NCGOP once again meddling in local politics?
Are Republican power-brokers in the state trying to manipulate party organizations at the local level? It’s starting to look that way. We reported on US Rep. Renee Ellmers issuing an
Continue reading#NCGA: Speaker’s team issues talking points to help spin NC Competes Act & gas tax hike
Our cadre of spies on Jones Street has struck pay-dirt once again. We have in our clutches a March 6 email authored by Mollie Young, House Speaker Tim Moore’s director of communications. The
Continue readingNC-02: Ellmers wades into contested county GOP chairman election
Only a small sliver of Cumberland County sits in the Second Congressional District, but incumbent US Rep. Renee Ellmers is extracting her dark brown nose from leadership rectums on Capitol Hill
Continue readingPro-Amnesty Group praises Ellmers, Pittenger & co. for their “courage”
The establishment crowd is pulling out all the stops to save Big Government Barbie and her friends: The American Action Network, a group allied with House Republican leadership, is placing
Continue readingNurse Ellmers Goes to Guatemala
What the world needs is more nurses in power. THAT appears to be the thesis of an op-ed written by Reps. Renee Ellmers(R-NC) and Diane Black (R-TN) about their recent
Continue reading#ncga: Lights, Camera … WELFARE !!!!
Well, they approved $45 million in corporate welfare after turning down TWENTY MILLION for being too much last session. Movie incentives also got shot down. So far, this year it
Continue reading#ncga: More gas tax for US, and NO gas tax for airlines
Talk about great big ones. The same guy who wants us all to pay more for gas in our cars wants to let airliners with a presence in North Carolina
Continue reading#ncga: Tax-and-spend Republicans
Why vote FOR Republicans, if they are going to simply do what the Democrats WOULD have done had they been in charge? That’s a question to ponder in the
Continue reading#ncga: How to deal with road construction $$$ “woes”? STOP ROBBING THE HIGHWAY FUND.
Some of the honorables on Jones Street — aided and abetted by the drive by media — are still pushing that myth about how cash-starved the state is for road
Continue readingHow long will we keep being Charlie Brown?
We all remember the famous cartoons from our childhood. Lucy was always faking sincerity — promising to hold the football for Charlie Brown to kick. Every time she would convince
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