by Alexander H. Jones | Nov 17, 2016 | Environment, NC Politics, NCGov, North Carolina |
Barring a coup d’etat, Roy Cooper has ejected Pat McCrory from the governor’s mansion. McCrory can spend the rest of his working life as a Duke Energy lobbyist. Which brings us to the topic of this post. One of Cooper’s top tasks will be to reverse his predecessor’s...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 2, 2015 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGov |
Pat McCrory released a re-election video yesterday and it opens with an interesting story. He says that one of the hardest days of his life was when he had to tell his wife that he had lost his job. It’s a slow deliberate statement accompanied by dramatic music. It’s...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 20, 2015 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
Contrary to what many, if not most voters believe, most people enter elected office with the intention of doing good. They genuinely want to make a difference in how government works and serves the citizens. And most never change. They serve their terms and then...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 13, 2015 | Editor's Blog, NCGov |
Uh, oh. Somebody’s lying again. According to an ethics complaint filed by ProgressNC Action, a company called McCrory and Company listed Gov. Pat McCrory as a partner on its website. In addition, in filings with the Securities Exchange Commission, Tree.com and...
by Seth Effron | Oct 12, 2014 | Gay Marriage, NC Politics |
In the wake of Friday’s court action to strike down as unconstitutional, North Carolina’s ban on same-sex marriage, those who don’t like it have focused on the U.S. district court judge who issued the order — Max Cogburn of Asheville. “It nationalizes the...
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