#ncpol: Using an RPG to swat a fly
Our capital city is all abuzz about the recent expose by McClatchy on our governor, his deep-pocketed buddy, and said buddy’s contract with the state prison system. Granted, it was
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#ncpol: When the campaign check trumps principles, the platform, and sometimes THE LAW
Well, The N&O has broken open a rather troubling story involving the governor, some of his big donors, and favors they may have received from the state bureaucracy (allegedly thanks
Continue reading#ncga: Heads up! Robert Brawley is back.
He was an outspoken critic of House leadership. Then-speaker Thom Tillis found him a primary opponent and helped knock him out of the House. Theam Thillis may have knocked Robert
Continue readingElaine Marshall (Dazed and Confused?)
John F-in’ Kerry (a/k/a Lurch, who also — if you didn’t know — served in Vietnam) — is our nation’s secretary of state. His job is to carry out the
Continue reading#ncpol: TWO NEW state govt cabinet agencies! (Um, yay?)
In case you missed it, two more folks in Raleigh will now be able to flit around town and be recognized as “Mr. Secretary”: Gov. Pat McCrory on Tuesday promoted
Continue reading#ncpol: An intriguing candidate for state schools superintendent
The “Walking Dead” is not just on AMC. It’s hiding out in a corner office in Raleigh’s ”Pink Palace” and will be hitting the campaign trail very soon. June Atkinson
Continue reading#ncga: ”Um, this is YOUR monster, Drs. Berger & Moore.”
Politicians never cease to amaze me. A few sessions back, I was treated to a barrage of b*tching from various Republican legislators about Skip Stam and Thom Tillis. From all
Continue reading#ncga: Let’s Get Reaaaaaaaady to Rummmmmmmmmble !!!
Are y’all ready for this? It appears — according to some email that got sent out today — that Tim and Phil are concerned about how the search for
Continue reading#ncga: Great BIG ONES. (Yessirree.)
THAT is exactly what it takes to to go toe-to-toe or nose-to-nose with an appropriations chairman when you are an agency head. THAT is apparently what has happened this week
Continue readingSmacking Speciale (But what about lil’ Tricia?)
It appears that The N&O’s Colin Campbell is competing with Rob Christensen for this year’s “Laziest PoS in the Newsroom” title. So far, the competition looks quite,um, heated. Colin decided
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