#ncga: ABC needs to G-O.
As I said earlier, I spent some time over the holiday weekend in the North Carolina mountains. I hit a few social functions that included some friends who reside in
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#ncga: Changing their tune on primary date. (Hearing footsteps? Smelling the smoke of the mob’s torches?)
At first, legislative leaders — led by Rep. David Lewis — were cheerleading hard for moving North Carolina’s presidential primary from May to March. The move, he and his allies
Continue reading#ncga: Legit campaign expense, or home-away-from-home bachelor pad / man-cave? (You make the call.)
Our legislators get roughly $100 per day to cover food and lodging expenses while the legislature is in session. A number of legislators I spoke with said there are several
Continue reading#ncga: Tillman defends support for solar subsidies, citing economic development and jobs
I had a brief, yet interesting conversation with state Senator Jerry Tillman yesterday afternoon. The legislator left me a message praising my work, but wanting to talk about “a few things” I
Continue reading#ncga: The mushroom treatment
There’s some serious grumbling coming from the House Republican caucus on Jones Street. Their chamber is currently involved in negotiations to reconcile the budgetary differences it has with the General
Continue reading#ncga: Senators slam drive-by, Dem spin on alleged harm to schools by budget delay
Blinkin’ Chris and his unruly mob have been on a tear telling us how the children will all get dumb and fail in life because legislators have not coughed up
Continue reading#ncga: YOU are RE-leased !!!!
We had this item posted yesterday. Then, we receive this email which seems to back up what our sources in that post were telling us: From: “Candace Slate (Rep.
Continue reading#ncga: Fear and loathing in the caucus meeting
There were a lot of headlines celebrating an alleged agreement between House and Senate leaders on a new state budget. The magic number? $21.735 billion. This number has both
Continue reading#ncga: Oh, how those things you sign your name to come back to bite you …
Politicians are eager to win votes and please everybody — ALL AT ONCE. It’s not all that uncommon to see some of those folks coming down on both sides of an
Continue readingEducation spending: Surrendering on the Mo’ Money meme?
Liberals preach the gospel of spending more money to save the world and take care of EVERYONE. The alleged conservative party in this country has a platform that suggests it
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