#ncga: Oh, what a RELIEF it is
The GOP majority in Jones Street’s upper chamber is beside itself with giddiness over a new tax relief package. Here’s the skinny from Senate leadership: […] The North Carolina Senate
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#ncga: HB2 FOR DUMMIES (Pay attention, Colin & Binky. THIS will be on the quiz.)
It seems like the drivebys are having a contest to see who can use some form of the words “bigot” and “hate” (i.e., bigoted, hateful, bigot, bigot-a-licious) in the fewest
Continue reading#ncga: “De plane. De Plane.” (…ain’t gettin’a dime.)
Fresh off of getting his spending spree card punched for two more years by his low-information Wake County constituents, “Little Lord” Nelson Dollar one again failed to, um, disappoint. The N&O’s
Continue reading#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#ncga: (*SNIFF* I smell bacon.) NO pork for YOU !!!!
It 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 reading#ncga: Gettin’ PAID in LINCOLN COUNTY?
In 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 reading#ncga: Gettin’ PAID in Hendersonville
SOME 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 reading#ncga: Driving to Raleigh to spend other people’s money is HARD.
That’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 reading#ncga: Naming Names. (Jason Saine, Kelly Hastings, Tom James … )
On 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 reading#ncga: Tim’s (TALL?) tale of the text message
A 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.
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