Category: NC legislature

#ncga: Holding tight to that Robin Hood-style of governance

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Raleigh is quite impressed with the “tier” method of doling out cash. For those who don’t know, every county in the state is ranked either 1,2, or 3. A ranking

#ncga: Did Moore County’s Jamie Boles help kill Craft Beer freedom bill?

Posted on April 21, 2017April 21, 2017 by Brant Clifton

It sure looks like it. And if so, that would be very interesting to Moore County’s burgeoning craft beer industry. Here’s The John Locke Foundation: The clock ran out before

#ncga: Once again, Big $$$ trumps limiting, shrinking government

Posted on April 20, 2017April 20, 2017 by Brant Clifton

The,um, generosity of beer wholesalers to legislative campaign funds keeps paying off. Regulatory restrictions on craft beer startups just can’t manage to make it through the maze on Jones Street.

Repealing HB2=Protecting Women in the Bathroom ??? (Hunh.)

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Conservative Leadership Coalition. THAT, my friends, is a group set up by your NC House Republican Caucus,and financed by a lot of special interests shaken down by

From toilets to Twitter: It’s, um, (good?) to be Colon Campbell

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Apparently, getting stuck on the HB2 beat means you hardly ever get to leave the lavatory. THAT must be why much of young Colon Campbell’s non-HB2 work involves trolling the

#ncga: (Sigh) IDs for illegals, again

Posted on April 14, 2017April 14, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Let’s see if I can get this, um, “straight.” Legislation to ban gay marriage and take a stand against judicial tyranny gets ridiculed mercilessly by the GOP majority in

#ncga: AND the arbiter of good taste on social media isssssssss …. Laura Leslie ???

Posted on April 13, 2017 by Brant Clifton

I know. It’s kinda hard to believe she’s got the cojones to pop her head back up out of her hole after her performance last year. Larry Pittman using the

Dan Blue: Race Pimp

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

[…] I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but

#ncpol: Nick Ochsner swerves hard left into Binky-ville

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Binky-ville is NOT a great place to be in as a journalist. There you find yourself doing stupid things like trying to trade portions of your viewership to another state, dreaming

#ncga: Turning it ALL over to the NINE ROBED ONES