It seems almost depressing that in North Carolina politics, or indeed any body of elected officials or government bureaucrats, that there is a need for so-called “ethics” legislation. (Why yes Jim, it is unethical for you to accept thousands of dollars in cash from a favor seeking lobbyist while visiting the bathroom of the Capital Grille. […]
And then spending some more. That seems to be the standard operating model for the N.C. General Assembly, where the Senate recently approved taking on $451 million of non-voter-approved debt for, among other items, building some new engineering facilities for N.C. State and AT&T State. The bond debt doesn’t include funding for operations, once the […]
What do Nick Mackey and Glenn Beck have in common? They both want to legalize marijuana, an interesting intersection from two polar opposite sides of the political spectrum. Mackey’s take here; Beck’s below.
Economists greeted a dip in the state’s May unemployment rate, which ticked down to 10.3 percent, with an overwhelming blah, pointing out that most of the decline was attributed to temporary government hiring for the U.S. census. That and more than 42,300 folks didn’t so much find a job, as they simply exhausted their unemployment […]
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So, it seems that the Democrats of South Carolina have duly nominated, as their Senate candidate, a man with no job, no money, no campaign organization, and (the less charitable might say) no clue. And everyone’s trying to figure out how this could have happened. Leaving aside crackpot theories wherein the Republicans secretly inserted an […]
Concord, North Carolina (June 18, 2010). Today, Harold Johnson, Republican Candidate for the 8th Congressional District, fired back against what he called a “pattern of lies and deception” from his opponent Tim D’Annunzio. Recent radio and internet ads paid for by Tim D’Annunzio for Congress and approved by D’Annunzio have made wild accusations about […]
Tossed out for general discussion and debate; feedback and comments encouraged: * Convicted murderer Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed by firing squad in Utah last night. Would you have pulled the trigger? Not just philosophically, as in supporting the death penalty; but literally, as in stepping behind the firing line? * Mayor Anthony Foxx has […]
In another round of begging for crumbs when they’ve historically grown accustomed to cake, the library system has landed an additional $730,000 to help restock a budget that was slashed nearly in half for the upcoming fiscal year. The newest loot comes from the small towns of Mecklenburg County, where officials agreed this week to […]
The Executive Board of the South Carolina Democratic Party has upheld U.S. Senate primary election results that saw an unemployed, accused felon that few people had heard of before last week and even fewer people seem willing to acknowledge voting for, topple a former four-term state representative. Barring any unexpected twists – no guarantee in […]
