#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
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#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
Continue reading#NCSEN: An Orwellian endorsement
National Right to Life has left quite a few people scratching their heads over its endorsement of Thom Tillis in North Carolina’s GOP US Senate primary. “Tillis is ‘the best
Continue readingNCGOP staffer at center of state elections complaint
We reported previously on a state elections complaint filed against North Carolina state Rep. Brian Brown (R). Brown, a House freshman, is locked in a primary contest with Ashley Bleau.
Continue readingUnfunded liabilities and North Carolina’s public debt shell game
Some observers though the GOP establishment in Raleigh might have bought off The John Locke Foundation when Gov. McCrory named Art Pope as his budget director. But, apparently, nobody told
Continue readingTholl Roads. Thaxation-by-GPS. Brought to you by a Republican administration.
We’re getting a lot of propaganda about the importance of beating Democrats this year. But HOW do you sell that idea when you have some Republicans who are as into
Continue readingTillis in 2006: Rhodes call for Morgan resignation a BAD IDEA
The 2002 power-sharing deal in the North Carolina House between Democrat Jim Black and Republican Richard Morgan was one of the most divisive, acrimonious periods in the state’s political history.
Continue readingRaleigh setting us up for ONE MORE hit to the wallet? (ahem, TOLL ROADS.)
We got hit with headlines this week suggesting that roadwork across the state could grind to a halt very soon –– thanks to the Federal Highway Trust Fund running out
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