Posts by Carter Wrenn
Who’d Have Imagined It?
In 2008 while running for Governor, Bev Perdue said: Then, this year, she put a lobbyist in charge of health care, gave him the green light to spend $250 million to pass out no bid contracts (many to his former clients), then gave him her blessing to cut health care to thousands of…
Read MoreBurr at Year End
Back when Lauch Faircoth was running for Senate the first time ole’ Tom Ellis launched the campaign two years before the election and he had a good reason – the first time he took a poll and looked at the political chessboard what the pieces said back to him loud and clear was Lauch was…
Read MoreEat the Rabbits
Sometimes folks get so carried away with their passions they just go plain crazy – and I’m not talking about Tiger Woods. I’m talking about two Environmentalists at Victoria University. In addition to wrestling with the problem of trying to be open-minded instead of blinded by their passion to save the planet Environmentalists…
Read MoreRelatives and ‘Recusals:’ Democrat Style
Tony Rand is Chairman of Law Enforcement Associates, and when he got accused of insider trading he told shareholders there’d be an ‘independent’ investigation – then picked his buddy Lyndo Tippett (the former Secretary of Transportation) to lead the investigation. About the same time a lady in Florida was suing Rand’s company, saying it…
Read MoreFlim-Flam
You canât really fault the State Democratic Party Chairman for tying himself in knots to praise Governor Perdue â but, then, maybe you can. Or, maybe, we should fault whoever on Bev Perdueâs staff wrote David Youngâs latest email to voters. Chairman Young (or his ghostwriter) begins his lament by telling voters about all…
Read MoreHow to Get Out of a Mess
The state’s received a whopping $7.5 billion in ‘Stimulus Funds’ and a good part of it was to pay for Medicaid but, despite President Obama’s help, Secretary Lanier Cansler’s got a train wreck on his hands after he gave out $250 million in no bid contracts, a lot of them to his cronies and former…
Read MoreTony Rand and Integrity
Governor Perdue’s Parole Commissioner Tony Rand’s got plenty of troubles: He’s being investigated by the FBI and the Securities and Exchange Commission (and, maybe worst of all for a politician, an investigative reporter from the News and Observer) for what looks like a scheme he cooked up to have the state buy police equipment from…
Read MorePolls – Burr
Thereâs been a lot of back and forth about new polls in the Senate Race. For instance, The Civitas Institute poll has Senator Richard Burr up: · Richard Burr 40% · Elaine Marshall 32% · Undecided 28% Some folks are saying this is good news for Burr but it looks to me like the news…
Read MoreBack on the Front Page
I keep thinking sooner or later it will turn out there’s nothing to one of these scandals involving Mike Easley – but he’s back in hot water. According to the News and Observer here’s the prelude to Easley getting a $137,000 discount on a beach front lot: Easley’s aide Ruffin Poole 1) calls a…
Read MoreBack on the Front Page
I keep thinking sooner or later it will turn out there’s nothing to one of these scandals involving Mike Easley – but he’s back in hot water. According to the News and Observer here’s the prelude to Easley getting a $137,000 discount on a beach front lot: Easley’s aide Ruffin Poole 1) calls a…
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