#NCSEN: Are you ready for some foo — um, RACEBAITING ????
I swear, I truly believe this year’s Senate race will set a new world record for face-palms and the use of the #smh hashtag. The Republican establishment is running like
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McCrory moving forward on $$$ for jobs even as new study pooh-poohs idea
In Raleigh, the McCrory Department of Commerce is doing quite a bit of cheerleading for special taxpayer-provided incentives to lure business to North Carolina. We’ve registered our concerns previously about
Continue readingThe age of apathy: (Not a dime’s worth of difference?)
At the national level, Republicans have surrendered on taxes, debt, gays in the military, ObamaCare and amnesty. On the state level, the NCGOP is in the midst of surrendering on
Continue readingThe Brawley Censure: A parting shot from Speaker Thom
State House Republican leaders tried hard to spin the censure of one of their colleagues yesterday as anything but a vendetta executed at the order of Speaker Thom Tillis. We
Continue reading#NCGA: “Hey! Who put this horse head in my bed?”
Well, it appears Robert Brawley’s political career on Jones Street — and his relationship with the NCGOP powers that be — swims with the fishes. Just like Luca Brasi. He
Continue reading#NCSEN: “I want to be NUMBER ONE.”
Well, state House speaker and Republican US Senate nominee has wasted little time in announcing his goals — explaining why we should send him to DC for six years. First,
Continue readingIs SOMEONE’S Potomac Fever screwing over NC’s microbrewers?
A Greensboro TV station ran a report about a local restauranteur frustrated about not being able to sell the beer he, himself, brews. State law requires wholesalers to be inserted into
Continue reading#NCGA: Protecting Tillis. Running out the clock. Blowing a great opportunity.
I had an interesting talk today with someone who has floor privileges in the legislative building to go along with his flashy job title. We talked about the passion being exhibited
Continue reading#NCGA: Medicaid FOR EVERYBODY !!!
Estimates for Medicaid’s shortfall in North Carolina are as high as $140 million. But that’s not stopping some of the honorables on Jones Street from proposing a dramatic expansion of
Continue reading#NCGA: Senate bill exempts temp foreign workers from state income tax withholding
The state of North Carolina has a more than $400 million revenue shortfall. The honorables on Jones Street are moaning about how they don’t have the money to give teachers
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