See? I knew this stuff was coming.
At least four state agencies bought expensive high-tech surveillance gear from a private security firm tied to Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand.
The powerful Fayetteville Democrat has served as board chairman for Raleigh-based Law Enforcement Associates Inc. since 2003.
The state bought at [...]
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 [...]
Or perhaps one might call it another of the former governor’s Immaculate Exceptions.
Carolina Journal Executive Editor Don Carrington has the story this morning of an odd real-estate deal that Mike Easley conducted with outgoing Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand on a property at Bald Head Island. Some of the [...]
The new state Senate majority leader is in a key position to advance ethics reforms this year.
State Sen. Martin Nesbitt, an Asheville Democrat, is not only the majority leader. He is chairman of a committee where three ethics bills are awaiting action, the Asheville Citizen-Times [...]
Persons interested in North Carolina politics have been all abuzz over the last two weeks about the surprise decision of Senate Majority Leader and uber-lawmaker Tony Rand to retire.
Equally surprising – and yet still related to Senator Rand – is the most common reason for visitors [...]
Sen. Martin Nesbitt, an Asheville Democrat, won hefty support on Friday when Senate President Pro Tem Marc Basnight dispatched a letter endorsing Nesbitt for the post of Senate majority leader.
Basnight sent the letter to fellow Senate Democrats, who will pick a replacement for Sen. Tony [...]
