Ritter replacing Kennedy on Moore County board of commissioners
The resignation of Moore County commissioner Craig Kennedy, a few weeks back, has added a little bit of drama to Moore County politics. Kennedy, in 2010, came out of
Continue readingThe NC House: Seems like Old Times
Neil Simon had a pretty successful movie in the 70s by that name. It’s too bad we’re not talking about a comedy classic here. Deals being cut behind
Continue readingDigging a little deeper inside the faculty lounge at UNC
What’s that smell, you ask? Why it’s the patchouli-and-granola Chapel Hill-Carrboro crowd stinking up Jones Street and tying up police officers’ valuable time –– comparing themselves to MLK and protesting
Continue readingCongress (and some NC pols) helping the taxman sink his claws into the Internet
The Senate has passed something called “The Marketplace Fairness Act.” Sounds nice, doesn’t it? Who doesn’t like making stuff FAIR? Our Democrat senator, Ms. Hagan, and our Republican
Continue readingKay Hagan, pro-business? SURE. (And I’m Bill Barber’s homey.)
McClatchy is carrying on with their effort to save US Senator Kay Hagan — affectionately known around these parts as Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) sock puppet —
Continue readingDrive-by state-run media, Dems bemoan “erosion of local control.” (Seriously. No foolin’.)
Yes, I had to do a double-take this morning after reading the lastest spin coming out of state-run media. Granted, the newly-empowered GOP has not done the
Continue readingUS Senate 2014: Will she STAY or will she GO?
We got treated today to YET another trial balloon from Renee Ellmers today about a possible run against incumbent Democrat senator Kay Hagan in November 2014. She
Continue readingMSNBC host to Renee Ellmers: “You and I are absolutely on the same page here.”
Wow. That’s something you really don’t want to hear in reference to your REPUBLICAN Member of the US House. The representative for North Carolina’s 2nd U.S. House district was
Continue readingMcClatchy crayonista fawns over “Big Boy” Barber’s performance art at NCGA
Attention Tea Partiers: McClatchy’s crayon corps says the aging former hippies, now suckling at the government teat from their tenured university positions, screaming and
Continue readingIs the heavy hand of Thom Tillis reaching into Cabarrus County politics?
Think back to 2006 with me. We had a conservative firebrand GOP legislator, representing a district near Charlotte, who was making headlines by criticizing the leadership of
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