#NCGA: Looking to cut? WHY NOT UNC ???
The state budget is on the mind of a lot of Raleigh-watchers and insiders. How to get pay raises for teachers has been a major sticking point on reaching an
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#NCGA: If Gov. Pat wants a fight, Mr. Berger is glad to give him one.
The media, Democrats, and Bill Barber’s rabble have tried to pitch us a narrative about some unified Republican front in Raleigh. Unfortunately, all we’ve been able to see lately is
Continue readingPat sounds like Bev.
In 2012, Bev Perdue came to the conclusion that she had enough of a GOP majority on Jones Street and escaped Raleigh to the safe confines of Harvard’s Kennedy School
Continue reading#NCGA: McCrory, Tillis, media gang up on Senate Republicans in budget fight
In budget reconciliation talks, the Senate has backed away from their insistence on dropping teacher tenure in exchange for pay raises. Smelling blood, Gov. Pat, Speaker Thom, and the drive-by
Continue readingTharte. Thillis. Tholl Roads. Thwenty dollars round-trip DAILY. Throuble?
Toll roads. House speaker and US Senate Thom Tillis thinks they are OK. So does state House speaker pro tem Skip Stam. Gov. Pat likes them, and so does his
Continue readingBOHICA: $tuff is getting even MORE expen$ive
Today, we’re celebrating the birth of our nation — which began with resistance to bureaucratic tyranny and protests against excessive taxation. Here we are in 2014. As we’re firing
Continue readingMonkey Business Report: Special Tholl Road edition
The news about how the proposed I-77 toll lanes will cost $20 per day round trip — plus word about the Spanish contractor’s woes — has whipped up quite a
Continue reading#NCPOL: Gov Pat forced to lay in the bed he made
It’s pretty clear — from the background conversations I am having — that things are a bit frosty between the governor’s office and many of the Republican honorables on Jones Street. A
Continue reading#NCGA: McCrory blasts Senate for respecting state constitution & concept of balanced budgets
The North Carolina constitution requires a balanced budget. Gov. Pat and Speaker Thom got together and submitted a revised budget plan that does not balance. Speaker Thom whipped his troops
Continue reading#NCSEN: Stay out of my lady parts, but shell out some $$$ for my BIRTH CONTROL!
The US Supreme Court is acting incredibly sensible these days. One of their latest decisions, the Hobby Lobby case, offered up some protections for employers dealing with the ObamaCare atrocity
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