#NCGA: Lights, camera — Cronyism !!!
Um, BOHICA, We’ve got a $445 million revenue shortfall at the state level. The honorables on Jones Street are getting ready to hit us with toll roads on top of
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#NCGA: The weather vane strategy on govt meddling in health care
Ask any Republican legislator in Raleigh — or any Republican serving in the Congress — and they will tell you they don’t like that BAD ObamaCare and they want it
Continue reading#NCGA: They’re BAAAACK !!! (Let the scams begin!)
The so-called legislative short session kicks off on Jones Street Wednesday. The N&O has already started smooching Phil Berger’s posterior. Makes sense. He IS the BMOC now — thanks to
Continue readingBOHICA Alert: With primaries over, NCGOP doubles down in push FOR toll roads
It’s no surprise that politicians save discussion of controversial issues until AFTER they have safely secured another term at the public trough. It appears the “honorables” on Jones Street are
Continue reading#NCGA: Did state senator hit-and-run?
Wow. Talk about bad timing. Two days before the primary elections, a state senator from coastal southeastern North Carolina is drawing scrutiny that could end up in a courtroom. WWAY-TV out
Continue readingA House Committee on Food Desert Zones. Seriously ?????
Yep. The honorables in the House of Thom have established a committee on food desert zones. That’s desert as in Sahara, and NOT as in cherry cheesecake (YUM). What’s a
Continue reading#NCGA: A few recommendations for our friends out there
Early voting gets started this week. We’ve got some primaries out there. We also have a lot of folks out there who are unopposed for renomination. A great way to
Continue reading#NCSEN: GOP legislator raises questions about speaker-turned-candidate Tillis
The feud between GOP state Reps. Robert Brawley and Thom Tillis is bubbling up again here late in the 2014 primary season. Brawley went public with his issues about Tillis,
Continue reading#NCGA: MORE money for public education? Try being smarter with what you’ve got.
Just try to implement some kind of frugality in public education budgets. You’ll get all kinds of teeth-gnashing, wailing and crying about starving tha lil’ chil’ren. The Round Rev and
Continue reading#NCSEN: Show of hands. Who’s got their ‘big boy pants’ on?
There’s some, um, ”intriguing” audio floating around cyberspace detailing a meeting between state House speaker Thom Tillis, at least two legislators, and some voters. The meeting was apparently held in
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