Well, the honorables on Jones Street have killed A LOT of trees to try and explain their spending plan for 2016-2017. Republicans will tout it as fiscal responsibility, while Democrats
Continue readingFresh off of getting his spending spree card punched for two more years by his low-information Wake County constituents, “Little Lord” Nelson Dollar one again failed to, um, disappoint. The N&O’s
Continue readingThat’s the pitiful plea that we’re hearing from Jones Street: Describing themselves as being in a “Catch 22” over their compensation, a committee of state lawmakers on Monday approved a
Continue readingContrary to the prurient desires of The Gay News & Observer, HB2 is not being seen as the big fight in the GOP-dominated General Assembly during this short session. John
Continue readingIf you believe the GOPe campaign rhetoric, they’ve got our state headed in a “conservative direction.” *Wow. That sounds great. We must be cutting taxes and the size of government
Continue readingThe riffraff with the pitchforks and flaming torches are at the front door. What, oh what, is a good elitist to do? The answer — at least for Saturday’s NCGOP
Continue readingIn the real world, if you mislead people in order to get them to hand over their money to you — It’s a crime. In Raleigh and DC, it’s
Continue readingAnd why not? He’s got five years before he faces the voters again. *Forget those silly campaign promises!* Our US Senate delegation split on the vote to jack up federal
Continue readingNorth Carolina Republicans Robert Pittenger and Patrick McHenry were TWO of the seventy-nine Republicans who joined with ALL of the Democrats in the House to pass the debt-increasing, budget-busting deal
Continue readingGreat. Another closed-door deal. If major decisions are getting made by a handful of folks behind a closed door, WHAT IS THE POINT of sending 535 folks up there to
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