Showing posts with label Wake County. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wake County. Show all posts
Friday, March 20, 2026

Splitsville in the Democratic Party?

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  Wesley Knott     The dyspepsia in the Democratic Party is generational. I see the rising tide of younger, sharper, more confrontational ca...
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Wednesday, February 12, 2020

The Elections of March: Democratic Primary in NCH33

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Reading The Indy Week's endorsements in Wake County races for the NC Senate and House has caused me to take a closer look at the Democ...
Saturday, November 10, 2018

The North Carolina "Seven": New Black Sheriffs Elected Last Tuesday

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Paula Dance, Pitt County Paula Dance , Pitt County, became the first African-American female sheriff in the state of North Carolina an...
Monday, August 06, 2018

What the State Board of Elections Did Yesterday

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Stacy C "Four" Eggers, member NCSBE, voted "no" on every early voting plan except two. Photo Lonnie Webster At a ra...
Saturday, September 03, 2016

Little Watauga, Running With the Big Dogs

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Hattip to Gerry Cohen, who keeps up with this stuff: New voter registrations in various NC counties the past month (generally Aug 3 - ...
Saturday, July 02, 2016

The NC General Assembly Has Gone Home, Thank the Good Lord!

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They adjourned sine die last night. Here's what they didn't do: 1. They didn't redistrict city commish races in Asheville, ...
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Friday, July 01, 2016

BREAKING NEWS: 4th Circuit Rules Redistricting of Wake Co Commish Unconstitutional

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You may be forgiven for not remembering -- who can keep up with the power-trip nuttery coming out of Raleigh? -- that the Republicans in t...
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Friday, April 10, 2015

Lawsuit Over Gerrymandering of Wake County Commissioner Districts

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The Republicans in the General Assembly jammed through their rewriting of Wake County commissioner elections last week -- a naked power grab...
Thursday, March 19, 2015

This Week in "Eff You!" Government

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Yes, the honorables convened in Raleigh right now are still pursuing what we've come to think of as "eff you" government ......
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Thursday, March 05, 2015

GOP Lost Wake County in 2014. Their Outrageous Plan To Get It Back

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Chad Barefoot Trudy Wade-ism is now coming to Wake County. To recap, Guildford County Republican Senator Trudy Wade recently introduc...
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Thursday, November 06, 2014

That Was Not Our Last Calf-Roping

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That was not our first rodeo. Won't be our last, either. We know the taste of arena-floor dirt. Improves your perspective and adds nutr...
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Monday, September 15, 2014

Another, Higher Court Finds Moral Monday Arrest Unconstitutional

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Judge Donald Stephens, the chief resident Superior Court judge of Wake County, has now joined two lower Wake County District Court judges in...
Friday, April 18, 2014

Two Ways NC Republicans Are Hurting Our Citizens

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1. Failure to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, which would have cost the state nothing for the first two years and only 10% ...
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Saturday, July 21, 2012

The Attack on Early Voting in North Carolina

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Conservatives don't like Early Voting, and their hand-maidens in the North Carolina Republican Party are doing what they can to curtai...
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Tuesday, December 08, 2009

How the Republicans Play in Wake County

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The Republican take-over of the Wake County school board has already been chronicled . Now add the Wake County Commission, where one Democra...