Don’t make the hookah bar owners angry. You won’t like them when they’re angry.
On Jan. 2, a law extinguishing smoking in bars and restaurants statewide takes effect. There are a few exceptions, but none for bars that offer hookahs, the water pipes for smoking fruit-flavored tobacco that originated in the [...]
While the Republicans are having their own caged death match to win the 8th district nomination, it’s possible that an even bloodier contest could take place on the Democrat side:
Some 8th District Democrats are courting a potential challenger to U.S. Rep. Larry Kissell, a sign of their continued frustration over [...]
Gov. Bev Perdue is taking flak over an annual holiday party for the inmates who work at the Executive Mansion.
WTVD-TV first reported that Perdue appeared at a holiday party at the mansion in which a group of 18-20 inmates, some convicted of murder, were in attendance.
“The trustees who work with [...]
I’ve sorted through your comments and your emails and now I’m pleased to present your nominees. I’m changing the rules a bit from last year, so as you look over this fine list of the best the Carolinas has to offer, keep this in mind:
-You may now vote for THREE [...]
Secretary of State Elaine Marshall has picked up the endorsement of two national women’s organization’s in her bid to win the May Democratic Senate primary.
She has been endorsed by the National Organization for Women and the Women’s Campaign Forum, Rob Christensen reports.
The group’s national affiliate, the National Women’s Political Caucus, [...]
State Treasurer Janet Cowell told her employees in March, about two months after she’d been sworn in, that they and future employees couldn’t do business with or lobby the treasurer’s office for a year after they’d left their jobs.
Asked in August about the new policy and which employees had gone [...]
The owner of a Chapel Hill hookah bar says he will defy the state’s new smoking ban that has ensnared his business but exempted other types of smoking establishments. Adam Bliss, owner of Hookah Bliss, believes the ban is discriminatory. He will continue to sell hookahs and alcohol beginning Jan. [...]
Who’s the biggest Jackass of 2009? Respond to this post or email me at press7forceltic@carolinapoliticsonline.com with your nominations. Nominate as many people as you want!
LAST DAY FOR NOMINATIONS!!!
[...]North Carolina’s high unemployment rate has stuck the state with $1.4 billion in debt - money that officials don’t know how they’ll pay back.
It gets worse. The debt is still rising.
The problem is that with about one-half million people out of work, the state has more unemployment claims than it [...]
President Barack Obama late Monday nominated Charlotte lawyer Thomas G. Walker to replace U.S. Attorney George Holding, who has spent months overseeing federal probes of two of the state’s most prominent Democrats: two-time presidential candidate John Edwards and former Gov. Mike Easley.
Walker, 45, has worked at Alston & Bird since [...]
Remember when Tony Rand unexpectedly stepped down as Senate Majority Leader? Remember when Bane, myself, and many other pundits called ‘bullshit’ on his explanation that he just wanted to move on? Remember when we said that there must be something out there that he doesn’t want exposed?
Ahem…
New information developed by [...]
It’s Christmas season once again! How do you know? Well, you’re shoving Thanksgiving leftovers into your refrigerator, untangling Christmas lights, wondering where you’re going to put your tree, and asked to decide which of 2009’s large collection of losers and assholes is the biggest, baddest, most obnoxious of them all- the [...]
Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Peter Gorman plunged into one of the most contentious topics in public education last month by announcing his intention to begin basing teacher pay on effectiveness in the classroom, rather than on experience and academic degrees. But if experience is any guide, he’ll face plenty of [...]
N.C. Rep. Nick Mackey pleaded guilty Tuesday to contempt of court for his failure to show up for a December 2007 trial of a client.
The judge didn’t impose a jail sentence or fine. Instead, he entered a prayer for judgment continued and ordered Mackey to pay $262.50 in court costs. [...]
Martin Nesbitt isn’t known for toeing the party line. Over nearly three decades in the House and Senate, he has been a loyal lieutenant of some Democratic leaders and a thorn in the side of others.
But in his new job, the Asheville senator will try to keep 30 Senate Democrats [...]
A federal district court magistrate judge has recommended that the federal court for the Middle District of North Carolina bar Forsyth County from allowing prayers with sectarian content before meetings of the board of county commissioners.
The county has a policy that allows clergy from any religious group to volunteer to [...]
If this doesn’t get your blood boiling…
The challenge ahead for conservatives is to tap into this clear support for freedom by illustrating what happens to real people when their lives and dreams get in the way of government tentacles that stifle personal and professional liberty.
That brings me to Adam Bliss, [...]
Town officials pressured David Bowden on Thursday, saying they will levy fines against the Cary man if he doesn’t remove or tone down a bright protest sign painted in huge, orange letters on the front of his house.
He has seven days.
In a statement, town officials say attempts to negotiate with [...]
Entertainer Clay Aiken is calling the newly elected Wake County school board members “selfish idiots” and says he hopes the public can get rid of them before they “ruin the school system.”
This fall, four school board members were elected to office to help form a new majority that backs neighborhood [...]
The mayor and two members of the City Council were ousted in landslide elections Tuesday, and observers said the voters reflect local residents’ frustrations over the music theater the council brought to town a few years ago.
Voters made their feelings clear Tuesday, electing Emery Doughtie mayor over Beale by a [...]
President Barack Obama today nominated two state judges from North Carolina to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, taking a big step toward filling vacancies on the depleted appellate court.
One nominee, Judge James Wynn Jr. of the N.C. Court of Appeals, was also a choice of President [...]
Charlotte may have taken a left turn last night, but Greensboro went the other direction and elected a fiscally conservative newcomer.
First-time mayoral candidate Bill Knight ousted incumbent Yvonne Johnson in Tuesday’s City Council election.
The victory is the first by a challenger over an incumbent mayor since voters began electing the [...]
Contrary to popular belief, not all the Wake Co. School Board races were decided on Oct. 6th. Three of them were, but the fourth, covering the 2nd District in Southern Wake, will be decided on Tuesday because no candidate got a majority of the votes during the Oct. 6th election.
And [...]
(Insert Dragnet theme here)
Dum de-dum-dum. Dum de-dum-dum-dummmmm…
Years ago, the State Board of Elections enjoyed a public image of a humdrum vote counter and ballot inspector. But in the past decade, the board has taken the role of dogged investigator that has helped put crooked politicians behind bars.
There’s no telling what, [...]
A political tip: If you’re going to send something to the governor’s office, you better know what’s in it.
Senate Republican Leader Phil Berger showed off a wheelbarrow full of “Conservative Voter Surveys” Tuesday that he said reflected lots of anger and frustration with Democrats.
We’re guessing Berger never imagined the governor’s [...]
Hendersonville mayor Greg Newman (R) has said that he will run for congress against Rep. Heath Shuler (D) in N.C.’s western-most house seat. Newman was elected mayor in 2005, and before that he was a local lawyer and prosecutor.
“What I think I’m going to have to do to be successful [...]
At a gathering Saturday morning of 30 Democratic Party leaders from the 41st House district in western Wake County, Heagarty, former director of the N.C. Center for Voter Education, was elected to replace former Rep. Ty Harrell.
Heagarty, 39, was selected from six candidates. The other five vowed to support him [...]From the Desk of Press 7 for Celtic
Re: We need to talk…
Dear N&O,
We need to talk.
You’ve probably noticed that we haven’t gotten along very well lately. There’s been a lot of arguing. I know you’ve been trying to communicate with me, but I admit it- I’ve started ignoring you. It’s [...]
State Alcohol Law Enforcement agents seized 929 gallons of moonshine Wednesday and arrested a Wilkesboro man, authorities said Friday.
“This is one of the biggest seizures of white liquor I’ve seen come out of the mountains in my career,” ALE Director John Ledford said in statement.
Damn, so much for that [...]
According to House Bill 1005, “An Act to Allow the Department of Transportation to Participate in Funding Fixed Rail Projects That Do Not Include Federal Funds,” the state has now put it in writing that they are going to get funding for (light rail) one way or another. [...]
The nanny-staters are at it again with HB 1384 - Shopping Carts/Prevent Exposure to Germs. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Earl Jones (D – Guilford), would “encourage” retail outlets that offer customers shopping carts to make free sanitation wipes available near the store entrance.
The purpose of the [...]
The General Assembly has mercifully gone home, but Civitas is still plunging the depths to dredge up bad bills:
Just when you thought you saw all superfluous spending from this year’s legislature, HB 197 floats to the surface. Introduced by Reps. McLawhorn (D-Pitt), E. Warren (D-Pitt), Tucker (D-Duplin) and [...]
