US vs.THEM: “Toll-Road Thom” sticks it to his constituents
Last year, an outcry from voters forced the legislature to back off the idea of putting tolls on Interstate 95. This year, Jones Street is trying again. This
Continue readingLast year, an outcry from voters forced the legislature to back off the idea of putting tolls on Interstate 95. This year, Jones Street is trying again. This
Continue readingIt’s absolutely refreshing to hear an elected official championing the supremacy of the free market over the iron-fist of the bureaucracy. Legislation introduced by state Senator Jerry Tillman (R-Randolph)
Continue readingState senator Thom Goolsby’s (R-Wilmington) bill to repeal the grossly-misnamed Racial Justice Act has cleared its first hurdle. It passed a Senate committee today. The RJA — passed by a
Continue readingIn 2010, we were told a conservative revolution was sweeping North Carolina AND the country. In 2012, we were told conservatism was on the rise — with the election of
Continue readingNorth Carolina legislators seriously talked up tolls on I-95 in 2011 and 2012, but that idea got shot down by Renee Ellmers, Mike McIntyre, a number of
Continue readingWhile the state House leadership is talking about watering stuff down, slowing things down, appeasing the Democrats to “get stuff done,” at least one state Senator is
Continue readingThe dictation pool in the McClatchy newsroom has regurgitated a press release talking about a new “House Republican group”: A group formed by the N.C.
Continue readingRaleigh’s “conservative revolution” is undertaking an effort to take the management of Charlotte’s Douglas International Airport from a city authority and transfer it to a REGIONAL authority. *Oh, Goody. Let’s
Continue readingA recent personnel shuffle at NCDOT caught my attention. According to media reports, Deputy DOT secretary for transit Paul Morris was “removed” by newly-appointed DOT secretary Tony
Continue readingOK. We’re billions in debt. HHS is in shambles literally and fiscally. ObamaCare is breathing down our neck from DC, as is an effort to wipe out our
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