#ncga: Sex And The (capital) City
We all remember the hubbub over the chief of staff (and roommate) to then-speaker Thom Tillis getting caught in a tryst with a Jones Street lobbyist. Then, late last year,
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NC-02: Ellmers a rising star with national pro-abortion, liberal GOP group
It appears that Big Government Barbie has launched her national tour. She’s hit Phoenix, and spent the weekend in Austin at South By Southwest. We’ve written before about Renee Ellmers’s
Continue readingPublic-private partnerships for delivery of social services ????
“Social Impact Bonds” is one of the new buzz-terms bouncing around the DC Beltway. Bi-partisan “get-something-done” legislation promoting this concept has been introduced in the US House. The subject was
Continue readingNCGOP: ‘Huh? What’d ya say?’
“It’s about to get all stupid up in here!” — Michael Scott, Dunder-Mifflin Paper Company Just when you thought things couldn’t get any dumber than having that dude dress
Continue readingOff the reservation
That’s right. You read it correctly. Leftist strategist Thomas Mills is praising the work of new Republican speaker Tim Moore: Speaker Tim Moore is off to an impressive start. In
Continue readingWhen is a tax cut NOT REALLY a tax cut?
Answer: When you lower the rate, but monkey with the value of what is getting taxed. This kind of thing happens a lot at the local level. Your county
Continue reading#NCGOP: All the way with A.J.?
Claude Pope isn’t running again for state chairman. All kinds of establishment types have fallen behind somebody named Craig Collins to replace him. Somebody named Hasan Harnett is also seeking
Continue readingNC-02: Don’t believe the hype.
You seriously need to take Chuck D and Flavor Flav’s advice regarding those TV ads hyping “conservative champion” Renee Ellmers. They’re sponsored by American Action Network — a gaggle of pro-amnesty
Continue reading#ncga: Hager? Hager? Hager? Anyone?
Mike Hager came into office as majority leader with such promise. He spent the last session as majority whip. Hager was the architect of sweeping legislation that would have wiped
Continue readingNCGOP: The return of Wayne King?
Raleigh-based sources familiar with the inner workings of the NCGOP tell me that a group of leaders — including state House majority leader Mike Hager — are lobbying former party
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