(Thanks to Logic Connection for also catching this) Representative David Price will appear at a town hall in Durham tomorrow evening, Thursday, August 13 at 6:45pm. (Doors open [...]
Civitas explains how N.C. will boldly spend your money where no money has been spent before:
Once again a bill is attempting to disguise “pork barrel” spending as “job creation” except this bill is way out there in more than the usual way. House Bill 1623 – NCA&T McNair [...]
Bane and I have spoken before about the sad saga of N.C. Hookah Bar owners. Thanks to friendly neighborhood thug Hugh Holliman and his merry band of fascists, these private business of owners will have to close or convert their smoke bars because of the property-rights killing anti-smoking bill.
The smoking ban will [...]
Put two more in the “Power Corrupts” file.
First, it’s our old friend Nick Mackey:
The N.C. State Bar has accused state Rep. Nick Mackey of “criminal acts” for failing to file state and federal income tax returns.
The charges are part of a wide-ranging complaint that could lead to the Charlotte Democrat’s suspension [...]
Are you feeling surprisingly spritely today? Happier than usual? Livelier than normal?
You must live in Raleigh.
THE ONE has arrived in our fair city to impart his divine wisdom on us peons. As I type this, the Dali Bama is not 20 miles away from me, and I can feel his [...]
Your Bojangles’ chicken biscuit costs a little more these days. So does the sweet tea.
If it makes it easier to swallow, the prices have risen because the people behind the counter are getting paid a little more.
Starting today, the federal minimum wage goes up. That means employers must pay workers [...]
In my wildest drug fueled hallucinations I never thought I’d write a headline like that. Neal Boortz is a libertarian talk show host who celebrates freedom and limited government. Raleigh City Councilman Thomas Crowder is some wacko liberal who loves big government and wants to ban garbage disposals.
In response to [...]
Details are sketchy, but it appears as if the FBI, in coordination with local police officials, have arrested 7 people suspected of operating a Muslim terror cell in Willow Springs, N.C. The arrests took place Monday afternoon.
The seven are charged with conspiring to provide support to terrorists, as well as commit terror acts [...]
Last week, I’m sure many of our readers opened their mailboxes and got a nice little “howdy” from new NCGOP Chairman Tom Fetzer. The state party sent out a survey to gauge our opinion on such pressing and controversial matters as “Do you support job-killing tax hikes proposed by the [...]
Our friends at Under the Dome put together a very instructive timeline on Bev Perdue’s shifting tax positions:
October 2008 — Perdue, as a candidate for governor. “I don’t believe you can raise taxes in an economy with folks struggling the way they are.”
March 17, 2009 — Proposes [...]
Here’s a wonderful little doodle by liberal hack Jeff Danziger. Remember kids, as long as you can draw and be liberal, it doesn’t matter how much of a mean-spirited, hateful, spiteful, and otherwise untalented little twit you are. Ain’t America great?
“Metaphorically”? So, Danziger is depicting a U.S. [...]
A plan to increase the income tax of all North Carolina taxpayers is apparently dead.
After Gov. Beverly Perdue upended budget deliberations by fellow Democrats in the legislature, however, virtually everything else about a solution to the budget deficit is back up for grabs.
Perdue, hinting at a veto, said she told [...]
The state must repay about $300 million to the federal government for overbilling Medicaid.
Starting last November, public hospital Medicaid payments were improperly billed to the federal government rather than to a state account, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services.
The state has agreed to repay $200 million [...]
The N.C. House voted yesterday for a slew of changes to the state’s contentious, 50-year-old annexation law, which gives cities wide latitude to take in new residents and force them to pay municipal taxes and fees.
Residents have long argued that the law is unfair and is frequently abused by cities.
But [...]
Civitas gets to the meat of the matter:
With the introduction of SB 460 by Sen. Don Davis (D-Greene), (Identical Bill HB 460 by Representatives Jeffus(D- Guilford); Dickson (D- Cumberland); Harrison (D- Guilford)) yet another branch of the extremist animal rights movement has surfaced in North Carolina.
While the Humane Society of [...]
Jim Black just won’t go away. And now a Wake School Board member and a judge are pimp slapping one another because of him.
A Wake County judge is expected to rule today that Black can serve his state sentence on corruption charges at the same time he’s behind bars on [...]
