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NC House 24: Jean Farmer-Butterfield Tapped for Legislative Assignments

Jean Farmer-Butterfield, who serves Pitt and Wilson counties, will serve as the vice chair on the Health Committee during the 2015 NCGA legislative session. She has also been selected by the Dem Caucus, along with Rep. Verla Insko, to serve in a leadership role on health and human services issues. Farmer-Butterfield serves this 2015 session…

January 31, 2015
Why Thom Tillis, Pat McCrory and Art Pope worry about Moral Monday

I’ve always been a little incredulous as to why some NC GOP leaders were worried about Moral Monday—especially Art Pope who has made efforts to discredit the movement. At last Monday’s event, I snapped some video and when I was editing it…it hit me like a ton of bricks why they are so worried. And,…

June 7, 2014
NC GOP Hired Gun Shows Up At Moral Monday. Dallas Woodhouse with Carolina Raising answers a few questions as Rev William Barber Speaks

Raleigh, NC—On Monday, June 2, 2014 Dallas Woodhouse showed up at the Moral Monday event to promote his response to the Forward Together movement. He has formed “Carolina Raising” to promote fracking and the NC GOP agenda—his catchphrase is “Sunny Mondays.” I caught up with Dallas on Monday and asked him a few questions, here’s…

June 5, 2014
The tea party in NC: taxing North Carolina with both hands, the chemicals used in FRAC and how social media handled the news

Raleigh, NC—it amazes me how much and how often history has a way of repeating itself. If you tell a lie big enough, and if you tell it long enough, people will begin to believe. The tea party led Republicans certainly know this to be true. For the last four years, Republicans have campaigned on…

May 30, 2014
The Case for Marshall Adame in North Carolina’s 3rd Congressional Race. Marshall Adame (D) v. Walter Jones (R)

It’s time to remodel the house! updated 18:20pm on 5/21/2014 Greenville—NC when Congressman Walter Jones won the Republican Party primary against Taylor Griffin— talk show host Rush Limbaugh called it a victory for the tea party. Pat Buchanan said Walter Jones was a principled peace conservative. But frankly, I have no idea what a principled…

May 21, 2014
NC District 24–The Lawmaker v. The Lawbreaker

Greenville, NC–Voters in the North Carolina House district 24 will make a stand in the May 6th primary: will they reelect a veteran lawmaker and former majority whip or will they chose a convicted and habitual DWI offender–who spent over two months in jail–lost his law licence for a year–and, by some accounts, doesn’t even…

May 4, 2014
North Carolina Filing Period Ends Today—Who’s running: A Tea Party Democrat and a DWI Convicted Lawyer

Greenville—NC Today at 12 noon the filing period to run for a political office in NC ends. Well, that may end the filing period, but it signals the start of the campaign season. An interesting season it will be, by the way: a mix of all sorts—in all parties—will be running for various offices and…

February 28, 2014
NC Voting laws: 5 Big Changes Voters Need To Know Before May 6th Primary

Changes in the North Carolina voting laws came into effect at the beginning of 2014, but there is much more to the issue than voter ID. The actual bill, House Bill 589 is here. It’s about 50 pages so I hope you’re sitting down and in a comfy chair. So, let’s take the time to…

January 21, 2014
TO FRACK OR NOT TO FRACK IN NORTH CAROLINA

Be advised: this particular blog post contains language some followers may find objectionable. Discretion is advised. (Now, doesn’t that make you want to click that much faster? Tantalizing isn’t it?) This isn’t an article about the pros and cons of fracking in North Carolina. For the most part it’s a done deal; fracking will happen…

January 1, 2014
Even If NC GOP Policies Could Work They’re Putting The Cart Before The Horse. We Just Don’t Have Enough Jobs.

Let’s call it what it is: The GOP and those that voted the Republicans in office think that too many people are sitting around collecting unemployment checks and just don’t want to get a job. They’re sick and tired of watching people abuse the system with taxpayer money. The NC GOP may think they have…

February 6, 2013