Drivebys: Hurricane damage fault of Jones St. GOP
You gotta looooooove that “logic”: North Carolina legislators voted in 2012 to ban the use of a report that showed the ocean could rise as much as 39 inches by
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Monetary messes for many NC local governments
We’re coming up on the November elections. Many counties will have commissioners on the ballot. You’ll hear a lot about how great things are in your neck of the woods.
Continue reading#ncga: Devil in the details …
House Republicans have a group of young guys and gals holed up at NCGOP HQ implementing the caucus campaign strategy (buying ads, issuing press releases, etc.). Sometimes the individual legislator
Continue readingThe Steinburg Invitational: Wanna go?
Excitement is in the air. If you’re planning to be in the vicinity of Asheville, North Carolina over Thanksgiving, state Rep. Bob Steinburg is bringing you some quality college basketball
Continue reading#ncga: HD-51’s Sauls about as conservative as his Dem predecessor
Meet The New Boss. Same as the old boss. Folks in Lee and Harnett counties who thought they were voting for a change in 2016 DID NOT GET much of
Continue readingRe job creation: less Apple & Amazon, more what’s ALREADY THERE.
Yes, THAT is the message from some Establishment pointy-head types at The Brookings Institute writing in Harvard Business Review: Amazon’s highly visible search for a second headquarters has offered one
Continue readingChar-Meck schools go ‘gangsta’ on N. Meck taxpayers
Not so long ago, we were told how terrible it was to crack down on local governments. (Something about bathrooms and cross-dressing.) Well, that apparently only applies if sane folks
Continue reading#ncga: David Lewis, ETHICS LAW chairman ???
I stumbled across this gem today: Ethics Law Chairman? I knew Lewis was the big elections kahuna for the House. But putting him in charge of ANYTHING akin to ETHICS???
Continue reading#ncga: To be continued …
In the wake of the felony indictment of Bob Steinburg’s top legislative AND campaign aide, Steinburg supporters immediately blasted the grand jury’s decision as part of a Dare County-based political
Continue reading2009 v. 2018: Contracts, Secrecy, and Steinburg.
County bureaucrats are exposed as having engaged in a sketchy contractual deal with an outside company. The county commissioners were unaware. Grassroots activists cry foul. Bloggers rage. Sound familiar, Currituck
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