#NCGA: Sources say Tillis Senate race likely a factor in House-Senate budget talks
A well-placed Jones Street source — who has a vote on the floor of his chamber — tells us that Phil Berger and his team may have the upper hand
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Gov. Pat & the DOT budget: ‘Bev did it, too’ is NOT an excuse
Republicans took over in Raleigh promising to change the culture — No More Business As Usual. Now we have our Republican governor defending a questionable practice by claiming he’s only doing
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 readingAre Bill Barber & The NCDP writing N&O headlines, now?
Hmmm. Misleading information in the N&O. I know, I know. What else is new? But today’s edition really takes the cake. The headline on the lead story this morning on
Continue readingMurray-Ryan budget deal: selling us a bill of goods
We’ve got 535 voting members of Congress. Yet. this “bi-partisan”, “disaster-averting” budget deal announced yesterday got hammered out in private talks between Senate Budget Committee chairman Patty Murray and House
Continue readingThe Carolina Way: Speech is Free (only for leftists)
Fifty years ago, The University of North Carolina passed a Speaker Ban to clamp down on Marxist interlopers trying to poison the young skulls of mush matriculating in Chapel Hill.
Continue readingMoral Monday meets the Moore County School Board
It’s a sad statement about the current state of public education when the person responsible for administering our local school system has such a poor grasp on reality. Moore County
Continue readingThe state budget impasse: It’s ALL Pat’s fault !!!
It’s amazing. Bill Barber, Chris Fitzsimon, and their echo chambers at McClatchy and WRAL have been trying to sell us that a hard-right revolution is sweeping through Raleigh — making
Continue readingContinuing Resolution: Leadership #FAIL for GOP in Raleigh
The NCGOP has supermajorities in both chambers of the General Assembly. The Democrats can’t stop a thing. (They’re all out in the lobby getting ziptied with Bill Barber.) The NCGOP
Continue readingNC Rural Center: Quick cash from US to politicos and their powerful friends
I am beside myself. TWO DAYS IN A ROW we’re getting real reporting from McClatchy-Raleigh. (It’s interesting that they are finally noticing The Rural Center 26 years after its establishment
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