#NCGA: Dale Folwell tames the shrew
Former legislator Dale Folwell, now heading up the Employment Security Commission for Gov. Pat McCrory, went back to Jones Street today to get grilled by his former colleagues. From all
Continue reading#NCGA: Bill reversing 2013 E-verify water-down intro’ed in House
Governor Pat McCrory knocked heads with the General Assembly — and lost — on the issue of waiving the use of E-verify to do residency checks on temporary workers across
Continue reading#NCGA: Bill limiting elected official voting power has Harnett County riled up
Legislation seeking to limit the powers of local elected officials in Duplin and Harnett counties has the Harnett County board of commissioners and board of education hopping mad and facing
Continue readingNCGOP exec dragged into Guilford GOP $$$$ brouhaha
GOPers in the Greensboro-High Point area are still a little sore about the fallout from a March dinner honoring retiring congressman Howard Coble. It appears that an official with
Continue readingHow much will be ENOUGH? Moral Monday-style “Mo’ Money” demands hit Moore County AGAIN
It’s starting to sound like a broken record. Every year, the political hacks over at the Moore County public schools’ central office whip up public hysteria against the county commissioners.
Continue readingBurr-McCain-Flake-Coburn VA bill a good first step, but needs to go FURTHER
Reports are out that our senior US senator has joined fellow Republicans McCain of Arizona, Flake of Arizona, and Coburn of Oklahoma in sponsoring a bill to make significant changes
Continue reading#NCGA: Another bill watering down E-Verify introduced in House
In 2013, Gov. Pat McCrory lost a veto fight with the legislature over the use of E-Verify for checking citizenship of workers in North Carolina. Late last week, some Republican
Continue readingBOHICA Alert: Jacking up our electric bills to save us from the ‘horror’ of carbon dioxide
You expel CO² every time you exhale. It’s found in your sodas and beer. It’s found in baking soda. The word is that that about the only risks related to
Continue reading#NCSEN: ”Did I say ‘unelectable’? I meant UN-Baptist.”
I wanted to be wrong about Mark Harris. My first thought — when the Charlotte pastor filed for US Senate — was that he was a plant, a stalking horse,
Continue readingSome food for thought on independent campaigns, write-ins, and forming new parties
There is still a lot of grumbling out there among conservatives in the wake of the recently completed primaries. An effort is alive to stage a conservative write-in effort for
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