#ncga: Welcome to the era of ‘grass-topping’
In DC, there is an expression called ”astro-turfing.” That is a slang term used to describe the manufacturing of the illusion of support for, or opposition to, a politician or policy.
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#ncga: Benefit corporations (They’re back!)
Just like Jason Voorhees. You kill off B-corps in the General Assembly, and they rise from the dead. Benefit corporations are different from the traditional sort of corporation we
Continue reading#ncga: Making deals — with the devil
Well, the GOP has officially surrendered their advantage in the area of taxes. After so many decades as the low – / anti-tax party, the GOP majority on Jones Street
Continue reading#ncga: $4 million from taxpayers for an “untitled television project” ?
We don’t know what it’s called or about. We don’t know who’s in it. We don’t know if it will even be picked up by a network. But it’s getting
Continue reading#ncga: McCrory, Moore and the “manufactured” threat to religious liberty
Our Republican governor made it clear he is thoroughly unimpressed about the current debate on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act: Gov. Pat McCrory appeared on WFNC radio in Fayetteville Thursday
Continue readingNC Education Lottery money NOT making it to Moore County schools?
There’s been a lot of belly-aching about schools reportedly getting short-changed. The North Carolina education lottery came into being in 2005 as a method for providing much needed funding for
Continue readingKeeping Party ID, ending at-large posts, good moves for local government elections
In 1994, there was a national and statewide wave that swept all kinds of Democrats out of office an put all kinds of Republican novices into power. For decades, judges
Continue reading#ncga: Moore County in the House
Jamie Boles is busy representin’ the Golf Capital of The World in the NC General Assembly. He’s introduced a bill allowing the county commissioners to redistrict themselves. Boles has introduced
Continue reading#ncga: Nicole Revels 1, Jeff Tarte 0
She came. She saw. She conquered. The video of conservative activist Nicole Revels trying to question her state senator Jeff Tarte about his mandatory vaccination bill has gone viral. (Tarte
Continue reading#ncga: Bipartisan bill makes it easier for third party, unaffiliated ballot access
It seems almost too good to be true. Reps. Jason Saine (R-Lincoln) and Paul Luebke (D-Durham) have filed a bill making some interesting amendments to state election law: A BILL
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