by Thomas Mills | Jun 23, 2013 | Civil Rights, Editor's Blog, Moral Monday, NCGA, NCGOP
After spending several days outside of the Triangle and talking to people who asked what the arrests in Raleigh were all about, I was going to write a blog, once again, urging the Moral Monday leaders to focus their message. I was also going to encourage them to lay...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 21, 2013 | Economic Development, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP
North Carolina needs a serious conversation about what to do with the rural areas of our state. Since 2010, 47 of our 100 counties have lost population and the people who are left are old. Unemployment in many of our rural counties is still in double digits....
by Matt Phillippi | Jun 20, 2013 | Features, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP, Politics |
One of the hardest parts about working in politics is the polarization. Since the vast majority of operatives work solely for one side it becomes very easy to stereotype the entire opposing party. We forget that the vast majority of people on either side are simply...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 20, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Environment, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP
In political campaigns, a good “hit” is an issue that is easily defined, clearly understood and quite obviously opposed to the best interest of the voters. It’s even better if it’s hard for the intended target to defend or explain. The Republicans have offered up so...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jun 19, 2013 | Issues, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP, US Senate, Voting Rights
In their determination not to look like total nuts, a few Republicans have slightly watered down their party’s agenda. The most prominent of them, of course, is shameless careerist Thom Tillis. Now, WRAL reports Sen. Neal Hunt is in on the game with a plan to have the...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 19, 2013 | Economic Development, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGA, Politics
The N&O doubled down on their Bob Luddy-inspired attack on the Rural Center on the op-ed page, where the original series belonged, and a follow-up “news” article. The paper still has not identified Luddy or his motives. However, it defends not talking to grant...
