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Monthly Archives: February 2009

Rocky no more

It came into being on a dark night two years before the Civil War’s first gunshots, survived a flood that washed away its press and [...]
February 27, 2009 | Posted in: Media, Newspapering | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Leadership: A super rejects a pay raise

Don’t know the specifics of the system, but it shows some leadership to turn down a raise hard-wired into your contract. If the entire top [...]
February 27, 2009 | Posted in: Administration, Current Events, Policy | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Perhaps it was rope-a-dope

There’s the kind of unreal politics that happens in D.C. and the street level stuff that happens elsewhere. 11 competitive districts targeted. From the NYT: [...]
February 23, 2009 | Posted in: Politics | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

David Gregory is a creampuff

Good golly. What a seriously lame interviewer David Gregory is. Completely unchallenging on the stimulus. Jindal’s had a 20 to one sentence advantage. Oh, Crist [...]
February 22, 2009 | Posted in: Media | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

DC goof gas

It wasn’t so absurd then. Not absurd now.
February 17, 2009 | Posted in: Current Events | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Bill of the Day: Collective bargaining

Senator Shaw does the honors and introduces S178, which would repeal 95-98, which would clear the way for collective bargaining for state and local government [...]
February 17, 2009 | Posted in: Economy, Legislation | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Oh noes! NC has the lowest business tax burden in the country.

Those commies over at Ernst & Young have put the state — yes, this one here — at the bottom of the list in terms [...]
February 13, 2009 | Posted in: Economy, Legislation | Tags: , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Bill of the Day: Disapprove Jordan Lake Rules

HB3 wins the honors today for the audacity of nope. The bill would “disapprove” the Jordan Lake rules, which will require serious changes in stormwater [...]
February 10, 2009 | Posted in: Environment, Legislation | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink