#ncga: Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood
Edgar Starnes had been representing this Caldwell County-centered district until just after the 2014 elections. The former Republican House majority leader got a sweet job with the state and QUIT
Continue readingLitter court? (Seriously? ‘Fraid so.)
Odor in the court! Robeson County is a special place. It’s my home county. (And not my current place of residence, BTW.) And it is also one of the state
Continue reading#ncga: A Dollar meltdown?
I had the benefit of learning politics at an early age from a very wise, very successful political ‘boss.’ Two of the more important things he taught me? (1) The
Continue reading#ncpol: Is Dallas STILL sorry?
We got an emotional, somewhat heartfelt apology from Dallas Woodhouse some time back for using his party position to favor one candidate over others in a primary. He PROMISED he
Continue reading#ncga: ACU says our GOP guys and gals more conservative than all our neighbors (except Tennessee)
We’ve heard about the upper chamber on Jones Street. Let’s throw the House into the mix. The ACU’s overall average for the state House was 62 percent. Republicans rated, on
Continue reading#ncga: American Conservative Union salutes Sen. Buck Newton for “conservative excellence”
Retiring senator Buck Newton is hoping to add a new title to his résumè: Attorney General of North Carolina. He has a couple of hurdles to clear in March and in
Continue reading#ncga: Rep. Millis endorses Tammy Covil in heated HD-20 GOP primary
The two ladies mixing it up to replace the retiring Rick Catlin in this Wilmington area state House seat have certainly made things interesting. New Hanover County school board member
Continue reading#ncpol: Taking money from the hand attached to the mouth that regularly BITES YOU.
We’ve written before about a politically-connected, well-moneyed PAC that has succeeded in orchestrating a leftist takeover of local Lee County political institutions. They knocked off a conservative legislator and took
Continue reading#ncga: GOP senators doing BIG business (out of state!)
It’s not unusual to hear politicians bloviate about helping local businesses. That’s why it’s incredibly interesting to see all of these North Carolina politicians shoveling MILLIONS of dollars off to
Continue reading#ncpol: The cold hard reality on the immigration issue
US senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama), one of the few gutsy, real men left in Capitol Hill’s Republican ranks, has laid out a powerful prosecution of the federal government’s negligence in
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