I got word yesterday from a House mole that we’re STILL living rent-free in the brains of state House leadership: “A directive was sent out in the Republican caucus. We
Continue reading(Ah, the *good* old days.) It seems like just yesterday that eye doctor from Matthews and that portly fellow from Moore County were roaming the House chamber wreaking havoc ,
Continue readingState Rep. Kelly Hastings was one of the five Republican legislators whose votes helped derail an effort to kill state alternative energy mandates and lower consumer electric bills. His vote
Continue readingI cut my cable TV cord six years ago. And I haven’t missed it a bit. Thanks to my Internet thingie (and my army of moles) I stay on top
Continue readingA significant force in the state’s conservative political circles is making its presence known in the aftermath of a controversial vote by a GOP-dominated House committee to protect renewable energy
Continue readingPoliticians get used to being criticized in attack mailers. But it’s hard to dismiss being attacked for something you’ve never officially taken a position on in the first place. Let’s
Continue readingIt appears the solar energy industry has made more inroads into the Republican Party than we previously thought. There’s been quite a hullabaloo on Jones Street about certain so-called ”conservative”
Continue readingThey’re getting rowdy in North Carolina’s Second District. At last weekend’s district GOP convention, the delegates gave a rousing welcome to Jim Duncan, Renee Ellmers’s Tea Party challenger. They passed
Continue readingLast week, a measure that would have knocked the solar energy industry off the taxpayer teat, and lowered consumer power bills, went down to defeat in committee by TWO VOTES.
Continue readingState Rep. Chris Millis may have been shot down in committee by ONE VOTE (15-16) in his effort to sunset the renewable energy mandates and reduce EVERYONE’s power bills. But he’s
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