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Demographics don’t accurately represent “diverse” NC in touted #MoralMonday poll

Posted by: ST on June 18, 2013 at 1:44 pm » 1 Comment

Raleigh news channel WRAL continues in its quest to “prove” that most participants in the left wing “Moral Mondays” protests are from North Carolina. This is a probability no one disputes but WRAL and other Raleigh-area media outlets continue to construct a false narrative (and then argue against it) about what the state GOP and [...]

 

#MoralMondays and Media Bias: A Match Made in Raleigh

Posted by: ST on June 17, 2013 at 9:30 am » 2 Comments

The steamed, er, esteemed Rev. William Barber (D-NC NAACP) officially kicked off “Moral Mondays” on April 29th, and as we get ready to head into our 7th Moral Monday march (there was no protest on May 27 due to the Memorial Day holiday) now is as good a time as any to provide a primer [...]

 

Respected local journalist: Are NC Democrats taking hyperbole too far?

Posted by: ST on June 6, 2013 at 9:52 pm » 6 Comments

The Greensboro News and Record’s Travis Fain is a respected journalist here in North Carolina who covers state and national government issues, and he wrote a great piece a couple of days ago questioning the heightened level of hyperbole and rhetoric that has been used by state Democrats and affiliated liberal special interest groups over the [...]

 

#NCPOL: Local “feminists” flip out over #NCGA’s employer conscience protection bill

Posted by: ST on May 16, 2013 at 10:27 am » 5 Comments

It’s sorta like the Sandra Fluke manufactured “controversy” over “access” to birth control mixing with the religious exemptions issue – except on a local scale, with narcissistic North Carolina “feminists” in the starring role(s).  Via the Raleigh News and Observer: RALEIGH — A bill allowing private employers to refuse to cover contraception in their health insurance plans [...]

 

Cronyism continued: Obama to name CLT Mayor Foxx to top transportation post

Posted by: ST on April 29, 2013 at 12:41 pm » 3 Comments

Via ABC News: President Obama will nominate Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx as the new Transportation secretary on Monday, a White House official said. Foxx, who has served as mayor of Charlotte since 2009, has overseen several major infrastructure initiatives in the city and rose to prominence after bringing the Democratic National Convention to Charlotte last [...]

 

Data from NC Elections Board shows voter ID critics vastly overstated numbers without ID

Posted by: ST on April 16, 2013 at 7:41 pm » 3 Comments

Bad news for Democrat politicos and their liberal activist allies using this particular scare tactic against NC residents (bolded emphasis added by me): RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – New data from the State Board of Elections show far fewer voters lack photo identification than critics of a voter ID bill suggest. The new information roughly halves [...]

 

Charlotte Mayor Foxx won’t seek re-election – will more Obama cronyism soon follow?

Posted by: ST on April 6, 2013 at 2:10 pm » 3 Comments

Charlotte’s Mayor and friend-of-Obama Anthony Foxx made a somewhat surprising announcement here yesterday that he would NOT be seeking re-election for Mayor this fall: After an early morning announcement that rocked Charlotte and raised more questions than answers, Mayor Anthony Foxx said he is leaving office at the end of the year to spend more [...]

 

NC House Speaker’s office: So-called “state religion” resolution “dead”

Posted by: ST on April 4, 2013 at 6:07 pm » 3 Comments

Via ABC11/WTVD: RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis’ office said Thursday that a resolution asserting North Carolina has the power to set an official state religion is dead, and won’t go any further. The resolution, filed by two Republicans from Rowan County, declared “each state is sovereign and may independently determine how the [...]

 

Clearing up confusion on the “NC wants to establish a state religion” nonsense

Posted by: ST on April 3, 2013 at 4:56 pm » 5 Comments

A brouhaha is erupting both in this state and nationwide over reports that the state of North Carolina wants to “establish a state religion” by way of a “bill” introduced in the state house. I’m hoping to clear up some confusion about this as our local Democrat-friendly mainstream media seems to want to throw misleading [...]

 

Charlotte Mayor & Obama pal @AnthonyFoxx being considered for transportation sec.?

Posted by: ST on March 20, 2013 at 8:17 pm » 1 Comment

The Charlotte Observer, citing reports from the Bloomberg News service, writes that Foxx is indeed in the running to replace out-going Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood: President Barack Obama is considering Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx for secretary of transportation, according to two people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday. Foxx declined to comment [...]