#ncga: The era of ‘tax-and-spend’ Republicans
I took a look at that bill –portrayed in the media as a gas tax cut — that is really a gas tax hike. It lumps all kinds of changes
Continue readingI took a look at that bill –portrayed in the media as a gas tax cut — that is really a gas tax hike. It lumps all kinds of changes
Continue readingOur sources in the lower chamber on Jones Street tell us that the vote on the gas tax hike / ”revenue stabilization” nonsense that passed the GOP-dominated Senate with flying
Continue readingThe “conservative revolution” rolls on. We’ve obtained a draft of a bill (dated February 4) being drafted and pushed by legislative leaders (read REPUBLICANS) seeking $45 million bucks worth of
Continue readingThe “conservative revolution” in Raleigh is telling us the state is so cash-poor that it can’t afford some vital road repairs and construction. Yet, the folks at the AP are
Continue readingIt does make you wonder what’s going on in the lower chamber on Jones Street. In 2013, then-speaker Thom Tillis and his team set up a non-profit called North Carolina
Continue readingTennessee’s moderate Republican governor has been talking up the idea of expanding Medicaid — which is basically the implementation of ObamaCare. He traveled to DC to talk up the strategy with feds.
Continue readingIt certainly looks innocent enough when you read it: A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT PROVIDING THAT THE ALAMANCE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE MAY CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF FOOD
Continue readingIt sounds like the advent of the Tim Moore era in the state House is not all kumbaya and sweet-smelling roses. A number of my sources who have been around
Continue readingThat is the unhinged thesis of some new ads put out by the North Carolina Chamber — allegedly the state’s largest and most powerful pro-business group. (Disclosure: I was briefly
Continue readingThe political class — with the help of the drive-by media and Blinkin’ Chris and his Manson Family — has decided that they are not competent to perform one of
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