by John Wynne | Jun 16, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NCGA, NCGov |
Last week the State Senate unveiled a new sales tax redistribution/economic development plan. It’s a slight modification of what was being floated around a few months ago, a revision of the sales tax formula that would distribute more revenue to rural areas....
by Thomas Mills | Jun 15, 2015 | Economy, Editor's Blog, NCGov |
Give Pat McCrory and his team credit for staying on message. Almost two years ago, McCrory responded to a scathing op-ed about North Carolina in the New York Times. McCrory said that contrary to the “liberal world view of The Times,” he was leading North Carolina in a...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 5, 2015 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGov |
Well, it looks like Pat McCrory is just going to be a sideshow once again. After looking irrelevant in the 2013 session of the legislature, he started the year with big ideas and tried to show a little muscle. This week, the Republican leaders in the General Assembly...
by John Wynne | Jun 4, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NCGA, NCGOP, NCGov, Women's Rights |
McCrory’s signing of the 72-hour wait for abortion bill is about protecting his right flank. Last week, he angered social conservatives and many in the legislature when he vetoed SB 2, the magistrates bill. He has to do something to placate them. So why did he...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 4, 2015 | Editor's Blog, Ethics, NCGov |
Pat McCrory lied. There’s really no other way to look at it. In a debate during the 2012 election, McCrory was asked, “What further restrictions on abortion would you agree to sign?” He answered, simply and definitively, “None.” Yesterday, he said he will sign into...
by John Wynne | May 30, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGov, Social Issues |
I’m giving myself worst week in Raleigh for completely bombing my prediction that McCrory would not use his veto pen on either SB2, the magistrates bill, or HB465, the “ag-gag” law. As it turned out, the governor decided to spectacularly troll me by...
