Category: NC legislature

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

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

Senator Richard Stevens (R) of Cary announced his retirement today, and a candidate with close ties to former state Rep. David Miner and SpeakerrrrrRichardMorgan™ has announced her intention to seek

A breath of fresh air (and some cold hard facts) amid the fracking hysteria

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Blogger Steve Maley is quite an authority on the oil and gas business. He makes his living searching for viable sources of oil and gas. Maley

NC Campaign 2012: Black Dems aiming for state’s top two posts in year BarryO seeks reelection

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The two announced candidates for the Democrat nomination for lieutenant governor are a black state senator from Fayetteville and a black woman who currently serves as

‘McCarthyism’ rears its ugly head in Racial Justice Act political drama

Posted on February 8, 2012February 8, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Leftists are utilizing tactics they have long despised — loudly and publicly — in an effort to intimidate people who believe that violent criminals deserve the harshest

Feds, state attempt to stick it to NC drivers ONE MORE TIME

Posted on February 8, 2012February 8, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Federal and state bureaucrats are attempting to add 15 to 20 cents PER MILE of cost to drivers on I-95 in North Carolina. Tar Heel state drivers are already

Bureaucrats, pimps, politicians, and drug dealers: birds of a feather with different means, same ends

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Brant Clifton

On a daily basis, I am amazed at how hard government works to keep people dependent on the bureaucracy. Working hard and reaping rewards of your labor doesn’t matter.

Another Fayetteville politico aiming HIGH?

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Word is on the street that state senator Eric Mansfield (D-Fayetteville) is taking a good hard look at the state’s soon-to-be-vacant lieutenant governor post. If he makes the jump to

NCFEF study illustrates tough task ahead for Dems in NCGA

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The NC Free Enterprise Foundation, a Raleigh-based non-partisan pro-business group, has released an analysis showing just how tough it will be for the Democrats to take back the state House