Did I-77 toll brouhaha end up killing McCrory’s reelection?
“There was a lot of cash attached to this deal. Tillis got the money and went to DC. McCrory stayed in Raleigh and took the blame and the beat-down.” —
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#ncpol: NC DOJ awakens, announces probe of North Meck I-77 toll contractor
It’s been a four year wait, but it looks like we’re finally seeing the Cooper regime at the Department of Justice DO SOMETHING. The DOJ has issued an ”Investigative Demand”
Continue readingNo money for I-77? Why not take the Garden Parkway $$$ and deep-six the tholls?
Folks in northern Mecklenburg County have been told they have no choice but to accept tholl roads to pay for the widening of I-77, a major traffic artery for the
Continue readingI-77 tholl foes turn their focus onto State Rep. Charles Jeter
He’s lil’ Tricia’s faaaaaaaaaavorite Republican. He’s the Republican most likely to take a walk when a vote on something actually in line with the GOP platform comes up. He’s also
Continue readingI-77 tholl spat causes some pro-tholl pols to lose their seats
There was a great lesson for the political ruling class in Mecklenburg County yesterday. Dismiss the people and run roughshod over them AT YOUR OWN POLITICAL PERIL. We have written extensively
Continue readingGoliath slaps back at David in I-77 toll fracas
That noisy bunch of grassroots folks in Widen I-77 have been creating quite a fuss in recent months. They are mostly residents of northern Mecklenburg County who really don’t want
Continue reading(Awk-ward.) Spanish co. in North Meck’s I-77 toll deal acccused of BRIBING POLITICIANS
The parent company of Cintra, the toll contractor who will run the I-77 HOT lane project, has made some news in Spain: Spanish builder Ferrovial paid a Catalan political party
Continue readingTholls: From Bad to Worse for GOPe on I-77 fiasco?
Tomorrow, dozens of players in the North Mecklenburg business community will travel to our fair capital city to make it clear they do not care for the plan to slap tolls
Continue readingLake Norman chamber jumps into I-77 toll road fray
The proposal to install tolls on I-77 in northern Mecklenburg County — championed by Pat McCrory and Thom Tillis — has turned into quite a political hot potato. A
Continue readingI-77 toll lane furor igniting GOP family feud in Charlotte area
Here we have a recent radio interview with our, um, “Republican” governor explaining how we need to pay more in gas tax and get to like paying tolls if we
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