Donald Trump Earned Huge Speaking Fees From Company Alleged To Be A Pyramid Scheme. That’s the headline of today’s Daily Caller piece: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was paid
Continue readingThe parent company of Cintra, the toll contractor who will run the I-77 HOT lane project, has made some news in Spain: Spanish builder Ferrovial paid a Catalan political party
Continue readingThe proposal to install tolls on I-77 in northern Mecklenburg County — championed by Pat McCrory and Thom Tillis — has turned into quite a political hot potato. A
Continue readingOh, how things change in a year. In June 2014, senator Jeff Tarte was not interested in delaying the I-77 toll / HOT lane project in northern Mecklenburg County. In
Continue readingThe 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 —
Continue readingWiden I-77, a citizen’s group based in North Mecklenburg County, has been making a lot of noise in fighting the state’s deal to hand over the development and management of
Continue readingWe’ve reported extensively on the interesting timing of certain people giving money to Thom Tillis’s Senate campaign and his vocal support of issues those donors care about. We had Tillis
Continue readingGov. Pat McCrory trotted out NCDOT secretary Tony Tata to defend the wildly controversial I-77 “HOT lane” tolling project in Mecklenburg County. (McCrory, House speaker Thom Tillis, and speaker pro
Continue readingToll roads. House speaker and US Senate Thom Tillis thinks they are OK. So does state House speaker pro tem Skip Stam. Gov. Pat likes them, and so does his
Continue readingPolitical 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
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