Stepping on toes or tripping over his own feet?
Veto defeats, tax cut proposal punctuate another lousy week for the Governor Last Wednesday, in a column entitled “McCrory’s defining moments,” Chris Fitzsimon rightfully pointed out that... Read More
NC SPIN Posts by Rob Schofield
Why stop with secret budget negotiations?
The email chain you wouldn’t be surprised to see on Jones Street From: Gipper-HUACin2017@NCGOP.com (McCarthy, Reagan – Senate majority staff) Sent: Friday, June 5, 2015 11:59 p.m. To: BigBobDDS... Read More
Grades for a roller-coaster week in Raleigh
Well, that was quite an up and down week in the North Carolina public policy arena. One minute, caring and thinking people were feeling encouraged and hopeful that common sense and relative moderation... Read More
Despite the "April surprise," NC's fiscal fundamentals remain grim
There’s been a great deal of back and forth inside the Raleigh beltline in recent days about the state revenue surplus that state leaders announced last week. To the hardliners on the Right, the... Read More
The slumlord approach to government
Understanding McCrory’s destructive unemployment insurance system “fix” State political leaders held a self-congratulatory press conference on Tuesday at which they took credit for the earlier... Read More
Threatening consumers with court system spam
Why thousands of average citizens could get dragged into court by controversial “debt buying” legislation If you thought that the ignominy of being sued for “bad debt” and all the fun things... Read More
Who asked for this?
Lawmakers disregard public opinion and the common good with anti-consumer bills The process of crafting new laws in a state legislature can be a mysterious and confusing process a lot of the time... Read More
Twelve lousy ideas
The worst proposals thus far in the 2015 legislative session North Carolina lawmakers treated themselves and everyone else to a spring break this week. Committee meetings and floor votes were... Read More
The growing momentum for tuition equity
Why forces opposed to helping immigrant kids find themselves increasingly isolated The recent and encouraging national progress in resisting efforts to discriminate against LGBT Americans feels very... Read More
Tracing the right-wing family tree
Names have changed, but the ideas driving the NC conservative movement are distressingly familiar Professor Gene Nichol, the outspoken UNC Chapel Hill Law School professor and anti-poverty warrior who... Read More
