#ncga: The cost of doing business
The ZZ Top analogies and raucous laughter must have finally gotten to state rep. Jason Saine. He finally decided to address our story on his big clothing buy, with
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#ncgop: Poole OUT (Who’s IN?)
The soap opera at NCGOP HQ took another crazy turn today as executive director Todd Poole, surprisingly, bid adieu: Todd Poole, who has been executive director of the state’s Republican
Continue readingCollege and the concept of “skin-in-the-game”
The stenographers are fawning over Queen Hillary again. Check out this Wall Street Journal headline: Hillary Clinton Proposes Debt-Free Tuition at Public Colleges Wow. *That sounds kind of nice.* College
Continue reading#ncga: Doing the, um, hustle? (Budget boogie?)
Folks on Jones Street, who talk to us, say that the Senate has been pitching offers to House leadership on the budget. But those have been met with cricket sounds.
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 reading#ncgop: Kristen Laster, on the job.
The 2015 NCGOP platform calls for repealing the state’s renewable energy mandates. (Those mandates have led to some serious cronyism and costly subsidies between politicians, solar companies and other alternative
Continue reading‘High Noon’ for Little Richard?
High Noon with Rep. Richard Hudson. THAT is what Cabarrus Conservative Alliance is calling their August 14th event at the congressman’s Concord offices: During the 2014 election which saw the
Continue reading#ncga: Jason Saine, meet Ty Harrell.
One of our regular readers — after perusing the recent coverage of Jason Saine and his suits — made an analogy to a 2009 case involving a Democrat legislator: State
Continue reading#ncga: Taxpayers. Smoke ’em if you got ’em.
It’s dumbfounding listening to the sales pitches and outright spin promoting the House’s road bond package. We’re told it’s not a tax increase. Never mind that bond issues involve obtaining
Continue reading#ncga: Jason NEEDS money. (Send money.)
The Tom James Company’s top customer in the General Assembly has an urgent plea for his colleagues: Time for Fundraising Dear Colleagues: As we hopefully approach the end to this
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