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 22, 2013 | Budget, Editor's Blog, NCGOP, NCGov |
For weeks, Governor Pat McCrory has been blaming everybody for the GOP’s self-inflicted wounds. It’s the liberal media, even though many of the newspapers criticizing him endorsed him. It’s those mean old “outside groups” like ProgressNC, as if he doesn’t have the...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 19, 2013 | Editor's Blog, NCGOP, Voting Rights |
Republicans are taking a huge gamble. After a legislative session that left their approval ratings in the tank and managed to alienate everybody but their own true believers, the GOP is attempting to hold power by rigging the election process. If anybody had doubts...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 15, 2013 | Editor's Blog, NCGOP |
You know you are a Republican when your entry level job salary puts you in the top 10%–even if you’re a state employee. That’s what happened to two political hacks and recent college graduates in the McCrory administration. According to Sarah Ovaska at N. C....
by Thomas Mills | Aug 14, 2013 | Editor's Blog, NCGOP, Polling
I confess. I love PPP’s monthly North Carolina poll. While I don’t put too much credence in polling on races 15 months out, I’m always interested to see how the mood of the electorate is changing, or not, month to month. This month’s numbers are particularly...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 14, 2013 | Editor's Blog, NCGOP, Women's Rights
First, it was cookies. Now, it’s knitting. Republicans are stuck with mid-20th century stereotypes about women. Pat McCrory infamously offered a plate of cookies as an olive branch to women protesting his signing of the abortion bill he promised not to sign. Then,...
