Charlotte tholl road deal unraveling?
We’ve been following the drama around the plan to toll drivers on a stretch North Mecklenburg’s I-77 since Senator Thom was merely Speaker Thom. It’s been amazing. Despite the tremendous
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The GOPe slaps back at Mark Meadows
[Editor’s Note: Those of you who had hoped I had been spirited away by black helicopters never to be seen again, or had died in a fiery, explosive car wreck
Continue reading#NC-09: Primary challenge or a HINT from the establishment?
A guy named George Rouco is turning heads and being heralded as a “primary challenger” to incumbent Charlotte-area congressman Robert Pittenger (R). But my sources in that part of the
Continue reading#NCSEN: Susie, we’re not in Kan — er, Raleigh anymore.
Susan Tillis – Whife of Thom — got a little publicity a few days back for criticizing (via Facebook) North Carolina House leaders’ strategy in the budget reconciliation process. Her
Continue readingNC-02: She’s Lyyyyyyyyying. (Her lips are moving.)
Renee Ellmers is running to and fro trying to convince low-information voters across the Second District that she has been a valiant warrior princess against ObamaCare. This week, she was
Continue reading#ncpol: Details keep dripping out on L’affaire Pittenger
Word came out this week that the FBI is looking at congressman Robert Pittenger’s family business. It is *amazing* how much we are hearing about said probe from the alleged focus of
Continue reading#ncpol: officials with controversial Charlotte-area company that paid Trump have hi$tory with $en. Tilli$
Donald Trump Earned Huge Speaking Fees From Company Alleged To Be A Pyramid Scheme. That’s the headline of today’s Daily Caller piece: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was paid
Continue readingHeritage Action: Jones is US House’s most conservative NCGOPer
Walter Jones’s primary foes are working hard to paint him as a liberal and a “Pelosi Republican.” The latest scorecard from Heritage Action ranks Jones as the most conservative House
Continue reading#ncpol: FBI keeping busy in Charlotte
Last year, we had high drama over then-mayor Patrick Cannon’s arrest and conviction on federal corruption charges. Now, comes word that a federal investigation is touching very closely to another
Continue reading#ncpol: NRCC sanctioning “hit” on Walter Jones?
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