Legislation seeking to limit the powers of local elected officials in Duplin and Harnett counties has the Harnett County board of commissioners and board of education hopping mad and facing
Continue readingIt’s starting to sound like a broken record. Every year, the political hacks over at the Moore County public schools’ central office whip up public hysteria against the county commissioners.
Continue readingIn 2013, Gov. Pat McCrory lost a veto fight with the legislature over the use of E-Verify for checking citizenship of workers in North Carolina. Late last week, some Republican
Continue readingHmmm. Misleading information in the N&O. I know, I know. What else is new? But today’s edition really takes the cake. The headline on the lead story this morning on
Continue readingEver wonder why so few elected officials question the actions of their party leaders or the actions of their respective chambers? Ever wonder why politicians spend SO MUCH time fundraising?
Continue readingThis week the Republican majority on Jones Street slapped an excise tax on the sale of e-cigarettes. (That’s ON TOP of the sales tax already collected.) In the Senate, the
Continue readingIn 2006, Thom Tillis ousted fellow Republican and incumbent John Rhodes in a nasty primary fight for a Mecklenburg County state House seat. In 2014, Rhodes COULD end up making
Continue readingUS Senator Kay Hagan (D- NC NY) — affectionately known in many of these parts as Chuck Schumer’s Sock Puppet™– lashed out at GOP nominee Thom Tillis — recently promoted to
Continue readingState House speaker Pro Tem Skip Stam has posted an endorsement of toll roads on his official site — which still IDs him as the “North Carolina House Republican Leader”.
Continue readingThere was a time when the GOP was recognized as the group who would cut your taxes, shrink government, and back the bureaucracy off of your case. Well, it’s funny
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