#NCGA: Primary-meddling, by the numbers.
We filled you in earlier about the aggressive tactics orchestrated by the NC Senate GOP caucus in the May primaries. A lot of mean things were said and done, and
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Soros, Lies & Press Releases.
Cease and desist. Those are the golden, melodic, magical words being directed toward the congressional campaign of Indian casino lobbyist Scott Dacey by the reelection campaign of congressman Walter Jones.
Continue readingKelly Hastings’s 2015 campaign reports: So, um, *nice*, they got filed THRICE!
I for one am not comforted by guys and gals, charged with making important dollars-and-cents decisions for our state, struggling with properly filling out their campaign finance reports. (Looking at
Continue reading#ncga: Chad and Bob hug it out
The Chad Adams show become “The Bob Steinburg Show” today. The alleged “voice of North Carolina conservatives” turned the mike, and control of his show, over to the embattled legislator
Continue reading#ncga: Kelly Hastings and his campaign finances. (*SIGH*)
We’ve reported at length on state Rep. Kelly Hastings and the, um, adventurous style with which he manages his campaign finances. His year-end 2017 report is living up to the
Continue reading#ncga: Traveling & Eating (on special interests’ dime) with Jason
Only in America — specifically North Carolina and the NCGOP — can a guy go from broke and unemployed to making major financial decisions for the future of the state
Continue reading#ncga: I KNOW I left that $17K laying around here SOMEWHERE!
The House majority leader is a busy guy. Sometimes, all of that bookkeeping and keeping track of money stuff can get in the way. Just look at this from his
Continue reading#ncga: Paying yourself to campaign for, um, YOURSELF.
After six years of observing these folks on Jones Street, I don’t get surprised anymore. They’ve all got campaign funds stocked mostly by lobbyists with needs from the General Assembly.
Continue readingHartsell sentence completes NC campaign finance law’s transformation into a BIG FAT JOKE
Legislators like to complain about how little they get paid. But check out some of these campaign finance reports these guys file with the state board of elections. Haircuts. Rent.
Continue reading#ncga: Servicing the BIG DONORS is ‘The Agenda’
There is a lot of frustration around the Jones Street Puzzle Palace. The General Assembly — in particular, the House — appears to be rudderless, aimless. There is no leadership,
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