The #ncga short session: Drivebys HOPING for a *GAY* ol’ time?
I swear the News & Observer must have more gay news on its website this morning than The Advocate does. The editors must have some kind of requirement that reporters
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NCGOP HQ whipping NC House members to attend April 30 showdown over Hasan
Legislators saved the necks of David Lewis and Dallas Woodhouse the last time around. This time, the Jones Street crowd is being called on to help deep-six NCGOP chairman Hasan
Continue readingNC Drive-bys: All gay stuff. ALL THE TIME.
Talk about being out of touch with your audience. The average person — residing outside of Orange County — is not devoting 1/10000th of the energy to HB2 that the
Continue readingI’ll pay you back in 100 years. (I swear.)
Check out the latest from our UNC board of governors — fresh off of being granted oodles of ConnectNC cash from the voters: North Carolina’s public university board is asking
Continue readingJason Saine: No primary or general election opposition. Over $122K in “campaign expenses.”
Politicians like to talk tough on ethics — banning gifts from lobbyists, limiting contribution amounts, that kind of thing. But what does all that matter when people with interests before
Continue readingWhy does Speaker Moore’s campaign need the services of a Wall Street law firm?
Tim Moore had no primary opposition and is unchallenged in the November general election. So WHY has his campaign paid a $10,000 retainer to a high-powered Wall Street (That’s right.
Continue readingMonkey Business Report: NCGOP platform edition
The solar goons are something else. They have this Jason Voorhees-like quality to them. Just when you think they’re finally killed off, they come back for a sequel. This time,
Continue reading#ncga: Jeff Tarte. STILL afraid of Nicole Revels.
Guys, we need to get together for an intervention. Senator Jeff Tarte is making our gender look really, really bad. Most men would be flattered to have an attractive young
Continue readingThe Jones Street way: Spend more on stuff people don’t want and don’t need
We get word today that a House committee — mostly Republicans, mind you — have endorsed the idea of throwing more money at a liberal dream: […] Separate legislation would
Continue reading#ncga: Gettin’ kinda mealy-mouthed on tolling?
The state of North Carolina has been shoving tolls down the throats of the residents of northern Mecklenburg County for three years. The bureaucrats and politicians have beaten back any
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