#ncga: The dawn of the post-Tillis era
With Mr Big Boy Pants stepping down from the speaker’s dais to seek a “promotion” to DC, a huge power void has been created on Jones Street. It’s looking pretty
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#ncpol: Communication breakdown
Here we are in the heat of campaign season. If you want to believe the drive-by media and the Democrats, the GOP-controlled legislature has spent the last two years, among
Continue readingChmn of state common core review commission — apppointed by Gov. Pat — is BIG FAN of Common Core
Ruh-roh. State legislators organized a commission to review public school curriculum standards and make a recommendation to the state Board of Education and General Assembly. This was seen by many
Continue reading#NCGA: Oh, yeah. Here’s where the gas tax money goes.
We’ve posted previously about our frustration over paying an obscenely high gas tax while being told by Raleigh politicians that there is no money to maintain existing or build new
Continue reading#NCGA: Pay-to-play in living color, in your email inbox
An awful lot of Republicans here in Moore County found the item below in their email inboxes this morning: “I must raise money in order to help the Republican Caucus
Continue readingThom Thillis Tholl Roads whipping up quite a thempest among Mecklenburg pols
We’ve written extensively about the controversy surrounding the hiring of a Spanish contractor to “manage” lanes on the soon-to-be widened section of I-77 in Northern Mecklenburg County. State House speaker
Continue reading#NCGA: JUST when you thought Chapel Hill couldn’t get any kookier along comes => THIS GUY.
Graig Meyer is, um, *interesting*. He’s running for his first full term (appointed October 2013) as a member of the North Carolina House. Meyer represents District 50 — which includes
Continue readingThe Speciale matter
It made me sick to my stomach to read about and hear about the arrest of Michael Speciale, Jr. this morning. First off — the allegations against him are horrific.
Continue reading#NCGA: Harrell v. Hartsell. Events south of the border sound eerily familiar to case up here
The word is out that South Carolina’s state House speaker has been indicted: First Circuit Solicitor David Pascoe announces that the Richland County Grand Jury indicted Robert W. Harrell, Jr.,
Continue readingCoal Ash combat
In DC, Barry Obama is preparing to go to war against the Islamic State. In Raleigh, Pat McCrory is barricaded inside his Blount Street residence preparing for battle against his
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