This is a little dated, but it gives one heck of a peek into the mindset of at least one of the folks we send to Washington every two years. Apparently, getting on an elevator with Virginia Foxx can be…
RobC: Budget “cuts” (NOT Gene Nichol, fake classes, or Queer Studies degrees) hurting UNC’s rep
Yes. The “Bernie” of our state’s gasping-for-that-last-breath driveby media is still peddling that nonsense that spending more money equals excellence. (That gets shot down ALL THE TIME. Texas Gov. John Connolly spent $11 million bucks – a LOT more than…
Moore County Schools: Boy, are we getting SCREWED.
Granted, this story is about one of North Carolina’s 100 counties. But something like this is likely going on in each of the other 99. We’ve got a clueless, or complicit — not sure which is worse — board…
Moore County 2017: Comin’ out of the woodwork!
It’s always nice to see folks interested in public service. Filing closed today on 2017’s local races, and it appears Moore County’s voters are going to have loads of candidates to sort through. Aberdeen has two folks fighting it out…
Learnin’ from — ROY ????
It apears DC Dems are drooling and fawning all over our Accidental Governor.™ (A weak sister RINO opponent who spent four years thumbing his nose at his base? Twenty thousand votes out of Durham County in the middle of the…
A “social safety net” for drive-bys?
Boo-freakin’-hoo. At least one legacy / drive-by media outfit is claiming it will GO OUT OF BUSINESS if local governments are able to forego legacy media and advertise online: Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed legislation Monday that targeted Guilford County newspapers…
Raise legislator pay? (Better idea: limit their time in session, scope of influence)
Colon Campbell has escaped from the men’s room (AND the dungeon-like N&O newsroom) to fill the shoes of the late Mark Binker over at The Insider. He’s starting off by brown-nosing the hell out of Speaker Timmy and the boys:…
‘Tricky Dick’ Burr: “I’m Sam Ervin! I’m SAM, I am!” ( Jim Morrill SAID so.)
The president is trying to rally his troops to deal with arguably the worst crisis facing the country, and Richard Burr is preoccupied with FANTASY: President Trump told GOP senators at the White House on Wednesday that they should cancel their August…
The ObamaCare Hustle
It’s easy to talk big and tough about cutting stuff when you KNOW your grand-standing is going to get vetoed by the president. But it’s a whole new ballgame — as Washington Republicans are learning — when one of your…