NC Drive-bys: All gay stuff. ALL THE TIME.
Talk about being out of touch with your audience. The average person — residing outside of Orange County — is not devoting 1/10000th of the energy to HB2 that the
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The NCGOPe and ‘weasel words’
I have a friend who introduced me to the concept of weasel words. That’s a slang term for verbage that leaves the speaker with a lot of wiggle room. Kinda
Continue readingMonkey Business Report: ConnectNC bond ballot language edition
The GOPe and the rest of the Raleigh cartel have just now finished their high fives and victory laps after successfully conning the people of North Carolina out of TWO
Continue readingDavid Lewis aide seeking to replace his boss as NC’s RNC rep
If you can’t have the job, having someone in place who you can control is just as good. The ever-so-controversial state Rep. David Lewis announced earlier he was stepping down
Continue readingI’ll pay you back in 100 years. (I swear.)
Check out the latest from our UNC board of governors — fresh off of being granted oodles of ConnectNC cash from the voters: North Carolina’s public university board is asking
Continue readingJason Saine: No primary or general election opposition. Over $122K in “campaign expenses.”
Politicians like to talk tough on ethics — banning gifts from lobbyists, limiting contribution amounts, that kind of thing. But what does all that matter when people with interests before
Continue readingWhy does Speaker Moore’s campaign need the services of a Wall Street law firm?
Tim Moore had no primary opposition and is unchallenged in the November general election. So WHY has his campaign paid a $10,000 retainer to a high-powered Wall Street (That’s right.
Continue readingWant to beat them? Learn their rules. Play their game.
Back in the day, when I worked on the Hill for Senator Helms, he was practically all by himself battling for the conservative cause. The GOP was a distinct minority
Continue reading#ncga: Following the “affiliated” Money
We all remember the sneakiness associated with passing those “affiliated committees” through the General Assembly last session. Now, we are finally starting to see a paper trail. Let’s look at
Continue readingMonkey Business Report: NCGOP platform edition
The solar goons are something else. They have this Jason Voorhees-like quality to them. Just when you think they’re finally killed off, they come back for a sequel. This time,
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