Tales from the early voting lines
The way things are going so far, you can probably walk right in and vote in a matter of minutes on Election Day. Record lines are the story at most
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#ncga: Allen McNeill and a report card full of Cs, Ds, and Fs
State Rep. Allen McNeill (R), who represents Randolph County and parts of Moore County, has an opponent on the November ballot. He’s gladly running under the GOP banner, but has
Continue readingThings to think about before going to the polls
Here we go: HB2. Gov. McCrory explained this beautifully in the second debate. Too bad the drive bys didn’t give a crap about relaying that information to their dwindling audiences.
Continue reading#ncga: Here comes the hurricane cash!
The appropriately surnamed Nelson Dollar, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, is apparently leading the Republican foray into hurricane politics: From: Rep. Nelson Dollar Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 2:32
Continue reading#ncga: A session? (Isn’t that special?)
Even Hurricane Matthew can get worked into the political jockeying for November. Here’s Cumberland County state Rep. Billy Richardson (D): Popeye said it best “I stands all I can stands,
Continue reading#ncga: Sources say NC House GOP polling shows disaster in Wake, Meck races
It may be in bad taste to reference hurricanes right now — given that much of the state is still recovering from Matthew’s flooding. But pollsters hired by the NC
Continue reading#ncpol, #ncga: Deja vu, all over again?
2014 was a great year for Republicans all around. They took out Kay Hagan and took back the US Senate from the Democrats. But, in North Carolina, they suffered a
Continue reading#ncpol: Throwing stones in glass houses
In 2010 and 2012, Republicans took over in Washington and Raleigh promising to be better than the other bunch that had been running the place. How have they done? Let’s
Continue readingNC’s hyper-regulated health care
Only New Jersey, Hawaii, DC, and Vermont slap more red-tape on their health care providers than North Carolina does. THAT information comes from a recent study by The Mercatus Center
Continue reading#ncpol: Educating ‘Lieutenant Linda’
Wouldn’t it be nice if the drive bys fact-checked and interrogated Democrat candidates like they do Republicans? (We can all dream, can’t we?) The Asheville Citizen-Times’s Mark Barrett was standing
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