Granted, SB554 has the stink of plain ol’ political corruption. But evidence is mounting that suggests this may be yet more hijinks from the solar goons. The developer pushing hard
Continue readingA group called Robeson for Advancement has been identified in driveby media reports as a leading force in the lobbying effort to get SB554 — authorizing a build/lease program
Continue readingOn the face of it, SB554 sounds like a nice, innovative idea — leasing school buildngs under creative financing schemes to cash-strapped county systems around the state. But outgoing treasurer
Continue readingFor those of you sold on the concept of former state Rep. Mike Hager as some kind of principled, rock-ribbed conservative — think again. Hager established quite a record
Continue readingLast session’s SB554 had all of the elements of pure political sketchiness: subsidies for solar energy, legislation tailored to meet the needs of very specific business interests, and key legislator
Continue readingThe 2016 session of the North Carolina General Assembly went out with a bang this past week. And it had everything to do with egos. It appears the GOP leadership
Continue readingThere were all kinds of private meetings in the office of speaker Tim Moore. All kinds of cash has moved between Pembroke and legislator pockets. SB554, allowing private developers to
Continue readingIt looks like SB554 — a provision to allow local school systems to lease facilities from private developers — is on its way to reality. Normally, we’re big fans of
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