Harris Blake retired in 2012. Since then, Randolph County’s Jerry Tillman has represented us in Jones Street’s upper chamber. Now, if this current map holds, Richmond County’s Tom McInnis (R) will likely be representing Moore County in the next legislative…
Category: NC legislature
#ncga: Oh, look. Mail.
Redistricting is on everybody’s mind on Jones Street. And certainly none more so this week than the mind of Senator Angela Bryant (D): Rep. Lewis and members: It is not fair that we do not at least have shape files…
#ncga: NCGOPe kissing the Cook (goodbye)?
The honorables put out some maps a few weeks ago showing potential groupings of counties for new legislative districts. Folks in the northeast have noticed that Senator Bill Cook (R) quietly had his home county moved out of his current…
#ncga: THE (House) plan
The NC House has released its proposed new district map. My first thought — after comparing it with the current map — is that most people are going to see little, if any, change. For the record, I still…
‘Occupy Elaine’ has a legal defense fund
If you’re setting up a legal defense fund, that’s a sure sign things aren’t going well at the office. The honorables on Jones Street voted to move forward on impeachment proceedings against secretary of state Elaine Marshall before they last…
VETO: ‘Governor Vandalism’ MAY have a point on Peaslee pay
Our Guv-til’ – 2020 handed down yet another veto Monday. This time it was on “clarifying changes” in HB 770. Here’s Ol’ Roy’s take: […] This special pay benefit for one employee getting two state salaries is unnecessary and unfair…
Cooper: Don’t hurt yourself destroying that public property
Yesterday, he cited the mess in Durham as a “better” method for dealing with Confederate monuments. Today, Roy Cooper is calling for ALL Confederate monuments to be taken down as a safety measure: On Tuesday night North Carolina Gov. Roy…
#ncpol: DAN the MAN
While so many other Republicans are tucking tail and begging for mercy from the leftist hordes, state Senator Dan Bishop (R-Charlotte) is going on the offensive: In the wake of the violence in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday after white supremacist events…
Nelson Dollar on Thilli$$$ tiff with Ingraham: “A great audition”
Fighting with Laura Ingraham didn’t help Renee Ellmers, but the GOPe crowd in Raleigh thinks it’s a great move by our junior US senator. Here’s Wake County state Rep. Nelson Dollar — according to Civitas, the most liberal Republican in…
John Locke crowd is learning: Republican, conservative NOT the same thing.
The John Locke Foundation was quite often the critic of state government when Democrats ran the show. Though, they got a little sycophantic toward the governing class when the 2010 “conservative revolution” rolled into town and the McCrory era dawned.…