by Kirk Kovach | Jun 11, 2018 | Features, The Kovach Corner |
Does the last letter of GOP stand for purge? I understand the electoral strategy behind removing certain voters from the rolls, but I fail to comprehend the morality of it. Moreover, I wonder why nominal members of the Republican Party who are not making these...
by Kirk Kovach | May 31, 2018 | Features, The Kovach Corner |
After poring over the 250+ page budget released late Monday, a special funding scheme came to light which funneled $200,000 to a particular senate district in Charlotte. Jeff Tarte, whose newly reconfigured district pits him in perhaps the most competitive senate race...
by Kirk Kovach | May 30, 2018 | Features, The Kovach Corner |
The cadre of Republicans in Raleigh who basically run the state have streamlined their budget process by making it into a conference report. You have to get into the weeds a little bit to unpack their methods. A typical process might go like this: a bill is proposed...
by Kirk Kovach | Apr 5, 2018 | Features, The Kovach Corner |
A WSJ column by Daniel Henninger this morning piqued my interest. It, like many recent opinion pieces from the Journal, discussed the recent tariff talk and subsequent trade war in which we find ourselves. The Chinese have reacted to Trump’s bluster by threatening to...
by Kirk Kovach | Mar 15, 2018 | Features, The Kovach Corner |
At this point it’s an evergreen lede, but the Republicans are at it again. Remember the non-story they began to hawk a few weeks ago about a so-called slush fund that Governor Cooper negotiated? The slush fund, or more precisely the mitigation fund, is an aspect of...
