Art Pope: ConnectNC is “fiscally conservative”
Is he speaking in a relative sense? “Fiscally conservative” in comparison to what? The federal government? The act of simply flushing cash down the toilet? (*How much did he have
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No Tax $$$ to promote ConnectNC? (I don’t think so.)
Proponents of the ConnectNC bond issue are hitting us with a BUNCH of lies. No tax increase. No tax money being used to promote it. We’ve already trashed the first
Continue readingWho’s funding the ConnectNC propaganda blitz? Oh, the folks who stand to get PAID.
Nicole Revels and the folks at NC Against The Bond are doing yeoman’s work in exposing this sham — this cronyism — for what it is. (Here are the reports.)
Continue readingMoore schools official’s trial put off until August
We’re still waiting for our local Pulitzer Prize-winning daily newspaper to even acknowledge this episode. Edward Pruden was hired by Moore County schools in August 2015 to replace the controversial
Continue readingBeing White: A, um, “profound sadness”?
Last year, we brought you the story of state Rep. Graig Meyer of Orange County who professed to being ashamed of his “whiteness.’‘ That post even caught the eye of
Continue reading#ncga: David Lewis took OUR money!
At least THAT is what John Zumwalt, Republican challenger to incumbent Jamie Boles in NC House District 52, is claiming: Hmmm. Lewis is quite a powerful person in Raleigh
Continue readingConnectNC: “so wide-open …. so vaguely-written it creates endless possibilities”
I talked with a high-powered source from Jones Street about why Republicans there — suposedly so frugal and conservative — were pushing the ConnectNC bond issue. Here was the source’s
Continue reading#ncga: Solar goons TRYING to bail out Lil’ Lord Nelson
North Carolina has the only renewable energy portfolio mandate in the southeastern United States, and some of the most generous taxpayer-funded benefits for solar energy providers. When you consider how
Continue reading#ncga: Tool-time with Tim!
Every so often , something pops up in the political arena that forces you to ask: Are these people really this stupid, or is there some really sneaky and devious
Continue reading#ncga: Awwwwww, look. Our very own LBJ rule.
In 1960, US. senator Lyndon Baines Johnson was the Democrat nominee for vice president of the United States. The dilemma? He was also up for reelection to the Senate from
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