Multi-Millionaire Heiress Michele Rollins: Deadbeat Grandma?

Last week, we received a tip from an Alabama legal and political blog called the Legal Schnauzer. It seems they have been following the divorce of Ted Rollins from his wife. Ted Rollins is the son of the late John Rollins and step son of Michele. Ted Rollins has manipulated the legal system and misrepresented his considerable assets so as to lower his child support and alimony payments as much as possible, so low in fact, that Michele Rollins' grandchildren are on food stamps.

Debunking Sunday Part II: Regulations kill Jobs

According to Republicans, any and all regulations passed by the Obama Administration have obliterated the economy and so suffocated businesses that they were forced to lay off millions of workers. By contrast, according to the Republican Party, the simple repeal of these and all government regulations will lead to the creation of billions and billions of jobs. But analyses and reports from CNN, the New York Times, McClatchy papers, the Associated Press and the Economic Policy Institute all call this Republican charge false.

City of Wilmington Mayoral Cattle Call — Fall 2011 Edition

April 2010 was the last time we did this cattle call and there's been alot of movement in this list since then to report on. Or, at least, there has been strong rumor of a big change to the who'sin-who's out churn that has been going on the past year and so obsessing folks in Wilmington this weekend to revisit this list:

Cain’s Secret Plan….

.... In responding to criticism that his tax plan would hurt working families, Cain said yesterday he has a secret plan to "fix" his policy that he hasn't "told the public" about yet. That reminded me of this scene from the West Wing.

What’s A Governor to Do?

Arizona governor Jan Brewer's lawsuit against the Obama administration over the security of the border with Mexico has been tossed by the courts. Brewer's suit was a counter-claim against the Administration's suit over Arizona's draconian immigration enforcement law.

Koch-style Big Money Now in School Board Races

I always like to check in on politics in Denver and Colorado, since that is where I cut my teeth in the political world. I'm still good friends with a number of elected officials out there and some of the Democratic Party officials. So I was surprised to read this today. My brother, who is a Denver Democratic Party officer sent it to me. It seems as though Koch-style big money has trickled down to the school board races.