#ncpol: Lil’ Tricia and the $750 “tip”
During recent debate on the state budget, state Rep. Tricia Cotham (D-Mecklenburg) got a lot of drive-by media play for this particular gem: A $750 tip ???? What profession
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#campaign2016: Josh Stein FINALLY comes out
Yes, ladies and gentlemen. The WORST kept secret in Raleigh — and believe me there are a lot of contenders for that title — was splashed across the headlines this
Continue readingSmacking Speciale (But what about lil’ Tricia?)
It appears that The N&O’s Colin Campbell is competing with Rob Christensen for this year’s “Laziest PoS in the Newsroom” title. So far, the competition looks quite,um, heated. Colin decided
Continue reading#ncga: Showdown at the Jones Street corral
According to Miss Mollie, speaker Moore’s easy-on-the-eyes spokesmodel, the rubber just might meet the road today: From: Mollie Young (Dir. of Communications, Speaker Moore’s Office) Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2015 4:38 PMTo: @House/Republican/Members; @House/Republican/LAsCc: @Speaker
Continue reading#NCSEN: If it looks like amnesthy, and it says ‘hola’ like amnesthy …
*The smartest man to EVER represent North Carolina in the U.S. Senate*™ took a few moments to sit down recently with the fawning stenographers at Charlotte Business Journal. In the
Continue readingThe cost of government
There is a lot of hubbub about the state budget right now. We’re hearing a lot from county and city officials moaning about how hard it is to do business
Continue reading#ncga: Stop the presses! An update from Miss Mollie on THE DEAL
Speaker Moore’s spokesmodel chimed in today with an update for all of us in the House Republican caucus: From: Mollie Young (Dir. of Communications, Speaker Moore’s Office) Sent: Saturday, September
Continue reading#ncga: DEAL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, the word has come down from on high: From: Mollie Young (Dir. of Communications, Speaker Moore’s Office) Sent: Friday, September 11, 2015 7:05 PM To: @House/Republican/Members; @House/Republican/LAs Cc: @Speaker
Continue reading#ncga: Six things that have slowed the budget process
That is, in essence, what the story in today’s N&O was about. (Off the top of our heads, we can think of at least ONE BIG obvious one.) Here is
Continue reading#ncga: Dollar-Lewis-Moore counting on Dems, planning culling of conservative herd
There WILL be war. That’s what my sources from all four corners of Jones Street are telling me amidst the poker-game-with-other-people’s-money called “budget conference negotiations.” Said one well-placed House GOP
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