#ncga: Republicans for Income redistribution
It’s so sad to hear Republicans mouthing platitudes similar to what you’d expect to hear from Barry Obama — or what you might read in the pages of Karl Marx’s
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#ncga: Jeff Tarte’s shots bill, “the greater good,” and religious freedom
Three state senators have introduced a bill removing the state’s religious exemption for immunizing minor children. On the face of it, most people may see it as entirely reasonable to
Continue reading#ncga: Mr. Dollar, I do believe your pants are ON FIRE.
Well, the crotch-sniffing finished over on Jones Street today, and we have ourselves a new slate of candidates for the UNC Board of Governors. Sixteen names made the cut —
Continue reading#ncga: An E-verify showdown in the House?
In 2013, then-speaker Thom Tillis led an effort to ram through legislation that watered down immigration status verification requirements for farm workers — clearly a sop to the Farm Bureau
Continue reading#ncga: Bids? We don’t need no stinkin’ bids !!!
There is an interesting pattern developing among the honorables on Jones Street. All of a sudden here, we have various honorables introducing legislation trying to exempt their local sheriff from
Continue reading#ncga: The good, bad & ugly of the “jobs bills”
I think they’re hearing us on Jones Street. We — and many other grassroots entities — have been howlin’ mad about Gov. Pat’s $40 million+ corporate welfare giveaway. The House
Continue reading#ncga: “He’s black, and he’s been there before.”
I believe I will get a lot of use out of the #SMH hashtag during this session of The General Assembly. Spring is just about here, and the honorables on
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: Eat your veggies. (The honorables ARE watching.)
We’ve all seen those weepy commercials about “food deserts” — geographic areas where folks apparently can’t get access to the kind of stuff you find in Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods,
Continue readingSchool crime in North Carolina: Readin’, ritin’, robbin’ and rumblin’
It gets downplayed in the drive by media, but the public school are required to report annually to the legislature on the crime situation within the state’s public schools each
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