Good riddance to straight-ticket voting
The NC General Assembly is moving to accomplish something long overdue — killing off straight-ticket voting. North Carolina has been ONE of only 15 states to allow straight-ticket voting.
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The tale of the voice mail: The plot thickens in NCGOP-Davidson Co. GOP tiff
We reported earlier on an uproar in Davidson County about filling a vacant state House seat. State Rep. Jerry Dockham (R), the area’s legislator since the 90s, resigned to
Continue readingSo. We’re cutting taxes — AND SPENDING MORE ??????
The conservative revolution rolls on in The City of Oaks. The mainstream media has been regaling us all day with stories about the $20.6 BILLION budget deal reached by
Continue readingMcClatchy Rob: Phil Berger’s embrace of lower taxes, smaller govt betrays his working class roots
Rob “Mr. Politics” Christensen — who has spent THREE decades at The N&O missing stuff like John Edwards’s blonde with the camera, Mike Easley’s corruption, and Dennis
Continue readingThe WSJ LOVES Raleigh’s tax cut deal
We heard a lot about major tax reform during the 2012 elections. Steve Moore — a nationally renowned economist, free market fan, and editorial board member at The Wall Street
Continue readingThanks to McClatchy, Rural Center biting the dust. (But why stop there?)
It sounds odd to hear me praising McClatchy, but they’ve done some bang-up work pointing out the waste in the NC Rural Center and making a case for its closure.
Continue readingLegislative business? Forget that. I’ve got a Senate campaign to run!
It looks like my prediction that running for the US Senate would shove leadership of the state House into a distant second place is panning out. House Speaker Thom
Continue readingTuesday-morning quarterback: The tax “deal” in Raleigh
Well, Civitas has signed off on it: “The tax reform plan will cut personal taxes and simplify taxes for every North Carolinian who works,” said Civitas President
Continue readingThom Tillis, that pesky Constitution, and that annoying separation of powers thingie
McClatchy’s John Frank is doing his best to play arbiter and peacemaker among Raleigh Republicans. And we thank him for it. He’s got a piece out about internal bickering among
Continue readingTillis, NCGOP caught meddling in Davidson County GOP business?
Some Davidson County GOP leaders are telling me they see the hand of Speaker Thom Tillis and Raleigh-based GOP operatives involved in the process to fill an
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