Art Pope for UNC president?
I’m sure the very thought of that sends shockwaves of trauma across The People’s Republic of Chapel Hill. Emergency drum circle sessions are being organized. Every discount store in Orange
Continue readingMonkey Business Report: Property valuations, property taxes, and transparency
Something I learned long ago: politicians don’t like giving our money back. Local politicians can claim that they’ve held the line on property tax rates. (It chafes me, BIG TIME,
Continue reading#NCGA: Timing will be key for Gov. Pat’s threatened special session
Gov. Pat McCrory is making some noise about possibly calling the General Assembly back into town for a special session. At the top of the agenda would be a $20
Continue readingNote to GOP: Again, the drive-by media CANNOT be pleased. Stop trying.
First it was Richard Hudson begging for forgiveness for his role in trying to defund ObamaCare. Now, we have Mark Meadows appearing to be seeking penance: U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows
Continue reading#NCSEN: A RNC-Tea Party powwow in Charlotte?
Sources are telling us that emissaries from the DC Republican establishment had a sit-down with NC Tea Party activists in The Queen City Tuesday evening. Roughly a dozen activists —
Continue readingGOP pollster: Again, where’s the wave?
John McLaughlin, one of the wise old men in national GOP/ conservative politics, is asking a question similar to the one posed the other day by Larry Sabato. McLaughlin and
Continue readingHow many illegal aliens did Barry dump in your county?
We posted earlier about the secretive effort by the feds to dump all of those border-crashing kids from South America in various US states — without bothering to inform the
Continue readingThoughts on statists, taxes and, um, PATRIOTISM ????
On the surface, it’s heart-warming to hear statists celebrating the concept of patriotism. Of course, their idea of patriotism and MINE appear to be vastly divergent. I think of Old
Continue readingThe drive-by media: Can’t please them. Stop trying.
Gov. Pat McCrory so loves to run away from the conservative principles of the GOP platform to embrace the squishy, soft, comfy middle. The drive-bys are always preaching to Republicans
Continue reading#NCSEN: What wave?
Veteran election observer Larry Sabato has a thought-provoking piece out in the latest edition of Politico Magazine. The UVa professor and renowned cable TV talking head says he is not
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