#ncpol: Is it Andy Time, yet?
Last Thursday, at the council of state forum in Pinehurst, we were introduced to Andy Stevens — a Republican challenging incumbent agriculture commissioner Steve Troxler’s (R) renomination. (Andy has
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#ncga: It’s getting’ all affiliated up in here, yo.
Back in September, House Rules chairman David Lewis slipped into technical corrections some language about these affiliated committees– basically allowing our elected officials to bypass the party organizations and privately rake
Continue reading#ncgov: So, it’s ROY COOPER’S FAULT ????
[Verse] Nobody’s fault but mine [X2] Trying to save my soul tonight It’s nobody’s fault but mine Devil he told me to roll [X2] How to roll the log tonight
Continue reading#ncpol: It’s gettin’ NASTY out there.
It was cold in Pinehurst Thursday night, but there was a lot of heat in the forum for Council of State candidates. So much, in fact, that the fire alarms
Continue reading#ncpol: Bloomberg-Johnson 2016?
Our favorite warrior princess, Lady Liberty, broke open the story this week about a GOP public schools superintendent candidate getting a BIG contribution from former NYC mayor and BIG, deep-pocketed,
Continue readingLitter court? (Seriously? ‘Fraid so.)
Odor in the court! Robeson County is a special place. It’s my home county. (And not my current place of residence, BTW.) And it is also one of the state
Continue reading#ncga: American Conservative Union salutes Sen. Buck Newton for “conservative excellence”
Retiring senator Buck Newton is hoping to add a new title to his résumè: Attorney General of North Carolina. He has a couple of hurdles to clear in March and in
Continue readingJoCo leaders reject CSX / State of NC land grab. (Psst – CSX didn’t need govt $$$ or heavy-handedness in OH or PA deals.)
We’re told, in a bipartisan fashion, by the ruling class that you have to hand out money and favors in order to get business to commit to doing business in
Continue reading#ncga: A conservative direction? (THAT is not what the numbers tell us.)
If you believe the GOPe campaign rhetoric, they’ve got our state headed in a “conservative direction.” *Wow. That sounds great. We must be cutting taxes and the size of government
Continue reading#ncpol: Taken
Imagine that someone rings your doorbell, announces they are with Mega-Corporation X, and that they are going to give you Y-amount of dollars for your property. You aren’t interested in
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