#ncga: Showing up is half the battle.
We’re seeing a lot of chest-thumping from a lot of folks talking about what a player he or she thinks she is on Jones Street. But we’re finding that a
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#ncga: Chris Millis legislation TOO LIBERAL ????
Yep. THAT is the main argument being pushed by Rep. Kelly Hastings (R-Gaston, Cleveland), one of several GOP legislators IDed by Civitas for being a little too cozy with left-wing environmental
Continue readingNC-02: District GOPers pass resolution condemning corporate welfare, targeted economic incentives
At their convention this weekend, Second Congressional District Republicans passed a resolution condemning the use of taxpayer money to, um, “persuade” businesses to come to North Carolina or to expand
Continue reading#ncga: Tempers appear to flare as GOPers take renewable energy debate to social media
The folks at Civitas have done a bang-up job HERE and HERE of exposing and detailing a rather unseemly relationship between Republican legislators, political consultants, and left-wing environmentalists regarding government
Continue reading#ncga: Religious Freedom cojones-check time. (McCrory? Nope. Forest? Yep. Moore? No. Berger? Um, May-be.)
The drive-by media are becoming quite proficient at fake news. They’ve created crises out of thin air in Ferguson, Missouri; the George Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin case in Florida; the so-called loose
Continue reading#ncgop: NC’s RNC rep campaigning for chairman candidate Collins
Some months back, NCGOP establishment types issued a proclamation that current party chairman Claude Pope is out and that SOMEBODY named Craig Collins would be IN. Since then, the coronation
Continue readingGaston YR straw poll: Daoud leads NCGOP chairman field
A Republican organization in the backyard of establishment favorite Craig Collins has released the results of a straw poll showing Collins in second place in the race for the NCGOP’s
Continue reading#ncgop: Oh, look! Unpaid bills.
We wrote earlier about some heartburn within the NC House GOP Caucus about campaign finance practices. Roughly $250,000 in unpaid vendor invoices were found tucked away in a drawer. Also,
Continue readingVirginia Foxx: Hatin’ on Heritage. (Lovin’ some Boehner.)
We have stuff — audio, video, photos, pdfs, and the like — coming over the transom all the time and dropping into our laps. One of the latest arrivals is
Continue reading#ncga: Whores on the corner
That’s a mighty apt take on the current environment on Jones Street, as supplied from one disgusted insider who confided in me. Judging from yesterday’s events, it appears the Republican majority
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