Democratic commentator Barlow Herget raises the question whether Sen. Kay Hagan has shown the proper amount of loyalty to the Democratic agenda in Washington.
Herget, a former Raleigh City Councilman who has his own Internet radio program, notes that Hagan expressed reservations about President Barack Obama’s stimulus package, has shown “tepid [...]
Your government and your tax dollars at work-
It turns out Wendi Johnson, a Wilson-based construction engineer for the state Department of Transportation, was right all along: The central office experts skimped on their design for a new interstate highway for Eastern North Carolina.
So the state will spend $13 million to [...]
Sen. David Hoyle (D-Gaston), along with co-sponsors Sen. Daniel Clodfelter (D-Mecklenberg) and Sen. Clark Jenkins (D-Pitt), submitted the N.C. Life Science Development Corp. Act (SB 580) under the auspices of it creating jobs and expanding the area’s tax base. The wording of it gives the appearance [...]
North Carolina is building a new pier near Nags Head, but this is not just a simple boardwalk from which to cast a fishing rod.
This pier is essentially an aquarium on piling, with live animal exhibits, a 16,000-square-foot pier house and wind turbines generating electricity.
The price tag is $25 million.
No, not those crabs…
A little-known state government service bought 1,100 crab pots to help a hearing-impaired Belhaven man pursue his dream of starting a business.
The state Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services approved using federal money to buy the $38,018 worth of traps as part of its rehabilitation program. The division [...]
June Atkinson says she is ready to go back to work on Monday, even if that means some awkward moments at the office.
Wake Superior Court Judge Robert Hobgood ruled today that Atkinson, the state superintendent of public instruction, has the constitutional authority to run the state’s schools.
The ruling was in [...]
North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue is now getting into Roland Burris territory.
Perdue’s approval rating continues to plummet, with the latest survey showing that only 25 percent of voters approve of the job she’s doing, according to a new survey by Public Policy Polling, a Democratic-leaning polling firm. Fifty-five percent disapprove, [...]
I’ve been having a fairly good day so far, so I’ve decided to celebrate by praising someone I usually disparage and attack a prominent Republican (even though I often attack prominent Republicans).
Ready?
Cheers to AG Roy Cooper, who is making sure that crime victims get restitution.
State Attorney General Roy Cooper said [...]
Philip Isley, the lone Republican on the City Council, ended weeks of speculation about his future by announcing Monday that he will not run for any office this fall.
Isley had hinted last month that he was considering challenging Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker, a Democrat seeking his fifth consecutive two-year term. [...]
Rep. Earl Jones is trying his luck at video poker.
A House committee began discussing but took no action on a bill sponsored by Jones that would legalize video poker in North Carolina, while giving the state 20 percent of the gaming profits. The state banned the machines in 2006.
Proponents argue [...]
While sounding like a benign “technical” bill – House Bill (HB) 1516 ( Senate Bill 576) – JDIG Technical Modifications sponsored by Reps. Jim Crawford (D-Granville), Margaret Dickson (D-Cumberland) and Pryor Gibson (D-Anson) keeps North Carolina moving ahead on a failed “job creation” strategy. This [...]
Speaking to reporters, Gov. Beverly Perdue called for the legislature to complete its budget negotiations and raise about $1.6 billion in taxes.
Perdue said the plan she submitted this morning, designed to protect health care, public safety and education, was the only option.
“This is the only pathway I know that protects [...]
It looks like blob of wriggling pudding staring out through a single, puckered eye. You can see it caught on camera, clinging to the concrete pipes below Raleigh’s Cameron Village: the Sewer Monster.
It’s really a colony of prehistoric creatures known either as bryozoans or moss animacules, thousands of wormlike animals, [...]
Attorney General Roy Cooper used North Carolina gas-tax revenue to reimburse Washington lawyers thousands of dollars in unnecessary hotel and airline fees, according to receipts and travel records obtained by Carolina Journal.
The documents suggest that Cooper’s office has been less than thorough in reviewing expense reports submitted by Resolution Law [...]
This bill is designed to hide a tax increase under the guise of improving energy efficiency, but all HB 1050, Independent Energy Efficiency Administrator, by Reps. Blue D-Wake, Tolson D-Edgecombe, Glazier D-Cumberland and Harrison D-Guilford, will really do is squeeze North Carolinians already struggling with [...]
