008. He’s had no significant challenges from Democrats, but has had two serious Republican primary challengers.…
#ncga: In SD-1, Phelps (D) outrai$ed Steinburg (R) in Q2
I’m starting to see a pattern here. Bill Cook (R) is stepping down from his admirable tenure representing district 1. The district on the ballot for November is more Democrat-friendly than the one Cook has been serving. State Rep. Bob…
#ncga: In SD-25, Mills(D) outrai$ed incumbent McInnis (R) in Q2
It took a vicious slander campaign courtesy of Phil Berger and the boys to get him through the May primary. Tom McInnis might need even more of the same if he’s going to pull out a win in November. According to…
#ncga: Time for mandatory rabies testing?
I have some good friends residing in and around Charlotte. But I tell them often — your hometown is a LOST CAUSE. For starters, they’ve got a rioter and a 9-11 skeptic / cop-hater sitting on their city council. …
RINO rage over DPI’s Johnson
I was a little lukewarm about Mark Johnson when I first met him during the 2016 primary campaign. But since he’s been in office, he’s done a bang-up job of getting on the last nerve of all the right people.…
#ncga: The Jones Street oligarchy
We get all kinds of blather about how The US Capitol and the General Assembly are “the people’s house” populated by “the people’s representatives.” Those terms are missing a few key words. It’s actually “the people with the big bank…
#ncpol: Cut, baby, cut.
I don’t know about you. But it boils my blood to see stuff — that,if it disappeared, NOBODY would notice — get routinely funded with our tax dollars. For instance, about half of the stuff under the jurisdiction of the…