After six years of observing these folks on Jones Street, I don’t get surprised anymore. They’ve all got campaign funds stocked mostly by lobbyists with needs from the General Assembly.
Continue readingWhat a difference a month makes. Last month, EVERYBODY was getting perfect scores from Civitas. A month later, after the solar scam has come and gone, there are only SEVEN
Continue readingThe NCGOPe dominated North Carolina House dropped all pretenses of conservatism today and rammed through the subsidized solar lobby’s wildest fantasy today by a vote of 108-11. HB589 is
Continue readingOver at Civitas, they’re handing out perfect conservatism scores to Jones Street legislators like Halloween candy. (The place has been anything BUT conservative this session. *Corrupt, maybe.*) Uncle Art and
Continue readingI don’t know how this one slipped by us. But this comes courtesy of a leftist union web site called “Payday Report”: North Carolina State Senator Brent Jackson (R-Sampson), the
Continue readingThe American Conservative Union always has me a bit skeptical. They have that word “conservative” in their name, but the flavor of much of what they do is GOPe.
Continue readingLet’s look at our buddy Kelly Hastings’s end-of-year campaign finance report. The Republican state representative from out west had NO opposition in 2016. He’s made a habit of paying himself
Continue readingSeriously. Some of the most momentous legislative decisions have been made over the last couple of years by unelected folks who work in black robes and bang gavels. Lifetime appointments
Continue readingOn Monday, House Republicans will decide on their nominee for speaker for the next session. Let’s rewind to Tim Moore’s announcement of his candidacy for speaker: […I]t is time we
Continue readingDonald Trump used that slogan pretty effectively to coast to The White House. It seems like someone in-state is trying to do something similar in Raleigh. A site called www.draintheswampnc.com
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