We’ve written extensively about the I-77 toll road dispute in northern Mecklenburg County. it’s been quite heated. It cost — and came close to costing — some area politicians their
Continue readingA proposed casino for the Kings Mountain, NC area has been quite a controversial subject in western North Carolina AND in the halls of power in Raleigh: The Catawba Indian
Continue readingSome people learn — painfully — not to touch the hot stove. Others keep touching the hot stove hoping that it will eventually not burn their fingers. Larry Holmquist of
Continue readingHere’s the announcement from the Mecklenburg County GOP’s Facebook page: “The work he has done this past year” ???? Is she talking about his effort to recruit opponents against Republican
Continue readingIt’s pretty apparent that Raleigh’s *Mr. Conservative* doesn’t think much of GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump or his supporters: THAT –my friends — is sarcastic repartee in the vein of
Continue readingI am baffled as to how Curtis Watkins still has his post with the party. (But then again, Dallas Woodhouse is STILL employed by the NCGOP.) If you haven’t been
Continue readingA dentist-turned-legislator sounds like he wants to perform a root canal on his county party chairman — without anesthetic. We told you last week about MeckGOP chairman Curtis Watkins trying
Continue readingThat’s what we’re hearing. Influential folks in high places are telling us that Moore County Partners in Progress — the county’s economic development group — and Montgomery County are planning
Continue readingI’ve had my suspicions about what HAS or HAS NOT been going on within the John Locke Foundation lately. The so-called hotbed of free market thought in North Carolina has
Continue readingYou know things are bad when your local driveby fishwrap / birdcage liner starts telling you how your town can LEARN from Baltimore. Yep. The same place immortalized in the
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