#NCGA: Taking care of (your own) business?
Jamie Boles is a long-time, respected funeral home director here in Moore County. He got elected to the state House in 2008 by primarying an incumbent legislator who he had
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#NCSEN: Thom Tillis and those TOLL ROADS
State House Speaker Thom Tillis — one of a gaggle of GOP candidates seeking the party’s nomination for US Senate — took to Facebook this week to
Continue readingThe politics of pre-school
The richest man in North Carolina was in DC to demand even more taxpayer-funded preschool: Jim Goodnight, the CEO of Cary software company SAS, spoke at
Continue reading#NCSEN: Court ruling makes Rep. Brawley’s monopoly accusation against Tillis stick
State Rep. Robert Brawley (R-Iredell) made headlines back in May thanks to a confrontation with Speaker Thom Tillis. That confrontation resulted in Brawley losing his committee chairmanship. (It’s unclear —
Continue readingEl Sr. Tillis bajo el fuego de la inmigración opiniones
Yep. Ol’ Thom is getting some scrutiny on the issue of amnesty / immigration reform. Nationally-renowned conservative pundit Ann Coulter called attention to Tillis’ views today: I
Continue reading#NCSEN: In Like Flynn
And then there were FIVE. Winston-Salem radio host Bill Flynn has joined the crowd of Republicans seeking to oust Kay Hagan from the US Senate. Sixth congressional district voters may
Continue readingThe Crash of The Peacock: Me-Too Republicanism flops in Charlotte
Got a flat tire? *Man, if the Democrats still controlled the legislature, that nail would NEVER have been in the road.* These days, the remnants of
Continue readingThom Tillis: the, um, OUTSIDER ???
I had to replay THIS radio interview state House speaker Thom Tillis did with a Wilmington radio station to make sure I heard it right. Tillis laughs off assertions that
Continue readingThom & Karl are throwing some parties. (We’re not invited.)
Fasten your seatbelts, folks. Our state House speaker, Thom Tillis, and the Tea Party’s arch-nemesis, Karl Rove, are embarking on a three-day fundraising marathon to capture a second
Continue readingConservative revolutionaries? Try drunken sailors.
Chris Fitzsimon, Bill Barber and the gang want us to believe that the GOP majority in Raleigh has cut state government to the bone. Thom Tillis — the
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