by John Wynne | Jul 22, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGov |
Opponents call it Marxism. The Robin Hood plan. Governor McCrory calls it the Tax Increase, Redistribution, and Spending Act. Proponents named it the Tax Fairness Act. Sen. Tommy Tucker of Union County says it’s the Tax Reclamation Act because it will allow...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 22, 2015 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGov |
He’s back! After more than a year of restraint, the freewheeling Pat McCrory of old showed up in a letter-to-the-editor in the Charlotte Observer. The governor defended his lawyer, Bob Stephens, after an Observer op-ed questioned Stephens’ competence or motives....
by Thomas Mills | Jul 21, 2015 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGov |
Poor Pat McCrory. Never has the governor of any state been so disrespected by the other leaders of his own party. This weekend, Republican Senator Tom Apodaca told the Asheville Citizens-Times, “The governor doesn’t play much of a role in anything.” Ouch! McCrory came...
by John Wynne | Jul 7, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGov |
Today, in a historic vote, the South Carolina State Senate voted to remove the Confederate flag from the Capitol grounds. The final vote was 36-3. The easy passage of this bill has led some to question why our own state is moving so slowly when it comes to removing...
by John Wynne | Jul 1, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, NCGov, Polling |
The latest Civitas poll has Governor McCrory leading Attorney General Roy Cooper by 5, 43-38. There’s a very high number of undecided voters, an indication that a lot of people just don’t know what to think about Pat. That means he could easily fall victim...
by John Wynne | Jun 25, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, NCGov, Race |
Governor Pat is hopping on the bandwagon on the most important issue of our time: the Confederate flag. We don’t have a Confederate flag flying over the Capitol as our neighbors do in South Carolina, but the state does offer specialty license plates for the...
