#ncga: Mommy state alive and well in GOP-run House
*Uncle Timmy wants you to eat your vegetables.* It really is a shame that, in an overwhelmingly Republican chamber, you get run over and beat down for daring to question
Continue reading*Uncle Timmy wants you to eat your vegetables.* It really is a shame that, in an overwhelmingly Republican chamber, you get run over and beat down for daring to question
Continue readingIt sounds like Seinfeld’s ‘soup nazi’ paid a visit to the NC House Republican Caucus confab yesterday. Some honorables seeking PORK were de-nied. It’s budget time. So, the GOPers were
Continue readingIn Lincoln County, there is a lot of talk about economic development. In November, there was talk of a proposed industrial client investing $12 million in property adjacent to the
Continue readingSOME of the honorables on Jones Street are pushing through changes to Hendersonville’s charter: Got that? “The mayor AND council members shall receive for their services such salaries as the
Continue readingThat’s the pitiful plea that we’re hearing from Jones Street: Describing themselves as being in a “Catch 22” over their compensation, a committee of state lawmakers on Monday approved a
Continue readingOn the face of it, H1042 looks like good policy. It appears to require candidates for office to account for EVERY DIME their campaign takes in. If a person gives
Continue readingA lot of politicians are good at telling lies — and making sure they stand up to scrutiny. Many, fortunately, are not. Richard Nixon was done in with tape recordings.
Continue readingThat’s the word I am getting. A rare Joint Republican Caucus meeting is going down on Jones Street. The top item on the agenda? It’s the hot mess over at NCGOP
Continue readingContrary to the prurient desires of The Gay News & Observer, HB2 is not being seen as the big fight in the GOP-dominated General Assembly during this short session. John
Continue readingOur all-gay-stuff-all-the-time driveby media has worked hard to make its dwindling audience believe that drag queens in the ladies room is the most important civil rights moment since Rosa Parks
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