So what happens when you get elected to office by promising to keep the gravy train runnin’, only to find out that reality won’t let you?
Ooops.
Bev Perdue is a government lifer. She either worked for the government or was part of elected government. Government workers, especially teachers, [...]
Former first lady Mary Easley’s hiring left a trail of dethroned N.C. State officials, but she has notified the university that she doesn’t plan to join them.
Easley indicated in a letter delivered to the university Monday that she will appeal her firing earlier this month. Her attorney, Marvin Schiller, declined [...]
The controversial effort by the Wilmington City Council to annex the community of Monkey Junction, which sparked protest and debate, including a lively public hearing that resulted in two arrests, came to a head on May 5 when the council voted 6-1 to annex the rapidly growing community.
Some 3,300 residents [...]
Happy 4th of July!
Please do yourself and our country a favor today and read the Declaration of Independence. It’s something I do every year at this time, and it really puts all the fireworks, parades, and over-mayonnaised potato salads into perspective.
Read what Thomas Jefferson wrote about the dangers and abuses [...]
It will be at the Halifax Mall (same place as the June 3rd Tea Party) from 1pm-5pm.
More info at www.ncteapartyrevolution.com.
[...]If you’re like me -and let’s face it, who doesn’t want to be?- one important question has been at the forefront of your mind for a few months.
What’s Les Merritt been up to?
Well, N.C.’s government watchdog, who was shown the door last November by a bunch of clueless, straight-ticket voting [...]
Caution: Shameless self-adulation ahead.
Today I’m patting myself on the back in hopes that the warm fuzzy feeling it gives me will replace the gaping hole in my wallet.
I’ve said for some time now that we have a responsibility to stand up to the socialists-with-values and the RINO’s that feign conservative [...]
Civitas finds another, ahem… crappy bill-
While it does not appear that this bill will go anywhere, (I will try and resist any and all jokes about this one) House Bill 1122, NC Colon Hydrotherapy Licensure, by Rep. Verla Insko (D-Orange) illustrates the problem with licensure bills. While this [...]
UPDATE-
I need to check my mailbox more often. It turns out Bill Randall emailed me on Wednesday about his congressional run. Here’s what he has to say:
Good day to you. This is Bill Randall.
I intend to run for the U.S. Congressional seat in the 13th District
(…currently held by [...]
Some of my Republican friends tell me I need to get my panties in a wad about this. But I really can’t…
The bill requires that teachers, students and volunteers report any incidents of bullying, but it leaves the details of reporting procedures and punishments up to the school districts.
Because of [...]
The State Bureau of Investigation is also investigating former Gov. Mike Easley.
Attorney General Roy Cooper’s office confirmed in a letter Monday to Senate Republican Leader Phil Berger that the SBI is working alongside the FBI in examining Easley’s activities. Federal officials have sought testimony or evidence related to a Carteret [...]
North Carolina lawmakers are considering taxing a broad variety of everyday services. You could pay more for a haircut, a pedicure, a clutch replacement or getting your yard mowed. But the services of accountants, lawyers and other white-collar workers would be exempt.
To help patch the $4.7 billion hole in the [...]
The N.C. Real Estate Commission is investigating an anonymous complaint made against state Sen. Julia Boseman, D-New Hanover.
The complaint, filed last fall, stems from Boseman’s actions in the sale of a double-wide trailer she owned in Winnabow to a Mexican couple who had entered a private purchase agreement with the [...]
I’m an equal opportunity insulter. It’s just that today, the Democrats have found themselves at the top of my angry list for two news stories that seem to prove, beyond a doubt, that they’ve been running the state for way too long and have lost touch with reality.
First off, here’s [...]
There are two new faces in the N.C. General Assembly-
-Wake School Board Member Rosa Gill (D) replaced Dan Blue in the 33rd State House district. Blue went up to the State Senate to replace the late Vernon Malone. Our own Paul Terrell is looking at running against Gill next year.
-Former [...]
Four years ago, state legislators gave $2 million to Greensboro to launch a “Hall of Champions” for the Atlantic Coast Conference. It was to showcase the ACC’s athletic heroes, an idea pushed by Kay Hagan, then a state senator, and other legislators.
The project would cost $23 million, and the legislators [...]
Sorry for the lateness- it’s been a busy week.
