Renee Ellmers: live and in living color
One of the first people I bumped into at Saturday’s Moore GOP event was our new Member of Congress, Renee Ellmers of Dunn. Ellmers won a close race
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John Marcum now a Fiorillo Fan
I ran into John Marcum, two-time Pinehurst mayoral candidate and 2012 GOP candidate for NC Senate, at Saturday’s Moore County GOP candidate meet-and-greet in Southern
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The (REAL?) story on the NCGA gas tax relief #FAIL: ‘The Emperor Has No Clothes’
We’ve vented our frustrations repeatedly on this site about North Carolina’s obscenely high gas tax. With gas prices skyrocketing, the economy tanking, and the unemployment rate
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Walter Dalton’s daughter is a registered lobbyist
Elizabeth Robinson HAS to be one of the best-connected lobbyists in Raleigh. Mrs. Robinson is the Director of Governmental Relations for The North Carolina Retail Merchants Association. She’s ALSO
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Campaign 2012: Richard Morgan, those photo shoots, “the picture girl” and those not-so-subtle threats
“He’s a mental case. He does things no sane person would do.” — Former State Rep. Frank Mitchell (R-Iredell) , in 2006, on fellow Republican legislator Richard Morgan
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Renee Ellmers getting back to her Tea Party roots
Congresswoman Renee Ellmers has re-discovered her Tea Party roots just in time for the 2nd congressional district’s GOP primary. Many political observers say the work
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Dem Source: White House & unions pushed Bev out
I was out at a social event recently when I ran into an old family friend — a
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The cost of county government in North Carolina
The John Locke Foundation in Raleigh has put together a fascinating report on the cost of governing at the local level in The Tar
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NC Dem legislator cites Karl Marx in opposing repeal of death tax
North Carolina state legislators are justifiably examining repeal of the state’s inheritance tax — which soaks people who inherit items from their parents or grandparents. Right now,
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WHAT economic recovery?
BarryO and his playmates in the mainstream media are falling all over themselves to sell us on the idea that the economy is in recovery. Before you get
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