#ncga: The good, bad & ugly of the “jobs bills”
I think they’re hearing us on Jones Street. We — and many other grassroots entities — have been howlin’ mad about Gov. Pat’s $40 million+ corporate welfare giveaway. The House
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NC-02: Pro-lifers circulate letter of condemnation targeting Renee Ellmers
The representative for North Carolina’s Second Congressional District is still feeling the political aftershocks from her decision earlier this year to lead the torpedoing of a late-term abortion bill. A
Continue readingAFP-NC targets state Rep. Charles Jeter, other RINOs
It’s been quite disappointing to see how many alleged conservatives and conservative groups have kept quiet and kept holding their noses as Republicans in Raleigh and DC run like mad
Continue reading#ncgop: Carolyn Justice, the — um — outsider ?
THAT is what supporters of Carolyn Justice’s reelection effort for state GOP vice-chairman would have you believe. Yes, the SAME woman who aided and abetted Richard Morgan’s tainted, evil alliance
Continue reading#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
Continue reading#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 reading#ncga: Eat your veggies. (The honorables ARE watching.)
We’ve all seen those weepy commercials about “food deserts” — geographic areas where folks apparently can’t get access to the kind of stuff you find in Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods,
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,
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