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NEWS & COMMENTARY
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Speaker Tillis facing a revolt among the troops

House Speaker Thom Tillis is under siege. We have been reporting here that we continue to pick up rumors on Jones Street and from Administration operatives that there is a broad and deep resentment growing against Tillis' high-handed method of operating....more >>
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What is the Sheriff trying to hide?

Why would the Sheriff not want the public to see those deplorable conditions he claims are present in the current jail? The law requires that every year the local Grand Jury inspect all county jails and file a report on the conditions they find. That inspection took place in Beaufort County recently. Sheriff Jordan and Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermons refused to allow the Commissioners to accompany the Grand Jury....more >>
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Obama henchwoman to plead the 5th

NBC News is reporting:
A top IRS official scheduled to testify Wednesday before the House Oversight committee has notified Congress that she will invoke the Fifth Amendment and refuse to answer questions....more >>
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Daily Haymaker

The more things change, the more they stay the same

The more things change the more they stay the same. Or so it would seem in the NC House of Representatives under the current GOP Leadership. Brant Clifton says "Seems like ole times....more >>
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The Law of Unintended Consequences and environmentalists

Have you ever noticed that while liberals often mean well, they simply have not come to grips with reality? The Law of Unintended Consequences wreaks havoc with much of what passes as "environmentalism....more >>
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The School Board has its work cut out for it

The Beaufort County Board of Commissioners heard a report at their regular monthly meeting on May 6, 2013 that was a devastating indictment of the poor planning the former Superintendent (Jeff Moss), the previous School Board, the former County Manager (Paul Spruill) and the Gang of Five (Jerry Langley, Robert Cayton, Ed Booth, Jay McRoy and Al Klemm) have wrecked on the taxpayers of Beaufort County and the school children for a generation....more >>
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IRS union in bed with Kay Hagan and Obama

CNSNews is reporting:
The head of the National Treasury Employee Union (NTEU), which represents employees of the Internal Revenue Service, met with President Barack Obama in the White House one day before the manager of the IRS's "Technical Unit" suggested establishing a "Sensitive Case Report" for the tax-exempt status applications of Tea Party groups, according to data from the official White House visitor log and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration....more >>
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Obama AWOL on the night of Benghazi

Susan Jones, writing for CNSNews is reporting: President Obama "was kept up to date" on the terror attack in Benghazi "throughout the entire night, from the moment it started until the very end," the president's senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer told "Fox News Sunday....more >>
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Massive tornado hits elementary school. At least 24 children dead.

CBS Houston is reporting: A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph....more >>
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Liberty University 1, Johnston County Schools 0

We've already said we think the Johnston County Board of Education was wrong in the Cole Withrow case of a student who had a weapon (shotgun) locked in his truck on school campus. But fortunately some educators still have some common sense. Liberty University Chancellor Jerry Falwell, Jr. is one of them. Thank you Lord....more >>
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Conservative Republicans sweep Virginia convention

In what some believe/hope will be a harbinger of things to come in Charlotte when the NC GOP Convention convenes in two weeks, Saturday saw a conservative sweep in the Virginia Republican convention....more >>
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S 648 would make it a crime for a whistleblower to report illegal activity of an employer

Juxtapose these two stories and you learn why some bills introduced in the Legislature with fine sounding titles are actually a bad idea....more >>
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Raleigh developer has plans to develop the Moss Landing site

At this month's Washington City Council meeting the council heard a report on the proposed development of the remaining acreage known locally as the Moss Planing Mill site. Raleigh developer Jim Wiley, President of Beacon Street, made a presentation which you can review in the video below: