Category: NC legislature

Campaign 2012: Folks who KNOW clue us in on where things stand in NC

Posted on September 15, 2012 by Brant Clifton

During the past few days I’ve had the chance to pick the brains of a few of the wise men — and women — (Read: political insiders) on both sides

Another member of the Richard Morgan clique abandons ship

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Now that their fearless leader has been reduced to political impotence and irrelevance, the group of General Assembly Republicans who sided with Richard Morgan to form an alliance with Jim

Emails from Speaker Tillis, other lawmakers raise suspicions of lobbyist shakedowns

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Some lobbyists recently received an email from the reelection campaign of House Speaker Thom Tillis asking for money. State law prohibits lawmakers from soliciting lobbyists for

October trial for Thom Tillis ally Stephen LaRoque? (Wait. There’s an election in NOVEMBER …)

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The folks at NCPolicyWatch — who have led the way in reporting on corruption allegations against Richard Morgan and Thom Tillis ally Stephen LaRoque — say that it looks good

NC House district 92 GOPer Jeter: I’m no Thom Tillis puppet!

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Charles Jeter, the winner of the July 17 GOP runoff for NC House district 92, says he wants to clear the air about his

McCrory “pleased” with Thom Tillis

Posted on July 21, 2012July 21, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Yep. You read that right. The Charlotte Observer has the details: The response by House Speaker Thom Tillis to the indictment of a fellow Republican

L’affaire LaRoque exposing chinks in Thom T’s armor?

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Talk about closing the barn door after the horses have escaped. It’s being reported now that state House speaker Thom Tillis is recommending that his federally-indicted House

The Morning After: Looking back at Tuesday’s vote

Posted on July 18, 2012July 18, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Well, the mainstream media did its best to tamp down enthusiasm about the state’s runoff elections. (Our local paper ran a grand total of TWO stories

Richard Morgan &Thom Tillis ally Stephen Laroque INDICTED

Posted on July 17, 2012July 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

State Rep. Stephen Laroque (R-Kinston) has been dogged by bad publicity about his private business dealings for a year. He barely lost his primary race in May. NOW, he’s been

Facebook debate on primary meddling pits blogger vs. Thom Tillis

Posted on July 16, 2012July 16, 2012 by Brant Clifton

What started out as a simple get-out-the-vote message on Facebook from state House speaker Thom Tillis turned into a no-holds barred debate on the merits of the Raleigh