#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
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Thom 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
Continue reading#NCGA: Skip Stam hits the road in support of tolls
State legislator Skip Stam (R), the speaker pro tem and a close ally of speaker / US senator wannabe Thom Tillis, is hitting the rubber chicken circuit to sermonize on
Continue readingMemo to Establishment: Sometimes, taxes mean more than freebies
House speaker Thom Tillis and his team, Gov. Pat McCrory, and scores of big names in the state’s business establishment have been harping on the alleged importance of customized, special
Continue reading#NCGA: Timing will be key for Gov. Pat’s threatened special session
Gov. Pat McCrory is making some noise about possibly calling the General Assembly back into town for a special session. At the top of the agenda would be a $20
Continue readingBarber flatulates. Drive-by media is there on the scene to take a whiff.
Most preachers are pretty busy with church stuff on Sundays. Not the most-holy-of-holies, reverend Bill Barber, though. The Round Rev was busy preening in front of the slobbering sycophants and
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