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Governor Liability

by Alexander H. Jones | Aug 21, 2014 | NCGov

Did I call Pat McCrory irrelevant? My mistake. Whether deliberate or not, the governor’s latest hijinks have proven this fellow can muck just about anything up. From a purely political asset, he has evolved into a purely political liability. In the GOP’s drive to...

For McCrory, a little transparency a long time ago would have gone a long way

by Thomas Mills | Aug 15, 2014 | Editor's Blog, Ethics, NCGov | 6 comments

There goes Pat McCrory, showing off his thin skin and fighting with the media again. When is he going to learn that the best way to kill a story is to down play it, not escalate it? Now, he’s dragging it out for another day and making me write about it again. ...

Pat McGeddings

by Thomas Mills | Aug 14, 2014 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGov | 5 comments

Remember Kevin Geddings? No? Well, Kevin Geddings was the former political consultant who went to prison in 2006 for failing to disclose earnings on an ethics form. When Geddings was appointed by former Speaker Jim Black to the newly created lottery commission, he...

Duke Energy and regulatory capture

by Alexander H. Jones | Jul 7, 2014 | Environment, NC Politics

Through regulatory capture, big donations, and officeholders’ fears of looking “anti-business,” corporations have gotten away with murder for decades. I say enough. It’s time to make big business serve society, not the other way around, and coal-ash cleanup is the...

The cost of loyalty

by Matt Phillippi | Apr 24, 2014 | Environment, Features, NC Politics, NCGov

Governor Pat McCrory’s ties to Duke Energy are well known here in North Carolina. McCrory worked for Duke for nearly 30 years before becoming governor, but a recent study by the National Institute on Money in State Politics show how deep the utility company’s...