Study: Solar subsidies = higher power bills (*Surprise!*)
We’ve got an army of lobbyists all over Jones Street lining pockets with cash to protect “alternative energy mandates.” We’ve got a guy in Charlotte with too much time and
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North Carolina state taxing and spending by the numbers
As the election season gears up, the phony statistics and the excrement are really going to be flying. We decided to head some of that off by injecting some interesting,
Continue reading#ncga: Drugs, David Lewis and DEMOCRATS. (Oh, my.)
House leadership HATESsssssssss Rep. Justin Burr. It’s easy to understand why. He’s a smug little guy who will not shut up when he’s told to do so. Burr used
Continue readingAmerican politics: A stinking cesspool where rules and laws are meant for the little, less-connected people
My thoughts about the FBI director’s press conference on Hillary’s email server? He looked like a guy who was told to go out there and do what he’s told if
Continue readingMonkey Business Report: SB554 + Indians + solar subsidies
Granted, SB554 has the stink of plain ol’ political corruption. But evidence is mounting that suggests this may be yet more hijinks from the solar goons. The developer pushing hard
Continue reading#ncga: MINE is bigger than yours.
The 2016 session of the North Carolina General Assembly went out with a bang this past week. And it had everything to do with egos. It appears the GOP leadership
Continue reading#ncga: Still shaking the Lumbee money tree
There were all kinds of private meetings in the office of speaker Tim Moore. All kinds of cash has moved between Pembroke and legislator pockets. SB554, allowing private developers to
Continue reading#2016POLLS: Tighter than Bill Barber’s SPANX!
That’s right. It looks like we have nail-biters all around the top of the tickets this November. (Of course, things NEVER seem to really heat up until right after Labor
Continue reading#ncga: Pouring water on a grease fire
The anti-HB2 hysteria was flaming out. The concert boycott announcements were dwindling down to nothing. All the NCGOPe had to do was keep sticking to its guns and stay focused
Continue reading#ncga: Meanwhile, Inside the caucus room …
The word I am hearing — from folks inside the joint House-Senate GOP confab with the governor — is about dramatic contrasts. Gov. McCrory and the House leadership were passionately
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