#ncga: Jason Saine, the $19,116.45 man.
Imelda Marcos had 3000-plus shoes. Fletcher Hartsell had, well,um, a lot of stuff. The latest round of campaign finance reports show that Jason Saine, for the first half of 2015,
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Forget that national security stuff! (We’ve got junk science to implement.)
We are getting more than our fair share of business — and controversy — from Spain. Cintra is at the center of a furious protest over the private management of
Continue reading#NCGOP — Gambling, govt child care, and solar subsidies: Welcome to Kristen’s World
It’s astounding. The Central Committee of the North Carolina GOP actually struggled with the idea of whether or not to hire someone as chief fundraiser who is IN BED with
Continue reading#ncga: Dollar at center of budget talks breakdown
Most everybody associated with the House-Senate budget conference says the breakdown of the talks can be pinned on one person: state Rep. Nelson Dollar. Said one in-the-know source: “The Senate
Continue readingCharles Jeter to NCDOT ???
That is the smoking hot word on Jones Street last night and today. The Republican House member from Mecklenburg is at the center of talk about who will lead that massive
Continue reading#ncga: It’s Monday. What are we hollerin’ about today?
A throng of The Round Rev’s filthy and / or addled followers formed a “half-circle” in Raleigh yesterday. (They apparently didn’t have enough for a FULL circle.) It was time for
Continue readingCarolina Rising is McCrory’s “hitman” on senators
Since our story from yesterday, we’ve gotten all kinds of communication from Raleigh insiders pinning the push-polling against three key GOP senators on Carolina Rising, a 501-c(4) run by former
Continue readingIs Team McCrory issuing political ‘hits’ on Senate leaders?
It sounds like something out of one of The Godfather movies, or the final days of Nixon. But the reports we’re getting make that headline look like a real possibility.
Continue reading#CHANGETHATNAME : Movement to give Locke’s Hood more ‘sensitive’ name catches fire
We’ve received an awful lot of comments — online and offline — regarding the comments by John Hood this weekend on NC Spin. (Granted, a lot of people were interested
Continue readingThe economy: So, how we (really) doin’ ?
“How’m I doin’?” — campaign slogan for former NYC mayor Ed Koch _____________ It’s always good to stop, take a deep breath and assess things. If you believe the NCGOP,
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