The Governor has no clothes
North Carolina Republicans are in trouble. Not only because of what they’ve done but because they’ve lost any sense of objectivity. They started believing their own talking points and dismiss any critics, even from their own party. It’s a common affliction among...
School safety
School started again and with it came the reams of paperwork that explains all the workings of an elementary school. There’s the emergency contact form. There’s the early release procedure in case of inclement weather or other problems. There are departure and arrival...
The Goolsby tax
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...
Losing the argument
General Colin Powell, a Republican, came to North Carolina and said what most of the state and nation believes. “I want to see policies that encourage every American to vote, not make it more difficult to vote." Then, he took down the GOP's main talking point, "You...
Excuses, excuses
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...
In the bunker
So, here’s where we stand in the latest McCrory administration debacle. Last week, Sarah Ovaska of N. C. Policy Watch discovered that two campaign hacks working at the Department of Health and Human Services, both two years out of college and with no government...
Thanks, Ellie. Lead on.
I saw my friend, former senator and long-time client, Ellie Kinnaird, on The Rachel Maddow Show last night. She resigned from the North Carolina senate to work to ensure everyone has a voter ID. Maddow implied that Ellie left the senate to protest GOP policies. There...
The Republican gamble
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...
Wos, you’re out! Or should be.
If WRAL’s report about raises at the Department of Health and Human Services is true, that should be strike three for Secretary Aldona Wos. According to a report by Laura Leslie, 280 employees of the Department received raises totaling $1.7 million after Governor Pat...
Breaking badly
Pat McCrory sure isn’t getting his money’s worth out of all those political hacks he’s hired. They’re on staff to shape the message, protect the governor and convey his vision to the people of North Carolina. Instead, they’ve left their boss swinging in the wind while...
