Rucho Roars at MeckGOP chairman
A dentist-turned-legislator sounds like he wants to perform a root canal on his county party chairman — without anesthetic. We told you last week about MeckGOP chairman Curtis Watkins trying
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#ncga: Hager targets MeckGOP chairman
It appears Curtis Watkins brought a knife to a gunfight. ( Mike Hager appears to be packin’ heat.) The majority leader has responded to Watkins’s tactics via an email to colleagues
Continue reading#ncga: Solar goons OWN MeckGOP?
The professional and political connections of Mecklenburg County GOP chairman Curtis Watkins are making this election season more and more interesting. We’ve learned that Watkins has been busted trying to
Continue reading#ncga: SOLAR goons going after Hager?
We broke the story about Mecklenburg GOP chairman Curtis Watkins trying to recruit a primary opponent for House Majority Leader Mike Hager(R). It turns out that — beyond being an
Continue reading#ncga: Meck GOP chairman gunning for Mike Hager
Somebody call Ripley’s. Believe this or not. My sources are telling me Mecklenburg County GOP chairman Curtis Watkins has spent the day calling all over House majority leader Mike
Continue reading#ncga: GOP reps. Millis, Hager step into Burr-Moore fray
State Rep. Justin Burr and Speaker Tim Moore have been very publicly exchanging some very heated words over the last few days. Now, House Majority Leader Mike Hager is stepping
Continue reading#ncga: ‘I dunno. Whadda you wanna do?”
Things are supposedly winding down in Raleigh. The GOP-controlled House and Senate are at an impasse over a state budget. Word is that staff and non-essential legislators will be sent
Continue reading#ncga: Heat is ON to kill renewable energy mandates
As a rookie state legislator, now-US Senator Thom Tillis pushed through some draconian alternative energy mandates that required utility providers to buy a certain amount of expensive, taxpayer-subsidized alternative energy
Continue reading#ncga: Hager? Hager? Hager? Anyone?
Mike Hager came into office as majority leader with such promise. He spent the last session as majority whip. Hager was the architect of sweeping legislation that would have wiped
Continue reading#ncga: Who the #@*$ is in charge here ?????
From what Jones Street insiders are telling me, Cumberland County Rep. Rick Glazier (D) is the closest thing to a leader in the General Assembly’s lower chamber. And HE is
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