When NC House Speaker Thom Tillis was pressed on concerns over State Treasurer Janet Cowell’s handling of the state pension fund in 2011, the Mountain Xpress reports, “Tillis replied that State Treasurer Janet Cowell is one of the most competent elected officials he knows. Voicing his confidence in her, he said, “I don’t believe all […]
In a memorable scene from the classic sitcom Sanford and Son, a legal predicament led Fred Sanford to consider hiring a man who was peddling cut-rate attorney services. When Sanford and the man met, the conversation that ensued went something like this: Sanford: So, you’re a lawyer? Man: That depends on who you ask. Sanford: I’m asking you. […]
Wondering how to improve job prospects for so many of the unemployed, Mr. William Galston makes the typical errors of many about job creation in this Wall Street Journal article. To begin, banks and lending institutions have two functions in relation to job creation. The first, consumer lending, even mortgage lending, is only a method […]
Some thoughts on the current state of the Mecklenburg County Republican Party (“MeckGOP”) from a volunteer, registered Republican in Mecklenburg County, and former member of the executive board. This letter was spurred by the recent rules change that took place during the March 29th MeckGOP county convention, which Mr. Hine previously blogged about here. But, […]
Agenda 21 is a UN resolution which outlines a global framework for managing resources, commodity consumption, and human population growth for levels that are considered sustainable. The resolution consists of action planks for national and local government implementation, such as: encouraging or discouraging (through social and economic incentives) the harvesting of food products based on the […]
Remember the 2012 GOP “War on Women”? If you didn’t want to pay for a women’s contraception you were denying her “right to healthcare.” If you didn’t want to subsidize an abortion you were “attacking women and their right to birth control.” The Left wanted America to believe the GOP knuckle-draggers were determined to alienate […]
When one reads the Constitution it is hard to find where it says government shall provide entertainment and hope for the people, but it must be in there somewhere. Recent news has brought forth information about two uptown projects being planned by Crescent Communities. As one reads the article, you can look, in vain, to […]
With only a month remaining before the May 6 primary election, Republicans in the 9th Congressional District held their convention in Charlotte last Saturday. Taking the podium to address those in attendance, Mike Steinberg, Congressman Robert Pittenger’s conservative primary challenger, drew what might be the strongest contrast between two Congressional candidates of any Republican primary […]
“We’ve all heard of the NSA. Now, your school districts at the local level are collecting data on your kids every single day,” Whitney Neal told members of the Lake Norman Conservatives, a Cornelius-based civic action group. Neal is the Director of Grassroots Outreach for FreedomWorks and a former 8th grade school teacher; she visited […]
[Access complete BOE report is attached here>>> JointCommittee_April 2014 <<< and scroll to page 35 for blockbuster fraud information.] APRIL 2, 2014–Raleigh–Up to 765 voters have voted in both NC and at least one other state according to a report titled, “Presentation to Joint Legislative Elections Oversight Committee,” briefed to the committee today at the Legislative Office Building. […]
