#NCGA: Even MORE surrender on taxes?
This week the Republican majority on Jones Street slapped an excise tax on the sale of e-cigarettes. (That’s ON TOP of the sales tax already collected.) In the Senate, the
Continue readingThis week the Republican majority on Jones Street slapped an excise tax on the sale of e-cigarettes. (That’s ON TOP of the sales tax already collected.) In the Senate, the
Continue readingIn 2006, Thom Tillis ousted fellow Republican and incumbent John Rhodes in a nasty primary fight for a Mecklenburg County state House seat. In 2014, Rhodes COULD end up making
Continue readingThe state of North Carolina has a more than $400 million revenue shortfall. The honorables on Jones Street are moaning about how they don’t have the money to give teachers
Continue readingOpponents of the Common Core curriculum for public school education are ramping up their efforts to get state House Bill 1061 through the North Carolina General Assembly. Some of the
Continue readingWell, the honorables are back at it on Jones Street for the so-called “short session.” So, we thought it would be fun to check out their agenda for this week. House
Continue readingJohn Drescher’s pet shih-tzu sat in on a legislative tax committee hearing for us yesterday. (Better him than us.) There were a few newsworthy items that came out of what
Continue readingIt’s no surprise that politicians save discussion of controversial issues until AFTER they have safely secured another term at the public trough. It appears the “honorables” on Jones Street are
Continue readingI participated in the big 9/12/09 march on Washington that is credited with being the coming-out party for The Tea Party movement. As my friends and I walked amid the
Continue readingWe’ve got quite a kerfluffle going down in one Davidson County legislative race. State Senator Stan Bingham is locked in a primary fight for renomination. The senator recently earned statewide
Continue readingUnder the previous regime at NCGOP, we got complaints galore about meddling in Republican primaries by party staff. The accusations even touched the then-party vice chairman. We were promised things
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