I’ll pay you back in 100 years. (I swear.)
Check out the latest from our UNC board of governors — fresh off of being granted oodles of ConnectNC cash from the voters: North Carolina’s public university board is asking
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Want to beat them? Learn their rules. Play their game.
Back in the day, when I worked on the Hill for Senator Helms, he was practically all by himself battling for the conservative cause. The GOP was a distinct minority
Continue reading#ncga: Following the “affiliated” Money
We all remember the sneakiness associated with passing those “affiliated committees” through the General Assembly last session. Now, we are finally starting to see a paper trail. Let’s look at
Continue readingMonkey Business Report: NCGOP platform edition
The solar goons are something else. They have this Jason Voorhees-like quality to them. Just when you think they’re finally killed off, they come back for a sequel. This time,
Continue readingAG race VERY IMPORTANT for Lt. Gov. Dan Forest
Anyone with half-a-brain can see that Josh Stein is viewing the attorney general race as a stepping-stone to the governor’s mansion. If Roy Cooper goes down in November, and Stein
Continue readingFreeloadin’ Roy getting a free pass
Not long after winning a new term in 2012 — unopposed — attorney general Roy Cooper announced he was running for governor. No, he wasn’t going to step down and
Continue readingPro-2A forces rallying to fight proposed Haywood County gun ban
The state’s leading Second Amendment advocacy group is preparing to knock heads tonight with Haywood County government leaders. There is a special meeting tonight at the county courthouse to discuss
Continue readingPolitifact: Community College is NOT THE SAME as college. (Wow. Just … )
Politifact NC COULD have had a field day with all of the lies surrounding the campaign for ConnectNC. But they decided to stick with their time-tested double-talk nonsense like, oh,
Continue readingNCGOP leader: heads need to roll in Hasan-gate
Jim Womack is a widely-respected Republican leader. He’s a military veteran, and has been a Lee County commissioner and an appointee in the McCrory administration. He serves on the state
Continue reading#ncpol: The chairman strikes back (with pictures!)
Yes, Hasan Harnett has returned fire in the very public political spat that has the chattering classes chattering and his continued chairmanship of the NCGOP on the line. He sent
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