#NCGA: The tug-of-war over the SBI
A move is afoot on Jones Street to consolidate state law enforcement in the executive branch. In many states, you have one centralized state police force. In North Carolina, it
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RobRielle, N&O joining MSNBC on road to irrelevance
Just when you think he can’t deliver a bigger face-palm moment, the reporter who: (1) made history by being physically removed from an NCGOP convention, (2) failed to notice Dennis
Continue readingBOHICA Alert: Cost projections show new toll roads to be LITERAL highway robbery
Thom Tillis, Skip Stam, and the McCrory administration have all been singing the praises of HOT lanes and tolls as THE BEST way to pay for future road construction and
Continue readingVA-07: Damn. What was that? An earthquake?
The seismometers were going wild around Richmond, Virginia tonight. A political earthquake appears to have catapulted the House Majority Leader into those very crowded unemployment lines: In a stunning upset,
Continue reading#NCSEN: A Klingon tries to make it a Five-some
We’ve been hearing about efforts to get former state legislator John Rhodes qualified as a write-in candidate. Now, it appears a Klingon-speaking former town councilman from Indian Trail is trying
Continue reading#NCSEN: Conservative write-in effort kicks into gear
If all goes as one group of activists hopes, North Carolinians will have a FOURTH choice for US Senate this November. Democrat Kay Hagan, Republican Thom Tillis, and Libertarian Sean
Continue reading#NCSEN: Let’s play The Blame Game. The pizza man, the baby doc, or the web site?
During the recently completed primary, we were told that Thom Tillis is on cruise-control to Capitol Hill. Kay Hagan needs to start packing. Miss Susan can start measuring for drapes.
Continue reading# NCGA & the tax shell game: cap THIS tax, then intro a NEW one
A couple of weeks ago, the frontline soldiers of Raleigh’s conservative revolution were targeting privilege taxes — tagging them as harmful to the economy. Now, we have the “honorables” on
Continue readingBergdahl: Did Obama PAY $$$ for his release?
The exchange of FIVE Taliban fighters for ONE US soldier (reportedly a deserter) is one hot topic of discussion these days. Folks in both parties all over Capitol Hill are
Continue readingThe TSA: harassing grandmas, nuns, and babies since 2001
Hijackings and other mid-air craziness have turned flying into way too much of an adventure. The horror of 9/11 added a whole new dimension. Fanatics were willing to take over
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