Category: NC legislature
#ncga: ANOTHER ONE ???
One million dollar lawsuit is BAD enough . But TWO ????? A powerful state lawmaker whose farm is struggling has been hit with a second $1-million-plus debt collection lawsuit. John Deere Financial sued state Rep.David Lewis, one of the top Republican leaders…
Gov. Bumpkin says DON’T BE DIVISIVE. (That’s HIS job.)
Rarely has anyone climbed so far so fast, with so little substance to his résumè and no record of significant positive accomplishments, than Roy Cooper. During his sixteen years as state AG, the most significant prosecutions occurred when the feds stepped in and…
#ncga: David Lewis, defendant?
The personal finances of the second most-powerful leader in the North Carolina House have apparently earned some extra scrutiny in the judicial arena: An agricultural supply company sued Rep.David Lewis, R-Harnett, his farming company and its partners for more than $1.5 million…
#ncga: Boss Phil executes a PERFECT full ‘Timmy’
NC PolicyWatch and The N&O are collectively soiling their Pampers over a story that senate leader Phil Berger has been using campaign funds to purchase some choice Raleigh real estate. (Hey, at least he didn’t take envelopes of cash in a restaurant men’s…
Misplaced outrage over l’affaire Gerlach
If you caught NC Spin this week, or read the driveby media, you saw and heard a whole lot of self-righteous outrage about the events which led to the resignation of interim ECU chancellor Dan Gerlach. Chris Fitzsimon was one of the loudest complainers…
Folwell to Cooper: Fire your DOT secretary!
This sounds like something that ought to be coming from the state’s alleged conservative party (if they had a communications office worth a damn) or from someone trying to establish himself as North Carolina’s conservative leader and take Roy Cooper’s job (looking…
#ncga: Was COA RINO judge-ette Rep. Darren Jackson’s law partner?
According to the web site for the law firm of the gentleman from Wake County, that might be correct: […] Mr. Jackson is a lifelong resident of eastern Wake County and the father of three children. He and his wife Tina, a Nurse…
Coastal NC storm damage raises EVEN MORE questions re: solar farms
Solar goons and their bought-and-paid-for politicians (like Bob Steinburg and Bobby Hanig) like to tell you there’s nothing to fear from all these state-subsidized solar farms being erected all over the countryside. A little poking-around by Currituck County commissioner Paul Beaumont is telling…
#ncga: From IndyWeek to senator Berger’s staff
You never thought you’d see an IndyWeek alum speaking for the “Republican revolution” on Jones Street, eh? Well, the Republican House is trying to expand Medicaid. So WHY shouldn’t Phil Berger hire IndyWeek (and McClatchy) alum Lauren Horsch to speak for him AND the…
The political class CANNOT police itself.
The state board of elections says its A-OK for Democrats on local boards (like inRobeson and Bladen counties) to donate to Democratic candidates and campaign for (and with) them. Substantial pay-to-play allegations against powerful Republican legislators (like David Lewis) disappear into a black hole…
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