#ncpol: Using an RPG to swat a fly
Our capital city is all abuzz about the recent expose by McClatchy on our governor, his deep-pocketed buddy, and said buddy’s contract with the state prison system. Granted, it was
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#ncga: A candidate to keep an eye on in SE NC
State Rep. Rick Catlin (R-Wilmington) is calling it quits. Catlin had a rather moderate reputation in the House. (He scored a gentleman’s C+ in the 2014 Civitas conservative rankings. A
Continue reading#ncpol: When the campaign check trumps principles, the platform, and sometimes THE LAW
Well, The N&O has broken open a rather troubling story involving the governor, some of his big donors, and favors they may have received from the state bureaucracy (allegedly thanks
Continue reading#ncga: Heads up! Robert Brawley is back.
He was an outspoken critic of House leadership. Then-speaker Thom Tillis found him a primary opponent and helped knock him out of the House. Theam Thillis may have knocked Robert
Continue readingElaine Marshall (Dazed and Confused?)
John F-in’ Kerry (a/k/a Lurch, who also — if you didn’t know — served in Vietnam) — is our nation’s secretary of state. His job is to carry out the
Continue reading#ncga: Lil’ Tricia is DOWN WITH THE STRUGGLE
You never would have imagined a pampered, latte-sipping, Prius-driving, pale-faced suburban princess like Tricia Cotham being in solidarity with Malcolm X, Louis Farrakhan, Jesse Jackson, Chuck D, Flava Flav, and that
Continue reading#ncga: The money fairies of Jones Street
Politicians using the public treasury to pay off or payback cronies back home is nothing new. But it is something different when the crowd that spent decades griping about such
Continue reading#ncpol: TWO NEW state govt cabinet agencies! (Um, yay?)
In case you missed it, two more folks in Raleigh will now be able to flit around town and be recognized as “Mr. Secretary”: Gov. Pat McCrory on Tuesday promoted
Continue reading#ncga: Moore County’s Boles stands up for Nelson Dollar’s wife (and her state job)
Raleigh was atwitter last week over the dismissal of state Rep. — and House Committee chairman — Nelson Dollar’s wife from her high,um, “dollar” job at the Department of Public
Continue reading#ncga: ”Um, this is YOUR monster, Drs. Berger & Moore.”
Politicians never cease to amaze me. A few sessions back, I was treated to a barrage of b*tching from various Republican legislators about Skip Stam and Thom Tillis. From all
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