Category: NC legislature

A House Committee on Food Desert Zones. Seriously ?????

Posted on April 22, 2014April 22, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Yep. The honorables in the House of Thom have established a committee on food desert zones. That’s desert as in Sahara, and NOT as in cherry cheesecake (YUM). What’s a

#NCSEN: GOP legislator raises questions about speaker-turned-candidate Tillis

Posted on April 21, 2014April 21, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The feud between GOP state Reps. Robert Brawley and Thom Tillis is bubbling up again here late in the 2014 primary season. Brawley went public with his issues about Tillis,

HOT & Bothered: Virginia’s HOT lane experience offers lessons for NC

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Brant Clifton

HOT lanes are a ho topic around these parts. House speaker — and US Senate candidate — Thom Tillis is foisting them on his constituents. Gov. Pat McCrory’s DOT board

#NCGA: MORE money for public education? Try being smarter with what you’ve got.

Posted on April 17, 2014April 17, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Just try to implement some kind of frugality in public education budgets. You’ll get all kinds of teeth-gnashing, wailing and crying about starving tha lil’ chil’ren. The Round Rev and

#NCSEN: Lil’ Jordan’s Todd Akin analogy might be hitting a little too close to home

Posted on April 16, 2014April 16, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Lil’ Jordan, US Senate candidate Thom Tillis’ diminutive sidekick, took a predictable route in defending his boss from the latest round of Democrat ads: […] Tillis’ campaign issued a response

#NCSEN: Rove “adjusts” Tillis position on ObamaCare

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The shih-tzu reports in this morning’s Morning Memo about supervillain Karl Rove’s efforts to protect his candidate in the GOP primary for US Senate in North Carolina: A super PAC

#NCSEN: Where’s Thom? ‘Chomping at the bit’ — to inspect sidewalks.

Posted on April 15, 2014April 16, 2014 by Brant Clifton

State House speaker Thom Tillis has been catching some grief for not participating in the ‘rubber-chicken-circuit’ meet-and-greets that are a staple of party primaries. In February, Tillis told the media

#NCSEN: Tillis responds to elections complaint

Posted on April 15, 2014April 15, 2014 by Brant Clifton

House speaker Thom Tillis has come out of hiding, thrown on his Big Boy Pants™, and hand-delivered a personal response to the state Board of Elections regarding allegations made by

#NCSEN: Tillis skipping WRAL debate

Posted on April 14, 2014April 14, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Yep. That’s what Binky says. Heather Grant, Greg Brannon and Mark Harris have all committed to appear on the station’s April 23 broadcast. I am NOT understanding this. We’ve

Tillis: No real difference between me and my #NCSEN opponents

Posted on April 13, 2014April 14, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Yep. That’s what he told The Cumberland County Republican Women’s Club on Saturday. Okay, Mr. Big Boy Pants™, then why are YOU running? I disagree with his assertion there.