by Thomas Mills | Dec 15, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
The Republican civil war in North Carolina is raging. Today, the conservative blog The Daily Haymaker is calling the John Locke Foundation leaders “RINOs” or Republicans In Name Only. That’s quite an insult to the oldest conservative think tank in the state. Over in...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 6, 2015 | Editor's Blog, NCGOP |
The Big Government Conservatives are at it again. This time, Senator Trudy Wade’s bill revamps the Greensboro City Council against the wishes of the city’s leaders. It was another naked power grab and more evidence of the GOP’s authoritarian instincts. This...
by Thomas Mills | May 22, 2015 | Budget, Editor's Blog, NCGOP |
The fight between the ideologues and pragmatists in the GOP is wide open. The current leader of the pragmatists is Speaker Tim Moore. Moore is a native North Carolinian who is the son of storekeepers. He knows the story of this state and the role education plays in...
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 Alexander H. Jones | Jan 9, 2015 | NC House, NC Politics |
I’m no Tim Moore expert, but some speculation about him strikes me as mistaken. By promising to focus on jobs, he has sown hopes among some that he’s a moderate. For now, I would be cautious about that assumption. Start with how he got nominated as...
GET UPDATES
Get the latest posts from PoliticsNC delivered right to your inbox!
You have Successfully Subscribed!