by Thomas Mills | Jan 9, 2014 | DHHS, Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
It’s 2014. Ricky Diaz leaving the Department of Health and Human Services is the least surprising story of the day. It was the obvious end to his tenure. Diaz is a campaign hack. He’s 24 years old. He was always going back to campaigns when the cycle heated up again....
by Thomas Mills | Jan 7, 2014 | DHHS, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGov |
Well, everyone thought Pat McCrory was looking for a reset as he begins his second year in office. Instead, he’s falling back on the same bad habits that got him into trouble during his first year. He’s whining, passing the buck and blaming other people for the...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 3, 2013 | DHHS, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGov |
By now, it’s apparent to most political observers that Pat McCrory’s campaign platform was a sham. He ran on fixing a broken government but never defined what exactly was broken. Most of us thought he was referring to the cronyism and petty corruption like sweetheart...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 21, 2013 | DHHS, Editor's Blog, NCGov
Part of our Best of PoliticsNC 2013, this piece was originally posted on August 15, 2013 after we learned that unqualified campaign hacks were being paid more than $85,000 at the Department of Health and Human Services. If you enjoy this or other posts, please...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 2, 2013 | DHHS, Editor's Blog |
How many Department of Health and Human Services employees does it take to screw in a light bulb? We don’t know but it will take 19 to run their new marketing and public relations shops. I wonder how much they’ll get paid? You see, they knew something was broken over...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 20, 2013 | DHHS, Editor's Blog |
To borrow from Mark Twain, rumors of Aldona Wos’ departure were greatly exaggerated. However, they were also eminently believable. That’s why the rumors had such legs. And they may still be true–just not last week. Most people, including Republicans, Democrats...
