01.23.06

Morrisville would make Jack Abramoff proud

Posted in Politics, Triangle at 6:57 am by mshiltonj

There is one truism about politics that is often repeated:
All politics is local.
Tip O’Neill said that.
I will have to add one more truism:
All politics is sleazy.
The News & Observer is reporting that Morrisville commissioners have given Lenovo tax breaks without public OK, and the law allows it. They will rubber stamp the deal in a […]

01.18.06

Council Pans Convention Center Hotel

Posted in Politics, Triangle at 8:47 pm by mshiltonj

… Design.
Ha. Got you, didn’t I?
You thought, just for a second, that hell had frozen over and the Raleigh City Council grew a brain and decided to boot the whole Downtown Convention Center, didn’t you?
We should be so lucky.
Well, maybe you aren’t as hopeful as I am, but I had to read the NBC 17 […]