#ncpol: A contact sport, indeed.
It appears that we’re starting to see some signs of fight in the NCGOPe. They’ve gone from rolling over and showing their bellies in the whole NC-09 affair, to showing
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N&O + lefty comrades say Speaker Timmy played ‘chicken’ with ethics
You will get no argument from us when alleging that Tim Moore is, um, ethically-challenged. We’ve reported at length about his shenanigans against fellow Republicans, his abandonment of the conservative
Continue readingNC-09: Josh Malcolm got some ‘splainin’ to do
Some Republican legislators want former state elections board chairman to offer up more details on his discussions with a top Bladen County Democrat prior to the November vote: Two Republican
Continue readingMonkey Business Report: A tangled ‘technical corrections’ web dating back to JULY
We’ve raised some questions about the pretty willy-nilly disbursement of $700,000 via the recent “technical corrections ” bill approved by the General Assembly. Several cases of five- and six-figures being
Continue readingMonkey Business Report: Pat McElraft and ‘technical corrections’
We told you earlier about the honorables on Jones Street tossing around $700K of our money in a quite care-free fashion with little to no strings attached. At first, it
Continue readingMonkey Business Report: Technical Corrections
In the legislature, “technical corrections” are sort of like the “consent agenda” you hear about in city council and county commissioner meetings. Meant to be for correcting things like spelling,
Continue readingNC-09: State elections board? (Buh-bye.)
That’s the latest word from the bench amid the chaos of the Ninth Congressional District chaos: A three-judge panel overseeing a lawsuit challenging the current makeup of the North Carolina State
Continue reading#ncga #TBT: The dawn of the Speaker Timmy era
With politicians, it’s always fun to match what they’re saying and doing NOW, with what they said or did FIVE MINUTES ago, FIVE WEEKS ago, FIVE MONTHS ago, or even
Continue reading#ncga: OVERRIDE !!!!
We saw something today we’re not likely to see much of over the next two years: an overridden veto. The House and Senate overrode Roy Cooper’s veto of HB
Continue reading#ncga: GOP majority screwing Mark Harris for Christmas
Mark Harris is a Baptist preacher. He lives by the principle of loving your enemies. (The guy is waaaaaaaay too nice for politics.) After he lost the 2014 primary for
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