#ncga: ‘I dunno. Whadda you wanna do?”
Things are supposedly winding down in Raleigh. The GOP-controlled House and Senate are at an impasse over a state budget. Word is that staff and non-essential legislators will be sent
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A sobering look at NC’s fiscal health
The Moral Monday rabble dirtying up the streets in Winston-Salem right now likes to tell us how North Carolina is going to hell in a handbasket since the GOP took over
Continue reading#ncpol: Ethics? What’s that? (A new grocery chain? )
The cloud of ethics scandal has wafted over from Jones Street to the state board of elections. Apparently, another Republican officeholder — also an attorney — is needing a bit
Continue reading#ncga: Ethics, meet Tim Moore. Mr. Moore, meet Ethics.
For the second time in a little over three years, Tim Moore’s ethical choices have made him an easy target for Blinkin’ Chris’s comedy website. Moore ran for speaker promising
Continue readingOf roaches and statist mooches
A friend of mine in the pest control business told me once about the importance of spraying a whole building evenly at one time. Spraying one section, leaving, and then
Continue readingThat giant sucking sound? Gov. Pat’s rump being SMOOCHED.
I’ve got to hand it to Team McCrory. Their PR shop has failed miserably in dealing with the drivebys. It appears that someone in that camp has decided that —
Continue readingTen years into 99 year deal, Cintra looking to cash out of Chicago toll deal
From our nation’s heartland comes yet one more omen about a potential future for north Mecklenburg residents in the vicinity of the proposed I-77 toll project: The Skyway concession company’s
Continue reading#ncga: House Dems loaded for bear against a, um, license plate
The moles are reporting in about the appearance of something in Jones Street’s lower chamber called the “License Plate Subcommittee.” From what I hear, this new entity will be spearheaded
Continue readingTholls: From Bad to Worse for GOPe on I-77 fiasco?
Tomorrow, dozens of players in the North Mecklenburg business community will travel to our fair capital city to make it clear they do not care for the plan to slap tolls
Continue reading#ncga: Taxing & regulating gambling?
That’s an idea that intrigues us. Taxes on gambling are paid voluntarily, as opposed to the current confiscatory practices of our state and federal revenue agencies. Doing something like this
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