Secretary Wos, about that job…
Dear Secretary Wos, Thank you for considering me for any positions that might be open or invented at the Department of Health and Human Services. Especially consider me for ones with big severance packages. I’m also attracted to the ones that have 30% raises after the...
A little compassion
Recently, one of the right-wing talking-point tweeters said “the lies about how the GOP hates the poor are getting old.” While I’m not sure most people think Republicans hate the poor, I do think most people believe they are indifferent to their plight. And the GOP...
GOP shots fired?
Well, it looks like it’s not only Democrats smelling blood in the water, Republicans are, too. Governor Pat McCrory has been so hapless and inept that even the GOP sees him as lame duck just nine months into his first term. While the dissatisfaction has bubbled under...
Conduct unbecoming a governor
What is it with Pat McCrory and the Department of Health and Human Services? Yesterday, news outlets across the state reported that Secretary Aldona Wos had made yet another political hire with an inflated salary. So when I heard McCrory was calling a news conference,...
The NC GOP’s recurring nightmare
Omigod. This GOP Senate primary is going to be a blast! We’re still eight months out and the sparks are starting to fly. Today, rumor has it that state Senator Pete Brunstetter will get into the race if Phil Berger stays out. Brunstetter says Berger encouraged him to...
Do you, Senator?
John Drescher of the News & Observer once called Sen. Phil Berger “a serious elected official with ambition and vision.” And Drescher was right. Unfortunately for all but the wealthiest of us, Berger’s vision includes as little government as possible and that...
Heckuva job
At the end of his first term, George Bush was asked what he would have done differently. He couldn’t think of one thing. Everything was lovely despite wars without end, 9/11, exploding deficits and a housing bubble that was just a few years from bursting. Pat McCrory...
Whiners
Rob Christensen certainly struck a nerve with Civitas. They’ve written a scathing reply to his article debunking myths about North Carolina. Civitas called his article “half-hearted and poorly researched.” Me thinks thou doest protest too much. They took on only four...
The Bergermeister
Looks like I’m wrong again. For months, I’ve been saying that Phil Berger wasn’t going to run for U. S. Senate. Well, he’s either running or he’s spending a lot of money and energy giving Thom Tillis heartburn. Or maybe he’s just trying to show Tillis how it’s done....
Hacks and ideologues
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Aldona Wos just doesn’t get it. After taking heat for weeks for hiring campaign cronies with inflated salaries and offering sweetheart deals to old friends, she’s done it again. This time, she’s hired a lobbyist and...
