#ncgop: Apparently, it’s ALL about Dee (Stewart).
Civitas outed him and another consultant in an exposé about the seedy side of the alternative energy game. NCGOP vice-chairman Carolyn Justice says he played a big part in her
Continue reading#ncgop: Michelle Nix, independent candidate
We’ve been hearing that NCGOP vice chairman candidate Michelle Nix is being wooed ‘hot-and-heavy’ by the camp of the establishment candidate for state party chairman, Craig Collins. We’re hearing it
Continue reading#ncgop: Claude Pope endorses Collins in chairman race
The outgoing state party chairman has joined the rest of the elected and unelected party establishment in endorsing 10th congressional district GOP chairman Craig Collins to be the next state
Continue reading#ncga: The Hamlet of Cherryville
There’s an old saying about how when you find yourself in a hole you need to stop digging. (It took a while for Renee Ellmers to grasp that with her
Continue reading#ncga: drones and waivers, oh my.
The House Judiciary IV committee had a hearing this morning. (Of course, we had moles in the room.) One of the topics they discussed was the new regulations governing
Continue reading#ncga: Of drones and men …
I’m the last guy to throw in with the black helicopters and tin-foil helmet crowd. But I found some language in the new state rules for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS,
Continue reading#ncga: A rumble at the Republican caucus meeting?
Everybody seems to be buzzing about the upcoming Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. I am thinking the Blust-Hastings matchup might get just as interesting. We documented an earlier exchange between Reps. Kelly Hastings
Continue reading#ncga: PTSDed House leaders relent under pressure from ‘silly fringe websites’
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#NCGA #TBT Key player in Jim Black Scandal lives again
(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 reading#ncga: It’s ALL about cronyism, self-protection
State 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
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