Thom Tillis

Funny stuff at Policy Watch.

Inexplicably, there are reports that the Legislative Ethics Committee is not going to investigate the Speaker's-Office-Sex-With-Lobbyists Scandal.

The Legislative Ethics Committee denied the investigation request saying it did not have the authority to investigate legislative employees or lobbyists. The committee governs the conduct of elected lawmakers in the General Assembly

On what planet do these people operate?

So, the leader of our State House, who is the number 3 person in the line of succession to Governor, is citing Wikipedia and UK law?

I have seen some BS come out of his mouth but this takes the cake:

Asked why employees who resigned would receive a month of additional pay, Tillis said: “I would hope people would think of these two who were in devastating personal situations.”

What about the teachers and other state employees who have been laid off because of YOU Speaker Tillis?

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Probably not. Pennsylvania didn't have access to a clear record of water contamination before the state sold it soul to frackers. They didn't understand the potential for destruction, a potential that is being played out today with people moving away from toxic towns in search of clean water.

That record in Pennsylvania stands before us as a testament to human stupidity and greed. Which is apparently all the reason North Carolina Republicans need to charge forward into the abyss.

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Re the resignation of Charles Thomas, chief of staff to House Speaker Thom Tillis, because he was having an affair with a lobbyist for the North Carolina Home Builders Association: Tillis shared an apartment with the guy. Is it really credible to believe Tillis's assertion that he did not know his roommate was having an affair with a lobbyist whose organization was pushing or opposing numerous bills in the NC House? Background at:

http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/04/27/2027766/charles-thomas-nc-speaker...

Thom Tillis's top aide resigned yesterday after being romantically linked with the top lobbyist for the Homebuilders Association. I am not here to judge, but the hypocrisy is glaring.

Both Thomas and Hayes are married to other people, according to public records.

My marriage is not threatened by their actions or by those of anyone else, so let's keep government out of marriage.

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And trust me, I thought he was a very, very, very, very big jerk before today. Indeed, the guy has moved well beyond jerk into asshole territory.