#NCGA #TBT Key player in Jim Black Scandal lives again
(Ah, the *good* old days.) It seems like just yesterday that eye doctor from Matthews and that portly fellow from Moore County were roaming the House chamber wreaking havoc ,
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#ncga: It’s ALL about cronyism, self-protection
State Rep. Kelly Hastings was one of the five Republican legislators whose votes helped derail an effort to kill state alternative energy mandates and lower consumer electric bills. His vote
Continue reading#NCGA: Rep. Hastings, getting an education on Facebook
I cut my cable TV cord six years ago. And I haven’t missed it a bit. Thanks to my Internet thingie (and my army of moles) I stay on top
Continue reading#ncga Civitas boss steps into renewable energy debate
A significant force in the state’s conservative political circles is making its presence known in the aftermath of a controversial vote by a GOP-dominated House committee to protect renewable energy
Continue readingOOPS: NRA wrongly accuses Moore County commissioners
Politicians get used to being criticized in attack mailers. But it’s hard to dismiss being attacked for something you’ve never officially taken a position on in the first place. Let’s
Continue reading#ncga: A guy named Goldwater gets in on the solar fray
It appears the solar energy industry has made more inroads into the Republican Party than we previously thought. There’s been quite a hullabaloo on Jones Street about certain so-called ”conservative”
Continue readingNC-02: A shot across Raleigh’s bow from district GOPers
They’re getting rowdy in North Carolina’s Second District. At last weekend’s district GOP convention, the delegates gave a rousing welcome to Jim Duncan, Renee Ellmers’s Tea Party challenger. They passed
Continue readingDear RINOs: Thanks for whoring yourselves out. XOXO — The Left
Last week, a measure that would have knocked the solar energy industry off the taxpayer teat, and lowered consumer power bills, went down to defeat in committee by TWO VOTES.
Continue reading#ncga: Chris Millis NOT DONE on renewable energy mandates
State Rep. Chris Millis may have been shot down in committee by ONE VOTE (15-16) in his effort to sunset the renewable energy mandates and reduce EVERYONE’s power bills. But he’s
Continue readingHey, drive-bys! Your dishonesty is showing.
You know, it’s really something to read reverential treatment of the late great Jesse Helms in the pages of that miserable, dying propaganda rag on Raleigh’s McDowell Street. Those cretins
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