NC SPIN Posts by Chris Fitzsimon

DHHS a source of embarrassment

The hits just keep on coming from Health and Human Services Secretary Aldona Wos and her embattled department that has become a source of almost daily embarrassment for the McCrory Administration. The...    Read More

by Chris Fitzsimon   |   September 9, 2013

Brushing aside the governor, again

It now seems very likely that Republican lawmakers will ignore the wishes of Republican Governor Pat McCrory next week and vote to override his vetoes of two bills, one that would require drug testing...    Read More

by Chris Fitzsimon   |   August 31, 2013



Supporting teachers or blaming them

There are some very clear lines being drawn in the current education debate in North Carolina and the battle is not just about whether the General Assembly actually increased funding for education...    Read More

by Chris Fitzsimon   |   August 25, 2013





The fear of the truth on the Right

There are two things that the folks running the General Assembly and the moneyed interests behind them are petrified that people in North Carolina will realize about this legislative session. No, it...    Read More

by Chris Fitzsimon   |   July 31, 2013

Surveying the damage

It is likely to take a while to figure out everything that happened in the last few days at the General Assembly. Legislative leaders spent the last 48 hours literally making up new bills out of whole...    Read More

by Chris Fitzsimon   |   July 27, 2013


Slash, prevaricate, repeat

Governor Pat McCrory broke a campaign promise and told a whopper Tuesday as he signed a massive tax cut for corporations and millionaires that slashes billions in funding for state government. It was...    Read More

by Chris Fitzsimon   |   July 24, 2013