Liberty
Mel Watt rides off into the sunset
Much regarding federal housing runs under the radar scope, whether or not the rest of the world is focused on the likes of Jussie Smollett. Prime example #1 is the…
Mel Watt
American politician
Liberty
NPR report on sexual harassment claims against Mel Watt
For starters I have to ask why was swamp creature Mel Watt—who serves as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency— not drained when the Trump administration took over? For…
Elections & Public Integrity
Dispatches from the trail, April 1, 2015
• Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper has made no formal announcement, but he sure looks like a 2016 rival to Republican Gov. Pat McCrory. Cooper has posted an online petition…
Liberty
Big money Democrats
Letter to the editor in today’s N&R, from Stokesdale resident John Parson: Leading up to the 2014 midterm elections, the Koch brothers were vilified and ridiculed by liberal Democrats who…
Liberty
This is not likely to end well: Fannie and Freddie edition
Daniel Wiser reports for the Washington Free Beacon on plans from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to step up risky low-down-payment mortgage loans. Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Mel…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Saving money by slimming Fannie and Freddie
Daniel Wiser reports for the Washington Free Beacon about a great way to trim the federal government’s fat. Reducing government subsidies to housing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could…
Elections & Public Integrity
Dispatches from the campaign trail, June 30, 2014
• The Harry Reid-backed Senate Majority PAC launches another ad attacking House Speaker (and GOP Senate nominee) Thom Tillis’ record on education spending. http://youtu.be/IknYJau234Y • Today marks the end of…
Elections & Public Integrity
Dispatches from the campaign trail, June 11, 2014
• The debate over debates continues between Democratic Senate incumbent Kay Hagan and her Republican challenger, House Speaker Thom Tillis. Tillis says he has accepted invitations from seven groups and…
Regulation
Who doesn’t realize how big a problem Fannie and Freddie created in the American housing system?
Former North Carolina congressman Mel Watt, that’s who. Check out this quote from the latest Bloomberg Businessweek. Perhaps the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency should bone up on…
Elections & Public Integrity
Dispatches from the campaign trail, April 15, 2014
• Hope you’ve filed your taxes … • House Speaker Thom Tillis, R-Mecklenburg, has rejected WRAL’s invitation to join an April 23 debate with fellow Republican U.S. Senate hopefuls Dr.…
Elections & Public Integrity
Dispatches from the campaign trail, April 3, 2014
• A new SurveyUSA poll for Time Warner Cable News offers little good news for incumbent Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan. Half of the respondents disapprove of her performance and only 38…
Elections & Public Integrity
Dispatches from the campaign trail, March 21, 2014
• A coalition of left-wing environmental groups is running ads in the Triangle and Fayetteville markets targeting three state lawmakers representing the areas — Republican Sens. Chad Barefoot, Wesley Meredith,…