by Thomas Mills | Mar 17, 2015 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP |
They got Tom Ross. Now, they are going after Scott Ralls. Under the Dome noted that Ralls, President of the North Carolina Community College System, is interviewing for a job as head of a college in Northern Virginia. Regardless of what he says publicly, my guess is...
by John Wynne | Mar 16, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Demographic Trends, Features, NC Politics |
Last week the NC GOP announced “Project Listen” which will focus on engaging with residents in Wake and Mecklenburg counties in order to make sure that the party stays abreast of continued demographic changes in the two largest urban areas of the state....
by John Wynne | Mar 13, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, US Senate |
Former Sen. Kay Hagan was interviewed by NPR the other day. She talked about why she lost, what she would do right now if she were still in Washington, and a little about her future. She blamed President Obama for her loss and said he failed to make effective use of...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 13, 2015 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGA |
Rep. Mike Hager, the House Majority Leader, is the latest big government conservative to try to strip power from local governments and give it to the legislature. Hager introduced a bill that would take away local appointments to the Isothermal Community College Board...
by John Wynne | Mar 11, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NCGA |
Recent actions by the GOP legislature to redraw the lines of various governing bodies have some Democratic officials in Mecklenburg nervous. The list of local boards and commissions the General Assembly has seen fit to remap continues to grow: first the Guilford...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 11, 2015 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
The bills are bad enough, but the Orwellian dishonesty behind them is the real damage. Sen. Chad Barefoot says he’s redrawing the Wake County Commission districts to provide more representation to rural areas and partisan representation has nothing to do with it. Sen....
