The state’s local governments have been surviving for years on pass-through payments from Raleigh and DC. Quite often, these payments are not “forever” gifts. They often have an expiration date leaving the recipients at the local level scrambling to find a replacement for said money when the spigot gets turned off.
According to the state treasurer’s office and the Local Government Commission, the chickens may be finally coming home to roost (as far as that practice goes):
At the April meeting of the Local Government Commission (LGC) members voted to recommend that the General Assembly repeal the charter of East Laurinburg. […]
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The Daily Haymaker has recently published an article that raises questions about the true political orientation of Congressman Greg Murphy entitled The two faces of Greg Murphy exploring the differences between his tenure in office and his campaign promises. During Murphy s primary battles, the Haymaker tended to accept Murphy s positions at face value, but now they have observed things that lead them to dig deeper.
The Two Faces of Greg Murphy
posted on January 5, 2021 by Brant Clifton
I was around for Greg Murphy s 2019 election to the US House. He had been somewhat of a squishy moderate in the North Carolina House. But Murphy AND his team reassured us all that Murphy would stand strong in DC on three things: Supporting Donald Trump, The Freedom Caucus, and Draining The Swamp. A lot of nervous conservatives held their noses and voted for (and donated to) Murphy because he promised to back those three things.