Circulating around Facebook is the text of a proposal to be taken up at this year’s NCGOP Convention to restrict voting in Republican Primary elections to only registered members of the Party. Currently, unaffiliated voters are allowed to participate in the Party primary of their choosing. This resolution, if passed, would prevent that. Here is the text: […]
A top priority for any parent (or grandparent for that matter) is ensuring their child has all the tools necessary, beginning with a quality education, to become a successful, productive adult. In the past, education in our country provided for each student the basic knowledge and essential skill sets necessary to succeed as a person, […]
Much ado has been made about the ‘attack on academic freedom’ with the recent closing of the Center on Poverty by the UNC Board of Governors (BOG). As far as we can tell, life goes on at every campus in the UNC System as it did before the announcement of the closing of the Poverty […]
If you’ve been watching the news much lately, you are probably aware the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) has been looking for more ways to control the internet from the Federal level. One of those moves came last week when the FCC granted a petition from Wilson, NC to preempt a North Carolina law that puts […]
Last week, the Independent Tribune published a featured piece by Justin Thibault that essentially said that Representative Pittman and I bribed the Cabarrus County GOP with $200. The piece explicitly referenced the payments as part of a “dirty deeds done cheap policy.” This is a BOLD-FACED LIE and Justin knows it and Lee Buchanan, the editor of the Independent […]
Corporate incentives are the darling of the Chamber of Commerce Republican and the bane of the grassroots Republican. The very mention of such polarizes the Republican Party in North Carolina. Governor Pat is angry that the state doesn’t have more of our tax dollars set aside to lure companies to the Old North State, selling […]
Hypocrisy by the left has become ubiquitous. How many instances of the left decrying the right for some perceived slight need be listed? If the right speaks of marriage between a man and woman, the left whines foul. If the right speaks of pipelines for industry, the left whines foul. If the right speaks of […]
How were Dean Smith and Wallace Wade most alike? ‘They saw themselves as ‘teachers’ first and foremost’. ‘What’s that you say? 2 of the most successful collegiate coaches in the history of college sports in America thought of themselves as ‘teachers’ first and ‘coaches’ second? Are you kidding me?’ It’s true. Of course, it helped […]
Non-profit is a word descriptive of a type of business entity which has a special tax status. Along with that status comes rules particular to the idea of being not in the business of making a profit. This would obviously seem to mean the business has some other function it tries to fulfill. One of […]
The first shot across the bow for domination of Presidential politics in North Carolina visited my inbox yesterday. I received an email from Theresa Kostrzewa touting former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. Kostrzewa is a 19 year veteran of NC politics currently working for Capital Results, a “full-service public affairs and business consulting firm with offices in the state […]
