{"id":2400594,"date":"2025-02-08T08:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T13:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bulldoger-kidwell-torbett-replicating-efficiency-effort-in-north-carolina-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-08T08:16:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T13:16:38","slug":"bulldoger-kidwell-torbett-replicating-efficiency-effort-in-north-carolina-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bulldoger-kidwell-torbett-replicating-efficiency-effort-in-north-carolina-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"BullDOGEr Kidwell, Torbett replicating efficiency effort in North Carolina &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbulldoger-kidwell-torbett-replicating-efficiency-effort-in-north-carolina-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2400594&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article\u200c discusses a \u200cnew initiative in North Carolina\u200b led by Republican state representatives Keith Kidwell and John Torbett, who are co-chairing a committee \u2063focused on \u200dgovernment efficiency. Kidwell, who \u2062has nicknamed himself the \u201cBullDOGEr\u201d in reference to\u200c a similar effort initiated by \u2064Elon Musk during the Trump administration, aims\u200b to identify and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-hearing-highlights-how-single-payer-will-ration-health-care\/\" title=\"Senate Hearing Highlights How Single-Payer Will Ration Health Care\">eliminate waste<\/a>, duplication, and mismanagement within \u200bstate and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-disconnect-between-the-big-city-nonprofit-world-and-the-suffering-people-it-purports-to-serve-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"The disconnect between the big-city nonprofit world and the suffering people it purports to serve - Washington Examiner\">local government operations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The committee&#8217;s goals include \u2063examining policies related to diversity, education, and state property usage to\u200c reduce unnecessary government spending that burdens taxpayers. Kidwell and torbett believe\u2063 that streamlining government functions will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-the-us-military-place-amy-coney-barrett-under-house-arrest\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did The US Military Place Amy Coney Barrett Under House Arrest?\">protect constitutional rights<\/a> and\u200c enhance the \u200beffectiveness of\u2064 public services such\u200b as education and public safety.<\/p>\n<p>Speaker Destin \u200bHall \u2064supports the initiative, emphasizing the importance of limiting government \u2064roles and reducing\u2062 excess spending.There are reports of similar initiatives being considered in several other\u2063 states, highlighting a growing trend towards\u200d improving government\u200c efficiency. \u200dOrganizing meetings for the \u200dcommittee are expected to take place in the\u2064 coming months as they begin to consider relevant\u200d legislation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">BullDOGEr Kidwell, Torbett replicating efficiency effort in North Carolina<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1981754\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; Easy fit is an understatement for the&nbsp;North Carolina state representative billing himself the BullDOGEr in a play off the acronym for the agency led by Elon Musk on government efficiency in President Donald Trump&rsquo;s administration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Results, just as in Washington, will ultimately determine how to really call the action.<\/p>\n<p>Republican state Reps. Keith Kidwell of Beaufort County and John Torbett of Gaston County are cochairmen of House Speaker Destin Hall&rsquo;s interim Select Committee on Government Efficiency. Their job, similar to Musk and staff in Trump&rsquo;s Department of Government Efficiency, is to &ldquo;examine state and local government operations for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tax-season-2023-irs-warns-of-questionable-tax-preparers-ahead-of-tax-filing-deadline\/\" title=\"Tax Season 2023: IRS warns of questionable tax preparers ahead of tax filing deadline\">potential waste<\/a>, duplication of services, mismanagement, and violations of constitutional liberties,&rdquo; a release says.<\/p>\n<p>In a social media post earlier this week, Kidwell told the state Department of Administration, &ldquo;We can do this the easy way or the hard way. Seems you&rsquo;re choosing the hard way. You&rsquo;re going to underestimate my determination? This should be interesting.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Just call me the BullDOGEr.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Thursday brought an update from him reading, &ldquo;Seems they&rsquo;ve had a change of heart. Funny how that happens.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Officially, DOGE was created by Trump on Inauguration Day via executive order. A week after Election Day, he said Musk and former presidential candidate rival Vivek Ramaswamy would lead the creation; Ramaswamy eventually stepped aside and is considered a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">potential 2026 gubernatorial candidate<\/a> in Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Unnecessary government bloat and waste hurt North Carolina taxpayers&rsquo; wallets and divert funds that could be used for core functions such as public safety and education,&rdquo; Hall said.<\/p>\n<p>He hopes the committee restores &ldquo;state and local governments across North Carolina to their proper, limited roles.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hall&rsquo;s release says the panel will look at policies on diversity, education and inclusion; excess state property; and potential wastes of taxpayer dollars.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Unfortunately, our government agencies and public universities have been bogged down by bad policies and programs, like DEI, limiting their ability to enact their core purpose: serving citizens,&rdquo; Torbett said.<\/p>\n<p>Kidwell, who bills himself a Christian conservative Republican, said the Trump administration is right to take aim in Washington at wasteful spending and inefficient bureaucracy.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is time for us in Raleigh to do the same,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;This committee will investigate ways our state government can maximize value for North Carolina taxpayers, protect constitutional rights, and end weaponization of state power.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to published reports, similar efforts are at varying levels in Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Texas and Wisconsin. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, in her Condition of the State speech last month, says consolidation, centralization and regulatory reform the past two years is evidence, &ldquo;We were doing DOGE before DOGE was a thing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And, she added, a DOGE advisory body is being launched.<\/p>\n<p>Hall&rsquo;s release says the committee of Kidwell and Torbett is authorized to consider legislation during the long session of the General Assembly. Organizational meetings are anticipated in the coming months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1981754\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1981754\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BullDOGEr Kidwell and Torbett aim for efficiency in NC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2400595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/elon-musk-todd-young-pivot.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50066,50069,50067,32258,50068],"class_list":["post-2400594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bulldoger","tag-efficiency-efforts","tag-kidwell","tag-north-carolina","tag-torbett"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/elon-musk-todd-young-pivot.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2400594"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2400598,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400594\/revisions\/2400598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2400595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2400594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2400594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2400594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}