Tax Reform a Good Compromise
The tax reform package is a good compromise and a good first step in overhauling the out-dated tax code in North Carolina. It is very easy and popular to promise tax reform on the campaign trail... Read More
NC Spin Articles
2013 Tax Reform - Before and After
Well, they did what previous General Assemblies and governors have tried for decades and have never been able to do until now – reform North Carolina’s outdated, cumbersome and complicated tax... Read More
Claude Pope thanks New York Times for their Wisdom
From Under the Dome, July 15, 2013. State GOP Chairman Claude Pope has submitted an open letter responding to The New York Times editorial which expressed anguish about North Carolina's decline as a... Read More
50 Years of Democrats
This week, one of my Tea Partier tro…um, “friends” on Facebook asked me, “What good has the Democratic Party done for North Carolina in the past fifty years?” I ignored his question because... Read More
How North Carolina Became the Wisconsin of 2013
With a Republican takeover of state government and weekly protests in Raleigh, the Tar Heel State is the front line in America's partisan battle. Nowhere is the battle between liberal and conservative... Read More
The evolution of Mayor Pat
On a Charlotte radio station last week, I was asked what in the world has happened to Mayor Pat since he moved to Raleigh six months ago. My answer is that nothing has happened. Gov. McCrory and Mayor... Read More
Legislative Flash Mobs Need Creativity
Over the past two years some of my friends have sent me emails containing videos of "Flash Mobs" around the world. These events appear to be spontaneous but actually are carefully planned by a few... Read More
McCrory Responds to the NY Times
Re “The Decline of North Carolina” (editorial, July 10): The North Carolina I’m leading today is on a powerful comeback. After just six months of problem-solving leadership and making the tough... Read More
North Carolina as the new Wisconsin
North Carolina, a state traditionally associated with Southern hospitality, college basketball and barbeque, is bucking its genteel reputation this summer as state politics reach fever pitch... Read More
Legislature Keeps On Rolling Back Bad Laws
News flash from the Left: The new legislative leadership is rolling back years of laws made under the old leadership. This is a surprise? Were these folks not paying attention during the election when... Read More
