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New Life for 'Pay to Play'?

Carter Wrenn posted on July 05, 2006 13:48

Republicans are hoping the ‘pay to play’ scandals swirling around Speaker Jim Black will help them retake control of the State House this fall. So it ...

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Posted in: General, North Carolina - Republicans

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Flags and Whipping Boys for the 4th

Gary Pearce posted on July 04, 2006 16:07

Here are two appropriate topics for my Fourth of July post: flag-burning and The New York Times. The two have this in common: They are the Republican...

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Posted in: General, National Republicans

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Maintenance

Carter Wrenn posted on July 04, 2006 16:04

The News and Observer reports the maintenance for the RBC Center is going to cost $60 million over the next 16 years (6/27/06). Who can argue with th...

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Posted in: General, Raleigh

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John Edwards to Democrats: You Need Backbone

Carter Wrenn posted on July 03, 2006 13:56

John Edwards is telling Democrats they need backbone. Mr. Edwards is also running for President on the courageous platform of eliminating poverty. He ...

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Posted in: General, National Democrats

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Up! Up! Up!

Carter Wrenn posted on July 03, 2006 13:54

The State Senate’s budget increases government spending a whopping 9.4%. But it turns out the Senators are the ones holding the line. The Governor wa...

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Posted in: General, North Carolina - Democrats

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A Touch of Hypocrisy?

Carter Wrenn posted on June 30, 2006 12:41

Four big waste management corporations – three from out of state – want to put waste dumps of the Mount Everest variety in eastern North Carolina. The...

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Buck Up, Brad

Gary Pearce posted on June 30, 2006 12:37

This is a piece of advice that I hope finds its way to my Congressman, Brad Miller. Brad, Americans love happy warriors. Think Roosevelt,...

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Posted in: General, North Carolina - Democrats

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Pandemic of New Taxes Breaks Out in Raleigh

Carter Wrenn posted on June 29, 2006 09:56

Last week there was an outbreak of new taxes in Wake County. Both the Raleigh City Council and the County Commissioners voted to hike taxes the same d...

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Ralph Reed's Moral Money

Gary Pearce posted on June 28, 2006 14:58

I remember Ralph Reed as a baby-faced, holier-than-thou aide to Jesse Helms in the 1984 Hunt-Helms Senate race. Reed went on to run Pat Robertso...

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'Cooling Off'

Carter Wrenn posted on June 27, 2006 14:12

A few days ago the state threatened to fire the company – computer giant ACS – it gave the biggest state contract (installing a new Medicaid claims sy...

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