Category: NC legislature

VETO: ‘Governor Vandalism’ MAY have a point on Peaslee pay

Posted on August 16, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Our Guv-til’ – 2020 handed down yet another veto Monday. This time it was on “clarifying changes” in HB 770. Here’s Ol’ Roy’s take: […] This special pay benefit for

Cooper: Don’t hurt yourself destroying that public property

Posted on August 16, 2017August 16, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Yesterday, he cited the mess in Durham as a “better” method for dealing with Confederate monuments. Today, Roy Cooper is calling for ALL Confederate monuments to be taken down as

#ncpol: DAN the MAN

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Brant Clifton

While so many other Republicans are tucking tail and begging for mercy from the leftist hordes, state Senator Dan Bishop (R-Charlotte) is going on the offensive: In the wake of

Nelson Dollar on Thilli$$$ tiff with Ingraham: “A great audition”

Posted on August 13, 2017August 13, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Fighting with Laura Ingraham didn’t help Renee Ellmers, but the GOPe crowd in Raleigh thinks it’s a great move by our junior US senator. Here’s Wake County state Rep. Nelson

John Locke crowd is learning: Republican, conservative NOT the same thing.

Posted on August 11, 2017 by Brant Clifton

The John Locke Foundation was quite often the critic of state government when Democrats ran the show. Though, they got a little sycophantic toward the governing class when the 2010

#ncga: Soros gang sets their sights on NC House

Posted on August 9, 2017 by Brant Clifton

FlipNC, a spinoff of the George Soros front Indivisible, is laying out their plans for retaking the NC House — or at least killing the GOP super-majority in 2018. Here’s

#ncga: Reading the redistricting tea leaves

Posted on August 9, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Will you keep your “honorable,” or get yourself a “new” one? Court-mandated redistricting has placed this question on many a mind inside and outside Raleigh. Here’s one interesting driveby take

#ncga: I KNOW I left that $17K laying around here SOMEWHERE!

Posted on August 7, 2017August 7, 2017 by Brant Clifton

The House majority leader is a busy guy. Sometimes, all of that bookkeeping and keeping track of money stuff can get in the way. Just look at this from his

#ncga: Paying yourself to campaign for, um, YOURSELF.

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Brant Clifton

After six years of observing these folks on Jones Street, I don’t get surprised anymore. They’ve all got campaign funds stocked mostly by lobbyists with needs from the General Assembly.

#ncpol: Um, Party Disloyalty?