Mayor Meeker just stood City government on its head. For six years, he’s been on a spending spree, giving taxpayer subsidies to all types of corporations – hotels, restaurants and supermarkets. Now, suddenly, he’s stopped. Or, at least, he’s finally found one corporation he doesn’t want to subsidize. The Mayor and his bosom-buddy-allies on the…
Read MoreRichard Moore’s reaction to his Forbes hit was fast and aggressive. Beverly Perdue’s campaign needs to wake up. This was much like the Hillary-Obama exchange over David Geffen: an early look at which campaign is on its game and which isn’t. Coverage of the Forbes article clearly hurt Moore, the State Treasurer and would-be Governor.…
Read MoreIraq Contracts There is a silver lining report in every dark cloud – even electing a Democratic Congress. Federal investigators report $10 billion – and probably a lot more – has been squandered in Iraq on contractor overcharges, unsupported expenses and payments for work never done. The bottom line, they say, is no accountability and…
Read MoreWell, Mayor Meeker cracked the whip, twisted a few arms and the City Council snapped back into line and voted for his roundabouts. It even voted to spend twice as much as he asked for. “It’s a new day,” Meeker proclaimed, “for Hillsborough Street.” But just a few blocks away it’s not a new day.…
Read MoreHollywood director James Cameron (Titanic and Terminator) has discovered proof that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene and fathered a son – and you can watch it all on the Discovery Channel. Even the statistician who has proved beyond a scientific doubt that the ossuaries found in a tomb in Israel belong to Jesus, his…
Read MoreThe Democratsâ new poster boy for the pay-to-play scandals is State Treasurer Richard Moore. In a scalding exposé Forbes Magazine tells how Moore, who solely controls the stateâs $73 billion retirement fund, is bankrolling his campaign for Governor. Here’s a copy of the Forbes article. Mooreâs version of pay-to-play works like this: In effect he…
Read MoreRichard Moore is about to become the new “pay to play” poster boy in Raleigh’s campaign-finance scandal. And he was fingered by no less than Forbes magazine, the capitalist tool. Moore – who is North Carolina’s State Treasurer and a 2008 gubernatorial candidate – has raised over $700,000 from investment firms that handle the state’s…
Read MoreWhen Carter assessed Hillary and Obama last week, he identified a key factor in campaigns: the political skills of the candidates and the people around them. The first weeks have shown that Hillary – right now – has the best team when it comes to winning the weekly media wars. But it may not be…
Read MoreIt may be a sign of the apocalypse that the first real clash in the Democratic presidential race came not over Iraq or universal health care or taxes, but over a multi-million dollar Hollywood producer. Here’s a quick recap for those of you who were following the Anna Nicole Smith story instead: David Geffen, big-time…
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