Category: NC legislature

WAY too many ‘free passes’ for 2012 @ NCGA

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Brant Clifton

As election filing ended yesterday, we learned that 39 of the 17o North Carolina General Assembly seats will have ONE and ONLY ONE choice for voters in May and November.

THAT dripping noise over on Jones Street

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It’s remarkable how The N&O and its comrades on The Left have such a high regard for legislative ethics — when the Republicans are in the majority. The drip-drip-drip

John Marcum for NC Senate

Posted on February 29, 2012February 29, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Surprahz! Surprahz! Surprahz! — Private Gomer Pyle, USMC I’ll have to admit that NOT many people saw this coming. I think it must have been a spur-of-the-moment thing for

NC’s I-95 tolls to hit MORE than just drivers

Posted on February 28, 2012February 28, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Legislators and bureaucrats in Raleigh are blowing through funds like a drunken sailor on an extended shore leave. Instead of tightening their belts and trying

NCGOP: Merely a new set of money-changers in the temple?

Posted on February 28, 2012February 28, 2012 by Brant Clifton

GOP leaders took power on Jones Street in 2010 with promises of “no more business as usual.” They were propelled into power by an angry Tea Party and frustrated

TimmyWatch: Lea for NC Senate?

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Moore County political insiders tell me to not be surprised if retiring Moore County Commissioner Tim Lea files at the last minute for the NC Senate seat held by Republican

A lesson from Hoke County’s NUGGET-gate ?

Posted on February 19, 2012February 19, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Outrage and disbelief erupted nationally last week over reports that government inspectors have been inspecting pre-schooler lunches. West Hoke Elementary School –with such poor academic performance that teachers are being

Hoke County Schools & Bev’s More At Four: A National Laughing-Stock

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Rush Limbaugh, Stephen Colbert, and the network news programs have all had a field day with Carolina Journal’s Nugget-gate exposé at West Hoke Elementary School:

Two new players in L’affaire LaRoque?

Posted on February 12, 2012February 12, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It appears that state Rep. Stephen LaRoque (R-Kinston) will have a political fight to complement his current legal fight. The NC Free Enterprise Foundation (NCFEF) is reporting that

Morgan ally seeking Wake County NC Senate seat