A “social safety net” for drive-bys?
Boo-freakin’-hoo. At least one legacy / drive-by media outfit is claiming it will GO OUT OF BUSINESS if local governments are able to forego legacy media and advertise online: Gov.
Continue readingRaise legislator pay? (Better idea: limit their time in session, scope of influence)
Colon Campbell has escaped from the men’s room (AND the dungeon-like N&O newsroom) to fill the shoes of the late Mark Binker over at The Insider. He’s starting off by
Continue reading‘Tricky Dick’ Burr: “I’m Sam Ervin! I’m SAM, I am!” ( Jim Morrill SAID so.)
The president is trying to rally his troops to deal with arguably the worst crisis facing the country, and Richard Burr is preoccupied with FANTASY: President Trump told GOP senators
Continue readingThe ObamaCare Hustle
It’s easy to talk big and tough about cutting stuff when you KNOW your grand-standing is going to get vetoed by the president. But it’s a whole new ballgame —
Continue reading#ncga: Effectiveness, Shmeffectiveness.
Civitas is out with their Conservative Effectiveness ratings for the 2017 North Carolina General Assembly. First of all, I’m taking a little bit of an exception with some of the
Continue readingMr. Twiddy Goes to Raleigh (in 2020?)
It’s the worst kept secret in the world that Lt. Governor Dan Forest is seeking to evict Roy Cooper from that big house on Raleigh’s Blount Street in 2020. That
Continue reading#ncpol: Solar goons teaming with Hudson to sink claws into tax $$$ for hydropower?
That’s what it looks like. Here’s an excerpt from Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s schedule for the House floor this coming week: Check out HR 2786, sponsored by Rep. Richard
Continue readingPittenger: Change The Rules. Here’s Some Cash. (Remember to vote.)
Conservatives have long had heartburn over the very existence of government departments of agriculture. Far too often, those institutions have been little more than farm community vote-buying apparatuses. In recent
Continue readingGOPe keeping ObamaCare taxes, too.
We heard earlier from Rand Paul about his disgust over his colleagues’s ObamaCare hijinks. Now comes word, via The Wall Street Journal, that Senate Republicans are A-OKAY with the taxes
Continue reading#nc-03: “Outsider” Dacey hits up DC lobbyist pals for cash (Oh, yeah. We’ve got mail!)
Congressman Walter Jones’s challenger in the 3rd district, Scott Dacey, is making a big deal out of Jones’s lengthy tenure in DC and playing up his own service to the
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