We had written here previously about a bill passed by the General Assembly designed to address the problem of homeless individuals congregating in center city areas and sleeping where businesses try to function and citizens need to feel safe. It does this by forbidding that cities allow this activity; and […]
Tag: Josh Stein
Gov. Josh Stein Fusses Over Reducing Income Taxes
Readers will recall that the NC General Assembly recently passed a measure to place on the ballot a constitutional amendment that would assure state income taxes never exceed 3.5%. Governor Josh Stein– a socialist– naturally doesn’t like the idea. Carolina Journal has the details: “It will not put any more […]
Gov. Stein Misleads Public On Electric Rates
The News and Record reports that Governor Stein has taken a stand on the matter of data centers causing electric rates to increase. He says that the data center companies need to foot the bill for creating the new capacity their facilities require. What does the “journalist” fail to report? […]
Cooper/ Stein Hurricane Response Inadequacy
A couple of recent articles highlight the poor response by Governors Cooper and Stein to the various hurricanes that have affected the state of North Carolina. Remember– hurricane relief is primarily a state responsibility, not federal. A Washington Examiner article (HT: Carolina Plott Hound) points out the extraordinary delays rebuilding […]
What Governor Josh Stein’s Wife Thinks Is Wonderful
The Christmas tree in the governor’s mansion has ornaments made by inmates from our state’s prisons. I guess the Stein’s “had” to have a Christmas tree: This year’s ornaments in the ballroom were created by incarcerated men and women and their children. Each ornament tells a unique story and serves […]
Governor Stein Subverts Federal Direction On Covid Vaccine
Readers might be aware that the federal HHS within the last few weeks issued a directive that the Covid vaccine could only be provided to certain groups of people with a doctor’s prescription. On Friday, Governor Stein ordered his State Health Director– a physician– to issue a standing order so […]
When The Data Contradicts The Political Signaling About NC Hospitals
One of the many items that the regional media/left complex has attempted to indoctrinate us to believe is that non-profit hospitals are somehow better than for-profit hospitals. We are supposed to believe that the non-profit hospitals are inherently virtuous whereas the for-profit hospitals are abjectly evil. We are to believe […]
NC Citizens Oppose Stein’s Veto Of The Transgender Bill
Stein is a cultural Marxist:
Governmental Hurricane Helene Relief: $220 Per Load of Laundry
It is unclear from this post whether it was a private contractor or a governmental agency that provided this service. But it was taxpayer funded regardless of who operated it. It is clear that some folks profited enormously from the misery of the people of western North Carolina. In addition, […]
Knocking The Luster Off Governor Josh Stein
It is almost axiomatic that Governor Josh Stein has largely escaped scrutiny from the regional media. However, there was an interesting episode in Raleigh this past week. A legislative hearing revealed that Stein awarded a huge contract for Hurricane Helene relief to a firm tightly connected with a political contributor: […]