A pleasant surprise at NC DPI?
I must admit I had my early doubts about Mark Johnson. I interviewed him on the campaign trail and learned he had ties to Michael Bloomberg, of all people. But
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UNC’s $437,000 man quite at home in THE SWAMP
We told you earlier about UNC counsel Mark Merritt – who makes more than the president of the United States — doing a little lobbying on the side to complement his flacking
Continue reading#ncga: Aquarium brouhaha brings ethics complaint against coastal House, Senate members
THESE kinds of shenanigans are what people when they speak of THE SWAMP that needs to be drained: Several state representatives and a Wilmington developer have been named in an
Continue readingWHO wants to “run” Civitas?
We’d heard scuttlebutt for some time that incumbent Civitas president & ceo Francis DeLuca was looking for a chance to make a run for it. DeLuca made it official a
Continue readingHIGHER education? (price? yeah. Quality? um ….)
While the football team is stinking the place up, the Afro-American classes are filling up, and the edu-crats are lining their pockets BIG TIME at our expense, look at what
Continue readingUNC’s $437,000 Man crosses swords with Jones Street leaders
Talk about biting the hand that feeds you. Mark Merritt is the general counsel for the UNC system. He makes A LOT of money for being on the government payroll.
Continue reading#ncpol: A “new” waterboy in town.
The N&O has had a long tradition of carrying water for the Democrat Party and other leftist interests. John Frank and Colon Campbell did it for a while before heading
Continue reading#ncpol: Oh, look. A Poll !!!
Civitas has released some polling on the political environment in North Carolina. (I, for one, am surprised that they had the courage to do it — given their total submission
Continue readingThilli$$$ theams with ERIC HOLDER on criminal justice “reform”
That’s right. Our junior US senator is teaming with Barry Obama’s attorney general — the one who sided with the New Black Panthers over regular voters — to “reform” the
Continue reading#ncga: “Substantial Plurality” = 30 percent ????
I wasn’t a math major, but something about this concept dreamed up by the, um. “honorables” doesn’t sit right with me. Check out section 3 of Session Law 2017-214 pushed
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