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#ncga: More Steinburg tourney questions

Posted on July 23, 2018July 23, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Okay, let’s review. State Rep. Bob Steinburg — in his rookie season as an event promoter — talked Currituck County into paying him $50,000 to promote a basketball tournament in

#ncga: Steinburg basketball tourney ONE HOT MESS

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Once again, we have mail. We’ve covered state Rep. Bob Steinburg’s venture into sports promotion — funded by Currituck County tax dollars — pretty extensively. This time we have a

#ncpol: Steinburg’s B-ball tourney ALREADY violating Currituck rules?

Posted on July 20, 2018July 20, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Curiouser and Curiouser. My friends, we learned that state (and state senate candidate) Rep. Bob Steinburg got paid $50,000 by Currituck County to promote an NCAA basketball tournament in Asheville over

Currituck leaders defend payments to Steinburg, Steinburg Invitational

Posted on January 30, 2019February 1, 2019 by Brant Clifton

The VisitCurrituckOBX.com Battle in The Blue Ridge college basketball tournament happened in Asheville over Thanksgiving. Nobody broadcast the games on television. (ESPN didn’t bother streaming it on its ESPN+ service.)

Steinburg can’t GIVE tickets away to his tax-funded basketball fiasco

Posted on November 20, 2018November 20, 2018 by Brant Clifton

According to Asheville officials, tickets to the visitcurrituckobx.com Battle for The Blue Ridge are — in fact — slower than molasses: The “Battle in the Blue Ridge” basketball tournament that

A TV blackout for Steinburg Invitational?

Posted on November 17, 2018November 17, 2018 by Brant Clifton

State senator-elect Bob Steinburg promised Currituck County a PR bonanza in return for underwriting his private company’s inaugural sports promotional venture. Yes, college basketball season is upon us. The Tar

#ncga: Indicted Steinburg aide ALSO working on Steinburg Invitational?

Posted on September 27, 2018September 27, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Judging from this email, it would appear to be so. Most politicians who have aides under indictment send them off to go spend more time with their families. Not Bob

#ncga: Drivebys Tee-Up the Steinburg Invitational

Posted on August 6, 2018 by Brant Clifton

The Elizabeth City Daily Advance has decided to wake up from its Rip Van Winklish slumber and call Bob Steinburg’s taxpayer-funded basketball deal what it is: State Rep. Bob Steinburg,

#ncga: Steinburg Invitational STILL the talk of Currituck

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Brant Clifton

It appears Currituck county officials have shoved their tourism director out in front to try and put a positive spin on their decision to pay state Rep. Bob Steinburg $50,000

#ncga: Indicted aide STILL steering Steinburg senate campaign

Posted on July 29, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Bob Steinburg and his crew LOVE to tell you what’s wrong with everybody else. (They’ll even make it up if they have to.) Bob himself doesn’t miss a chance to