In March of this year, the US House voted to continue government funding through an appropriations bill which included funding for aspects of Obamacare. Only one North Carolina Republican Representative, Walter Jones, voted in favor of allowing for the defunding of Obamacare, the rest voting to close the bill from being amended, thereby dashing any […]
On July 23, 2013, the North Carolina State Senate took a giant leap toward open and honest elections by salvaging the tragically flawed House Bill 589 (commonly called the “voter ID” bill). Their bold action comes very close to making North Carolina’s voter ID law a model for other states to follow. Far from being […]
It’s not exactly a secret that I’ve had some serious disagreements with our new “super-majority” in Raleigh. The GOP has indeed let me down on a number of issues. (Ahem, toll roads, ahem.) That said, when something good happens, I’m just as happy to lavish praise as I am criticism. Frankly, I’d sleep better at […]
*This piece submitted by Jay Privette, a Republican candidate for Charlotte City Council in District 7. It looks like Douglas Airport will now be managed by a regional authority. My first choice would have been be to sell the airport to a private company. People with their own skin in the game will do a […]
*This article written jointly by Kurt Naas and Sharon Hudson of WidenI77.org For months the citizen’s group WidenI77.org has been trying to have a conversation with our N.C. House Representative, Thom Tillis, regarding plans to build HOT lanes on I-77. During that time we heard from a number of surrogates, but never from the Speaker himself. […]
In response to the editorial ‘The Decline of North Carolina’ published by the New York Times editorial board on July 9, 2013, newly elected Chairman Claude Pope of the North Carolina Republican Party submitted an open letter to the New York Times. The pleasantly snide commentary is a welcome retort. While elected officials often have to […]
The Voter Integrity Project of NC has found lots of breathtaking loopholes in North Carolina’s election laws; but very few are as loopy as policies that enable people we call “bogus-addresses” (or BA) voters. They do this by voting from an address that is NOT their true “domicile.” They could be using post office boxes, […]
Public-Private Partnerships (P3s) are being touted by an increasing number of politicians, corporations and think tanks as the new way to support the U.S. infrastructure, such as roads, airports and water. What many people may not know is that the corporations participating as the “private” entity in public-private partnerships also donate millions of dollars to political campaigns through PACs, […]
*Written by Representative C. Robert Brawley As an American and lifelong Republican, I am all for free markets and business success. What I do not stand for is propping up industries or companies that cannot survive and prosper on their own merits. If you succeed by building a better widget or offering a better service than […]
*Written by Kurt Naas of WidenI77.org. With North Carolina’s toll lane scheme coming under increasing fire, some elected leaders have recently taken to demanding alternative funding options. As we’ve pointed out previously, bloated toll lane projects like the proposed I-77 HOT lanes are not the solution, and no toll lane in a metropolitan area less than 2.5 […]
