As The Pachyderm Turns …
Yes, my friends. It seems like we’ve got quite a soap opera brewing in Raleigh amongst the powers-that-be in the NCGOP. First, we hear from well-placed sources that operatives close
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Monkey Business Update: The plot thickens in Cabarrus?
Apparently, Charles Jeter (see comments at end of previous post) was not the only Republican legislator caught off guard by the local bill that simultaneously disarmed the Monroe city manager
Continue readingMonkey Business Update: Fletcher Hartsell & Cabarrus County
Can’t get your political shenanigans approved by being open, up front, and following the process? Go the sneaky route. That’s what has apparently happened on Jones Street regarding The Fletcher
Continue readingDrive-bys: NCGOP wants to KILL you.
The EPA is only 44 years old. The North Carolina Department of the Environment and Natural Resources is 43 years old. The Earth is MILLIONS of years old. Humans have
Continue readingIs moving left politically REALLY “Kinder and Gentler?”
My political life tracks back to the 1988 Bush-Quayle campaign. That’s where I cut my teeth in this game. I was attracted to Bush because of his ties to my
Continue reading#NCSEN: A NEW Tillis campaign fund
We’ve been keeping an eye on the FEC web site. We’ve seen a couple of extra Thom Tillis-affiliated organizations pop up, but one of the extras is finally seeing some
Continue readingDrive-by columnist: You righties need to lighten up — Just like WE DO!
Another resident of the South McDowell Street low-testosterone zone has raised his head up to lecture the rest of us on ”civility”: […] Before you lick the stamp on your
Continue readingDr. Creech, vultures are bipartisan.
The media hysteria over the budget debate on Jones Street is reaching a crescendo. Never mind that Democrats — when they were in charge — actually debated the budget until
Continue reading#NCGA: Captain Obvious files his copy
McCrory rift with Senate may stall NC budget. Ya Think ???? That was the eloquently succinct and prescient headline atop the latest missive from McClatchy-Charlotte’s genial geriatric Jim Morrill.
Continue readingVisions of Art Pope dancing in their dope-addled, near-empty heads …
It’s really sad listening to the folks around the drum circle moaning about Art Pope. I’ve actually communicated with Art Pope. He is a guy who has inherited a lot
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