I sense a disturbance in the Force ….
A presence I have not felt in some time …
The Mike Hager for House campaign Twitter feed is up and running and chock full of eyebrow-raising info.
Believe me, there’s more. You may remember Mike Hager as a former NC House majority leader during the Tillis reign of terror. Mike operated as a principled conservative. But he was outnumbered by the likes of Tim Moore, David Lewis, Nelson Dollar, and — of course — Thom.
Hager got rolled and taken to the cleaners too many times. I often thought of him as too nice of a guy for the political game.
Hager left the House to — in the words of some of his allies — “make some money and heal a little.”
Hager got kind of quiet for a while. But now, he’s starting to make noises like a potential candidate for office. He sounds like he’s learned a lot of lessons from his earlier time in Raleigh.
I don’t know that he would seek a return to the House. (I don’t know what district he’s in, or if it has a GOP incumbent.) He has a lot of nice things to say about Dale Folwell, and seems to talk a lot of issues relevant to the treasurer job — which would come open if there is a Folwell bid for governor.
A Mike Hager return to NC politics would be welcome — at least at this site. He’s the kind of guy we need in government service. My only issue with him during his earlier years was the appearance of not having enough FIGHT in him.
I’m getting the impression he might have found it during his time away from politics and Raleigh.
I served with Mike–came in with him in 2011 when Republicans took over the House and Senate for the first time in over 100 years. He is a stand up Conservative, and an honest, principled individual. NC will be well served if he re-enters that arena.
I would love to see Mike Hager run for a Council of State position in 2024! He is a strong conservative and never waivers! I will support Mike in any political endeavor!!
I rarely agree with the N&O, but after the 2022 GOP primaries, they called it perfectly. The biggest GOP losers — women and the grassroots! Let’s make 2024 the election year where grassroots conservatives are not only heard and valued, but ELECTED!!
Mike Hager is a grassroots conservative!
I believe that he was one of the few in the NCGOP with the courage to suggest ending the terrible renewable energy portfolio that is estimated to result in 17% higher electricity costs for North Carolinians compared to Duke customers just across the SC border. Drive across the border into neighboring states and solar farms disappear. Are we all so much smarter than our neighbors, or just big, dumb suckers? Follow the money – Richard Hudson is just one of many in the NCGOP supporting greenees and their claptrap solar farms.
And it is only going to get worse due to Tim Moore and Phil Berger selling us out to the green grifters and “woke” Duke Energy in HB951, NC’s Green New Deal, which is even more radical than the EU’s Green Deal. The EU’s program to reduce CO2 emissions by 50% by 2030 has cost massive residential electric rate increases in European countries. Berger and Moore in HB951 are saddling North Carolina with a 70% reduction by 2030. This pair of sell out RINOs have been channeling Greta Thunberg and Al Gore and going directly against the energy policies of President Trump.
Duke Energy, driven by the far left’s ESG mania has already started closing coal plants, which was one reason we had that recent electricity blackout. We are being sold down the river in DC and Raleigh by RINO “leaders” who care more about serving the desires of the special interests than serving the needs of the people for reliable and cheap energy. Shame on them.
Agree! Why would a “Republican” majority force the Green New Deal on NC? What is their motivation? Of all the disappointments over the past few years this is one of the biggest. But there it is in black and white. Governor Cooper’s Carbon Plan (or is it the Republican’s Carbon Plan). Brought to us by the Republicans https://www.ncuc.gov/Consumer/carbonplan.html
26 of 29 NC Republican State Senators voted for the Green New Deal for NC [Only 15 Democrats voted Yes]
https://legiscan.com/NC/rollcall/H951/id/1109602
53 of 68 NC Republican House Members voted for the Green New Deal for NC. [Only 37 Democrats voted Yes]
https://legiscan.com/NC/rollcall/H951/id/1109712
The implementation: From an article in the Triangle Business Journal “How Duke Energy’s planned utility merger could play out for customers” My synopsis – Duke Energy (will merge NC/SC companies.) Small reactors will be placed in SC; offshore windmills in NC, along with solar.—“……..From Business Journal “McLawhorn has a warning for people who hope that moving from costly fossil fuels to renewables — which are now, in some cases, less expensive — will save money overall. Duke estimates that meeting the state’s net-zero carbon emissions mandate by 2050 will be about $100 billion in current dollars. That includes the new, cleaner generation and the grid upgrades needed to make the system work with intermittent renewable resources.
“Customers should not be deceived into thinking this is going to be an inexpensive endeavor,” he says. “I think many people believe: get rid of coal and natural gas, the cost of energy comes down. Maybe it will someday. But not right away.””
Those who talk of “cheaper” electricity from wind and solar are snake oil salesmen. Every country that has had a big transition to wind and solar has seen prices skyrocket and reliability crater. Their “Energie Wende” under Merkel to wind and solar, for example saw residential electric rates in Germany skyrocket at the national level to the highest in the world, three times what we in North Carolina pay. That is the path that Cooper, Berger, and Moore have put North Carolina on. When the Labour Party in the Australian state of South Australia blew up all their coal plants to try to make the state a “wind energy superpower” they took the state’s residential electric rate from the lowest in the world to worse than Germany. They also made rolling blackouts a common occurence and achieved the state’s first ever statewide blackout (due to wind turbines shutting down in high winds and the impact of that cascading through the grid).
As far as the sad tale of how our Republican legislators sold us down the river to this far left “utopia”, the details are here: https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/48970/ncs-green-new-deal-the-anatomy-of-a-betrayal.html
“Freedom does not travel in the bloodstream.” To that, I do not think there is an (e)ffective argument to the contrary. It is obvious to me that the (a)ffective willingness to FIGHT for that freedom does not travel in the bloodstream either.
A genuine remnant son.
With solar and windmills absorbing NCs farmland and NOW offshore windmills set to eradicate our commercial fishing industry I say that a country that can not feed itself can not defend itself.
American Marxism at work. The CCP smiles.
To the General Assembly: it may hurt ,but, ADMITTING and CORRECTING a wrong is RIGHT. Repeal HB 951.
As the “green madness”continues, all of the “solar farms” are becoming waste lands, as run-off from the panels, is forever poisoning “Mother Earth”. The “wind farms”, will become the same waste lands. No more “food” farm land. Now they are gearing up, for offshore ocean “wind farms””. These areas will become future “ocean junk yards” leaching oil and other poisons into and destroying our oceans. Not to mention the slaughter and build up of dead bird waste, land and ocean, caused by the massive propellers. “They” say this is to save humanity. This, in my opinion, is the greatest hoax of all times.