VIP’s DeLancy: OKing ballots from dead folks NOT COOL
We posted earlier about a bill — inspired by Mark Harris’ late father — allowing ballots cast early by people who die before the actual election day to be counted.
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#NCGA: Who is trying to kill new vote fraud investigator positions?
Jay DeLancy, executive director of The Voter Integrity Project, has been a true warrior in the fight to clean up elections in North Carolina. He’s never minced words in pushing
Continue readingGov. Pat & the DOT budget: ‘Bev did it, too’ is NOT an excuse
Republicans took over in Raleigh promising to change the culture — No More Business As Usual. Now we have our Republican governor defending a questionable practice by claiming he’s only doing
Continue reading#NCGA: A Common Core food fight?
Want to send blood pressure readings through the roof? Mention those two magical C-words among a crowd of people and stand back to watch the ensuing fireworks. Common Core is
Continue reading#NCGA: The tug-of-war over the SBI
A move is afoot on Jones Street to consolidate state law enforcement in the executive branch. In many states, you have one centralized state police force. In North Carolina, it
Continue readingBOHICA Alert: Cost projections show new toll roads to be LITERAL highway robbery
Thom Tillis, Skip Stam, and the McCrory administration have all been singing the praises of HOT lanes and tolls as THE BEST way to pay for future road construction and
Continue reading# NCGA & the tax shell game: cap THIS tax, then intro a NEW one
A couple of weeks ago, the frontline soldiers of Raleigh’s conservative revolution were targeting privilege taxes — tagging them as harmful to the economy. Now, we have the “honorables” on
Continue reading#NCGA: Bill limiting elected official voting power has Harnett County riled up
Legislation seeking to limit the powers of local elected officials in Duplin and Harnett counties has the Harnett County board of commissioners and board of education hopping mad and facing
Continue readingHow much will be ENOUGH? Moral Monday-style “Mo’ Money” demands hit Moore County AGAIN
It’s starting to sound like a broken record. Every year, the political hacks over at the Moore County public schools’ central office whip up public hysteria against the county commissioners.
Continue reading#NCGA: Skip Stam endorses toll roads
State House speaker Pro Tem Skip Stam has posted an endorsement of toll roads on his official site — which still IDs him as the “North Carolina House Republican Leader”.
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