#ncga: All by himself
Hosannas and Hallelujahs, brothers and sisters. Paul Tine is now unaffiliated. UN-A-FFIL-I-ATED. Rest easy. Sleep well. Go on about your business. He’s courageously gone off all by himself (favoring
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#ncga: The Edgar Starnes affair
I’ve been hearing some grumbling about former House majority leader Edgar Starnes’s (R) decision to give up his House seat and skedaddle over to state treasurer Janet Cowell’s (D) team.
Continue readingChatham County’s Duncan spanks Big Gov’t. Barbie over amnesty votes
Congresswoman Renee Ellmers has shown her true colors this week in regard to amnesty for illegal aliens. Jim Duncan, chairman of the Chatham County GOP in Ellmers’s district, has stepped
Continue readingEllmers says NO to deporting illegals who molest kids, beat their spouses
I know, it’s baffling. Just when I think she can’t get any more outrageous, she comes through. Renee Ellmers, the 2nd district representative to the US House, was the only
Continue readingThe Dorothea Dix debacle
Gov. Pat McCrory has announced a deal to sell the former Dorothea Dix hospital property to the City of Raleigh. The $52 million deal — if finalized — would transform
Continue readingPaul Tine: STILL registered Democrat
There was a big hulaballoo about a Democrat legislator from Dare County leaving his party to register unaffiliated. On January 9, Paul Tine was admitted to the House GOP
Continue reading#ncga: Look who’s back in town!
They’re already making a mess in DC. And just as we’re coming down from the trauma of THEIR return, the Raleigh crowd is deciding to put in an appearance at
Continue readingThat didn’t take long: Senator Thom Tillis already trying to cash in on his new DC gig
There’s a new player in the political cash-gobbling game: THOMPAC. Yes, the FEC received a filing formalizing the creation of a leadership PAC called Together Holding Our Majority (T.H.O.M) Political
Continue readingThe (“unaffiliated”) donkey in the room
The Paul Tine defection couldn’t have come at a better time for the drive-by media and the political chattering classes. The General Assembly is not yet in session. Things were
Continue reading#NCGA: Hager’s push for caucus-driven leadership ruffling some feathers
Incoming House majority leader Mike Hager is trying to open up the decision making process in the General Assembly’s lower chamber. Typically, the big decisions in that chamber
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