NAACP going after NC-based anti-vote fraud group
Boy, how things change. One of the missions of the NAACP’s founders was to protect the integrity of elections and people’s right to vote. In 2014, the civil
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While beer fight brewed in NCGA, $$$ from beer interests flowed to Tillis Senate campaign
In September, craft brewers and beer distributors were knocking heads over state regulations some viewed as favoring the interests of large beer distributors over these small brewers: North Carolina politicians
Continue reading*Surprise ! * New taxes make stuff cost more.
The mainstream media and their lefty politico allies are perpetually hollering about “fairness” in the tax code. *Those people who have accumulated all that cash need to have MORE of
Continue readingUnder the Radar (and under the rug?): The senator and the mystery of the disappearing audit
Back in January, we got a whole lot of ethics-related news regarding state Sen. Fletcher Hartsell (R-Cabarrus). Apparently, he spent $100,000 in campaign funds — in an election
Continue reading#NCSEN: Roadkill & Richard, WHO ??????
State House Speaker — and US Senate candidate — Thom Tillis has been quite talkative lately via email. He’s tackled taxes and immigration, and has now moved on
Continue reading*Surprise, Surprise!* Robert Brawley gets primaried.
Moore County’s Richard Morgan set the standard for hard-nosed vindictive political tactics during his tenure in the NC House. If a legislator dared to “cross” him, Morgan would personally seek
Continue reading#NCGA: Tale of the Tesla
Between turkey-induced food comas this long weekend, I did a little reading. THIS Bloomberg piece — about the PR successes of the automaker Tesla — caught my
Continue reading#NCGA #NCSEN: Taking care of (HIS) Business?
According to official state records, House Speaker (and US Senate candidate) Thom Tillis and his wife are “owners” of Cornelius, NC-based Aquesta Bank. Tillis joined the state House in
Continue reading#NCGA: Taking care of (your own) business?
Jamie Boles is a long-time, respected funeral home director here in Moore County. He got elected to the state House in 2008 by primarying an incumbent legislator who he had
Continue reading#NCSEN: Going Rogue in Gates County?
One of the Tar Heel State’s smallest counties is speaking pretty loudly this week. Gates County is on the border with Virginia in the northeastern quadrant of
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