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Outfoxing the Tax-and-Spend Dog

Gary Pearce posted on May 24, 2006 21:26

Last week on this blog, Carter did that voodoo he does so well: attack tax-and-spend Democrats. His target was Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker &nb...

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Posted in: General, Raleigh , North Carolina - Democrats

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Bush makes Cheney Look Good

Gary Pearce posted on May 23, 2006 13:45

George Bush’s moral standards are as low as his poll ratings. Witness his gay-baiting politics. Do I sound like a typical carping little liber...

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Posted in: General, National Republicans

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Eye Exams and Video Poker

Carter Wrenn posted on May 23, 2006 13:41

You have to give Jim Black credit he doesn’t scare easy or at all. Earlier this year, Speaker Black, his optometrist allies and his video poker suppo...

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Posted in: General, North Carolina - Democrats

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The School Superintendent Speaks Out

Carter Wrenn posted on May 22, 2006 15:12

Wake County School Superintendent Bill McNeal told the News and Observer, (5/16/06) he could never recommend a measly $625 million School Bond. McNeal...

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Posted in: General, Raleigh

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Qaddafi Revisited

Carter Wrenn posted on May 22, 2006 15:11

Under Muammar Qaddafi, Libya bombed a West German discotheque and blew up a Pan Am jetliner over Lockerbie, Scotland and killed 270 people. In March, ...

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Quote of the Day

Gary Pearce posted on May 19, 2006 10:40

This is from Charles Sanders, chairman of the North Carolina Lottery Commission – and one of the most honest and capable people in North Carolina.&nbs...

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Posted in: General, North Carolina - Democrats

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A Few Statistics from the News and Observer’s School Bond Poll

Carter Wrenn posted on May 19, 2006 10:38

The News and Observer and WRAL-TV polled to find out if the taxpayers would support a $625 million school bond (with no tax increase), a $998 million ...

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Posted in: General, Raleigh

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Ethics In Its Mildest Form

Gary Pearce posted on May 18, 2006 17:38

Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives – both Democrats and Republicans – showed this week that they just don’t get it. They have no...

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Posted in: General, North Carolina - Democrats , North Carolina - Republicans

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Ethics Reform - House Style - Chapter 1

Carter Wrenn posted on May 18, 2006 17:35

I’ve not often had a kind word to say about Senate Democratic Majority Leader Tony Rand. I do today. It seems hard to believe but House Speaker Jim B...

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Posted in: General, North Carolina - Democrats

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Ethics Reform - House Style - Chapter 2

Carter Wrenn posted on May 18, 2006 17:33

Here’s the State House version of Ethics Reform: Members can take secretly ‘gifts’ of up to $500 from people seeking favorable legislation. They can t...

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