I-77 toll fight heads BACK to Raleigh
The plan to construct toll lanes on I-77 in northern Mecklenburg County stirred up quite a fuss during the 2014 campaign season. Then-speaker Thom Tillis and Gov. Pat McCrory —
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#ncga: Rep. Moffitt says I-77 toll contracts “can be cancelled out”
Gov. Pat McCrory and Senate nominee Thom Tillis and state House president pro tem Skip Stam have all told us to BEND OVER and wait for those toll roads. They’re
Continue readingSpanish toll co. set to run North Meck’s I-77 goes BANKRUPT running Indiana road
GOP leaders from Thom Tillis to Skip Stam to Pat McCrory have bent over backwards to tell us what a great idea privately-managed toll roads are. Yet, events in Indiana
Continue readingI-77 Tholl Road Thom-foolery: *Pay no attention to those leaked state govt documents*
Political elites lusting for the installation of toll roads from Murphy to Manteo are having conniptions over reports that the first battery of tolls could cost commuters as much as $20
Continue readingThe I-77 Tholl Roads: Radio Transmitters in Commuter Cars?
Boy, this story about the HOT Lanes / Toll Roads keeps getting, um, *better.* We know that Thom Tillis, Pat McCrory and the rest of the CharMeckGOP “mafia” have been
Continue reading#NCGA I-77 Toll foe seeks to replace Tillis in NC House
House speaker Thom Tillis has been a leader in the effort to implement a HOT lane / tolling system on Interstate 77 in Mecklenburg County. One of the more outspoken
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2024 Filing Follies: Jeff Tarte, the (um) “establishment”, and ‘Isn’t that Special(e)?’
“I sense something. A presence I have not felt since …” When I hear the name Jeff Tarte, the first word that comes to mind is ‘prissy’. It’s been some
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Weasels. Everywhere we look. WEASELS!
We opened the door earlier on this subject — folks in the NCGOPe selling out and throwing in with the same enviro-wackos who have been trying to kill the
Continue readingTWO NCGOPers “exploring” a run for LtGov
With Dan Forest clearly looking to move up in the political world in 2020, there is going to be at least one sure-fire job opening in Raleigh. A slew of
Continue readingThom’s tholl road makes a cameo in campaign 2018
Dan Forest says I-77 is all Roy Cooper’s fault. Jeff Tarte’s November opponent says it’s HIS fault. (Tarte says cancel the contract, worry about paying for it later.) Voters in
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