Articles By Jonathan Bridges
Fund Students, Not Sit-Ins
Tuesday, 05 May 2026 16:43
North Carolina’s Leandro fight shows why education dollars should follow students, not union-backed sit-ins, empowering parents and elected leaders to shape policy.
All The Kings Men
Sunday, 15 March 2026 18:19
All The King’s Men: how Sheriff Sam Page’s 23‑vote upset may end Phil Berger’s reign and reshape power, lobbyists, and grassroots in NC politics.
Winter of Discontent
Monday, 09 February 2026 15:53
Republicans face a Texas-sized warning for 2026 as “moderate” Democrats flip red seats using kitchen-table issues and ground-game tactics.
A Call to Protect Our Local Shrimping Industry
Monday, 23 June 2025 10:24
While commercial fishermen can trawl open waters, local shrimp boats trawl within one-half mile of the shore. Unfortunately, proposed legislation will put many of these local fishermen out of...
An Open Letter to the New Hanover County Commissioners
Tuesday, 27 May 2025 10:38
You have an impossible job. You’re required to find a middle ground between funding county services that are already faced with dire cuts and inflation, while keeping taxes low for many homeowners...
HB765- Make Housing Affordable Again
Tuesday, 06 May 2025 22:14
If there is one issue that Republicans and Democrats can agree on is that housing costs are out of control in North Carolina cities. Housing affordability, for both renters and homeowners, has far...
Introduced Bills In the GA
Tuesday, 01 April 2025 21:03
This past month has certainly been March Madness at the North Carolina General Assembly. Our legislators have been busy introducing hundreds of new bills that, if signed into law, can have a huge...
Are We Being Played?
Tuesday, 25 March 2025 08:13
The headlines read like a line from Minority Report or The Manchurian Candidate. First, why is there a sudden interest in this pilot program that was proposed by the General Assembly in 2023, and...
On Toxic Tides
Wednesday, 19 March 2025 21:10
Controlling water pollution and protecting our drinking sources should be a non-partisan issue, yet the state and federal government seems to skirt away from actually addressing the issues of...
Takeaways from the NHC GOP Convention
Wednesday, 05 March 2025 10:40
While only 214 delegates attended the New Hanover County Convention, it was no less electrifying. It was good to see friends and rivals alike, along with political enemies who became friends again....
DEI: Dangerous for the Nation, Dangerous for New Hanover County
Tuesday, 04 February 2025 15:04
Last week, New Hanover County Commissioner Dane Scalise came under fire for his call to defund the County’s Office of Diversity and Equity. In comments he made to Port City Daily, Scalise said it’s...
Small Business, Big Voice
Tuesday, 28 January 2025 08:00
Since the pandemic, if you’re a business owner, you’re probably still feeling the pressure. Small businesses everywhere are on the brink of closure due to rising rent, continued inflation, lack of...
The Party Versus The People
Thursday, 23 January 2025 07:20
The future of the Republican party and achieving more local Republican victories does not lie within the organization itself but in a decentralized model. It’s time for the party to go from adopting...
Less Screaming, More Planning: Finding Common Ground on Development
Wednesday, 15 January 2025 22:34
You hear it everywhere around Wilmington– from Carolina Beach to Southport, even up in Hampstead – people are saying, “We need to stop building!”
Certificate of Need: Playing Monopoly With Our Healthcare
Monday, 30 December 2024 14:54
North Carolina has the second most regulated Certificate of Need (CON) law in the nation, the impetus for the massive hospital monopolies we see in the state; and it's hurting smaller healthcare...
Trump 2.0- A brief look at the Administration’s First 100 days
Thursday, 19 December 2024 19:40
In an election that stunned pollsters and insiders alike, Donald Trump secured a second presidential victory that was called in a matter of hours, not days, after the polls closed. Now that the dust...
