Category: NC legislature

I-77 toll fight heads BACK to Raleigh

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The plan to construct toll lanes on I-77 in northern Mecklenburg County stirred up quite a fuss during the 2014 campaign season. Then-speaker Thom Tillis and Gov. Pat McCrory —

#ncga: Solar ‘conservatives’ going to work on Senate Republicans to keep cash flowing

Posted on May 25, 2015May 25, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We’ve all heard about the new ‘conservative’ group of solar energy fans seeking to continue government subsidies of the solar industry. (Never mind that solar energy is neither cheap nor

#ncga: Sooooo, was the Volvo loss about CASH or about PORTS?

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Brant Clifton

If you listen to House speaker Tim Moore or Commerce Secretary John Skvarla, North Carolina lost a shot at a new Volvo plant because it could not offer enough economic

#ncga: Getting to the left of Michaux AND McCrory

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Brant Clifton

AFP-NC’s Donald Bryson has labeled the House’s action on the budget as “reverse Robin Hood.” I think this tweet best sums up House action thus far on the state

Volvo wanted to locate at a port. We pitched Rocky Mount to them.

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Brant Clifton

No freakin’ joke. The Port City of Rocky Mount. The McCrory administration is howling mad at the General Assembly for not coughing up enough bribe money to entice Volvo to

#ncga Education follies: 40 is the new D. (And let’s not forget — FREE MONEY !!!!)

Posted on May 15, 2015May 15, 2015 by Brant Clifton

While I’ve been resting, the honorables on Jones Street have kept churning out some doozies. I am sure you’ve all heard about the grading scale for the state’s public schools.

#ncga: The Hamlet of Cherryville

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Brant Clifton

There’s an old saying about how when you find yourself in a hole you need to stop digging. (It took a while for Renee Ellmers to grasp that with her

#ncga: drones and waivers, oh my.

Posted on April 30, 2015April 30, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The House Judiciary IV committee had a hearing this morning. (Of course, we had moles in the room.) One of the topics they discussed was the new regulations governing

#ncga: Of drones and men …

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Brant Clifton

I’m the last guy to throw in with the black helicopters and tin-foil helmet crowd. But I found some language in the new state rules for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS,

#ncga: A rumble at the Republican caucus meeting?