by Alexander H. Jones | Feb 1, 2016 | 2016 Elections, NC Politics, NCGOP, NCGov |
In case you’ve forgotten, Ricky Diaz, then 24, received a $23,000 bonus along with a sweet gig at DHHS. His buddy did, too, with their respective compensation exceeding entry-level salaries on Wall Street. It struck a huge blow to the governor’s credibility. So Diaz...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 11, 2015 | Editor's Blog, NCGOP |
The last adult abandoned the clown car that is the North Carolina Republican Party. careening down the interstate with Chair Hasan Harnett driving and Ricky Diaz riding shotgun. The powerful operation that Tom Fetzer built and took the GOP to victory is now where...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 30, 2015 | Editor's Blog, NCGOP |
It looks like the clown car is rolling over at the NC GOP headquarters. Ricky Diaz is fighting the Moral Monday movement with as much snark and ridicule as he can muster and Chairman Hasan Harnett is trying to compare Hillary Clinton to the Ku Klux Klan. Moral Monday...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 15, 2015 | Civil Rights, Editor's Blog, Voting Rights |
If the North Carolina Republican party is attacking William Barber, then William Barber is winning. Barber’s not on the ballot and he’s not an officer of the North Carolina Democratic Party. He’s head of the North Carolina NAACP, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 9, 2014 | DHHS, Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
It’s 2014. Ricky Diaz leaving the Department of Health and Human Services is the least surprising story of the day. It was the obvious end to his tenure. Diaz is a campaign hack. He’s 24 years old. He was always going back to campaigns when the cycle heated up again....
GET UPDATES
Get the latest posts from PoliticsNC delivered right to your inbox!
You have Successfully Subscribed!