#ncga: “He’s black, and he’s been there before.”
I believe I will get a lot of use out of the #SMH hashtag during this session of The General Assembly. Spring is just about here, and the honorables on
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#ncga: Heat is ON to kill renewable energy mandates
As a rookie state legislator, now-US Senator Thom Tillis pushed through some draconian alternative energy mandates that required utility providers to buy a certain amount of expensive, taxpayer-subsidized alternative energy
Continue readingSchool crime in North Carolina: Readin’, ritin’, robbin’ and rumblin’
It gets downplayed in the drive by media, but the public school are required to report annually to the legislature on the crime situation within the state’s public schools each
Continue readingCoal Ash kibosh: Screw commissions. Just DO YOUR JOBS !!!
For years, the news has been peppered with stories about politicians setting up study panels and commissions to deal with a certain issue. A lot of hearings and press conferences
Continue reading#ncga: Sex And The (capital) City
We all remember the hubbub over the chief of staff (and roommate) to then-speaker Thom Tillis getting caught in a tryst with a Jones Street lobbyist. Then, late last year,
Continue reading#ncga: More gas tax for US, and NO gas tax for airlines
Talk about great big ones. The same guy who wants us all to pay more for gas in our cars wants to let airliners with a presence in North Carolina
Continue reading#ncga: Tax-and-spend Republicans
Why vote FOR Republicans, if they are going to simply do what the Democrats WOULD have done had they been in charge? That’s a question to ponder in the
Continue reading#ncga: Who the #@*$ is in charge here ?????
From what Jones Street insiders are telling me, Cumberland County Rep. Rick Glazier (D) is the closest thing to a leader in the General Assembly’s lower chamber. And HE is
Continue readingEllmers cheerleading for No Child Left Behind reauthorization
Tea Party and anti-Common Core activists are up in arms over the proposed Student Success Act (HR 5) under consideration in the Congress. The legislation basically extends the life of
Continue reading#ncga: Emails reveal Gov. Pat’s $45 million giveaway on the ropes in House
Pat McCrory’s North Carolina Competes Act is undergoing a fight for its life in the General Assembly’s lower chamber. The House deep-sixed a request from the governor last session
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