Civitas didn’t have to look far for this week’s Bad Bill. And what a bill it is…
It was a very easy choice this week for our Bad Bill of the Week – Senate Bill 202, the House’s version of the [...]
It’s 1:22 Sunday morning and I just got back from the convention. Before I sleep for next 12 hours, I wanted to take this time to congratulate Tom Fetzer. Although I endorsed his opponent and he snubbed us by not answering our questionnaire, he’s the chairman and I wish him [...]
The Rocky Mount City Council publicly has declared its support of the state law giving cities the right to annex communities such as Oak Level without a vote by the affected residents.
Rocky Mount has joined other cities throughout the state in supporting a resolution opposing some proposed amendments to the [...]
Spending other people’s money is not only a Democrat pass-time. In the midst of the crappiest economy of my lifetime, a billion dollar deficit, and the likelihood of even more tax hikes to pay for government spending, REPUBLICAN state representative Shirley Randelman thinks we need to spend more of your [...]
As the highly contested race for NCGOP chair mercifully drags itself to a crescendo finale on Saturday, I can finally look forward to not picking up my cell phone and hearing the tape recorded voice of a random politician, not hearing disgusting and unsubstantiated rumors about someone’s private life, and [...]
A county commissioner will replace former state Rep. Cary Allred in the North Carolina House.
Alamance County Republican leaders chose Dan Ingle as Allred’s successor over two other candidates, the Associated Press reports.
Ingle is an Elon University police detective who received 17 of the 24 votes cast by the Alamance County’s [...]
And succeeds… somewhat.
He originally produced this as a web ad, but now he’s going to buy air time and put it on TV. I like this, and I think it’s what the party should be doing.
I have a few quibbles with the ad. I know why Bev Perdue makes for [...]
The state House will consider today a $940 million tax package that would raise the sales tax and increase the income tax on the state’s wealthiest residents in an effort to offset deep budget cuts to education and social services.
House Democrats, who control the chamber, met privately for two hours [...]
That’s the headline from several news organizations. The details haven’t been made clear yet. Could it be that our long national nightmare is over?
Nah…
New documents show that the Mary Easley job at N.C. State University was orchestrated at the highest levels of state government, and included the direct involvement of [...]
A few dozen protesters, many of them ethnic Tamils from around the state, marched from City-County Plaza to Pritchard Park on Saturday in opposition to Rep. Heath Shuler’s recent trip to Sri Lanka and comments he made praising the treatment of Tamil refugees there.
Protesters at the demonstration, organized by Tamils [...]
Former N.C. State University Provost Larry Nielsen, who gave up his job as chief academic officer last month and is on a six-month study leave, will keep a larger salary for much longer than had been previously disclosed, university officials said Saturday.
Nielsen will be paid a salary above his faculty [...]
The N.C. GOP Convention is only a week away. If you’d like to share your thoughts on the chairman’s race, tell us why you’re supporting a candidate, ask a question, or just sound off, this is the place to do it.
[...]
Check out a new website called KayHaganTracker.com.
I met the author of this site at the Take Back Our State TEA Party on Wednesday. He worked on Elizabeth Dole’s campaign last year and started this site to keep N.C. informed on how Sen. Hagan is voting.
[...]Does it seem to you like the heads of Homeowners Associations are a bunch of know-it-alls who still haven’t gotten over losing their junior class president election back in high school? Civitas has the scoop…
House Bill 762/Senate Bill 516, Community Association Managers Licensure, (the House version by Rep. [...]
The aged brontosaurus at the Museum of Life and Science has lost its head.
A good bit of its neck, too.
“We’re very sad,” said museum vice president Julie Ketner Rigby.
According to the museum, the dinosaur statue was probably vandalized Sunday night. Part of the neck was found on the ground nearby, [...]
Sometimes I really, really hate my government. This is one of those times.
Hookah bars, which surged in popularity in America’s college towns and big cities when tobacco use was in general decline, find themselves battling the smoking bans that are sweeping the country.
In North Carolina, hookah bar owners are joining [...]
Then come to Americans for Prosperity’s Take Back Our State TEA Party.
On Wednesday, June 3rd at the Halifax Mall by the State Capitol in Raleigh, come protest the BILLION dollar state tax increase. Also, Mary Katherine Ham and Joe the Plumber will be speaking.
If you don’t live in Raleigh, [...]
