by Thomas Mills | Sep 6, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Health Care, NCGA |
As Obamacare implementation draws nearer, watch for the gnashing of teeth by the Republicans to increase. They so want the program to fail that they are doing all they can to sabotage it. Right now, they’re running ads trying to scare women. And the legislature...
by Alexander H. Jones | Sep 4, 2013 | NC Politics, NCGA
The tone of this blog is highly critical of the governor, and there’s no reason to let up until his performance ceases to disserve our state. In addition, the past session cast doubt on another figure’s credibility. Portrayed in the national press as an omnipotent...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 3, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Education, NCGA, NCGov |
Teachers in North Carolina are pissed. Not just members of the North Carolina Association of Educators but the rank and file who go to work, do their jobs and then are under-appreciated and under-compensated. Now, they watch as the Governor and legislature defend...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 25, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Education, NCGA, NCGOP, Tax Reform |
Leave it to a Republican to call for an increase in property taxes. That’s exactly what State Senator Thom Goolsby (R-New Hanover) did. You see, Goolsby is blaming local governments for not ponying up enough money for public education. The only way county and...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 20, 2013 | Editor's Blog, NCGA, Voting Rights |
I saw my friend, former senator and long-time client, Ellie Kinnaird, on The Rachel Maddow Show last night. She resigned from the North Carolina senate to work to ensure everyone has a voter ID. Maddow implied that Ellie left the senate to protest GOP policies. There...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 13, 2013 | Editor's Blog, NCGA, NCGOP, Voting Rights |
Yesterday, Pat McCrory signed into law one of the most restrictive voter suppression laws in the country. In addition, the Republican-majority Watauga County Board of Elections made voting more difficult for students by eliminating the on-campus early voting site and...
