Hang around state politics enough and you’re bound to hear whining about how little our legislators are compensated. According to state law, rank-and-file legislators (not in leadership) get paid $13,951
Continue readingPresident Harry Truman had the nickname “Give ’em hell” Harry. The voters in state Senate district 25 very well could be sending “Give ’em Hell” Michelle to our fair state
Continue readingWe told you earlier about Spectrum News’s “scoop” on the Democrat wish list for the NC House races in 2018. One of the names on that wish list was Rep.
Continue readingPete Benton probably thought his Saturday morning was going to be simple. He had been asked to be a surrogate for congressman Walter Jones at the Craven County GOP convention.
Continue readingWe’ve reported at length on state Rep. Kelly Hastings and the, um, adventurous style with which he manages his campaign finances. His year-end 2017 report is living up to the
Continue readingIt appears the North Carolina Democrat Party may have shared some info on internal polling with the girl from the steno pool at Spectrum News. You know Spectrum. It’s that
Continue readingPelosi and Schumer are doing back-flips celebrating the massive spending that just made its way through the “Republican” Congress. The Chamber and the GOPe are dancing a jig because, once
Continue readingRemember those “affiliated party committees”? They got rammed through Jones Street in response to the election of Hasan Harnett to the NCGOP chairmanship. *Can’t have the unwashed Tea Party hordes
Continue readingI’m going to delay commentary momentarily. I want you, dear readers, to see if you can find what’s wrong HERE: In one press release, the NCGOP Communications team has managed
Continue readingIt appears NCGOP attorney Tom Stark is taking a break from his Herculean — some might say quixotic — campaign to unseat Durham’s senator Floyd McKissick to resume beating up
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