Category: NC legislature

L’affaire Laroque claims a victim?

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Brant Clifton

It’s official: Rep. Mark Hilton (R-Conover) will not be seeking reelection to the state House. The Hickory Daily Record has the story: State Rep.

Key player in L’affaire LaRoque wavering on re-election bid?

Posted on December 2, 2011December 2, 2011 by Brant Clifton

A Republican legislator who got a taxpayer-financed loan from embattled state Rep. Stephen LaRoque is being rather coy about whether he will seek re-election to

Indictment of Boss Bev cronies is like deja vu all over again …

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Brant Clifton

If I talked to you about a governor with cronies laundering money to sidestep campaign finance laws, you’d think I was talking about Mike Easley. We went through a

NC gas tax cap races through state House (Speed bump awaits in Senate)

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The conservative majority in the North Carolina General Assembly’s lower chamber did its duty and overwhelmingly approved, on Monday, legislation to hold the current state gas

Civitas: Pinehurst’s Blake is NC Senate’s top conservative

Posted on November 28, 2011November 28, 2011 by Brant Clifton

According to NC Civitas, a Raleigh-based conservative think tank, Senator Harris Blake (R-Pinehurst) is wrapping up this session at the top of the class, with a perfect

Public defenders stick up for ‘Racial Justice’ …

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Just days after North Carolina’s prosecutors formally seek an end to the travesty called ‘The Racial Justice Act’, the state’s public defenders are speaking

Let the scare tactics begin …

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Brant Clifton

When liberals realize they can’t win a debate on the issues, they almost always turn to the scare tactics. Lyndon Johnson got the ball rolling in

Put up or shut up time for NCGOP

Posted on November 23, 2011November 23, 2011 by Brant Clifton

There are a number of developments brewing in Raleigh that will tell volumes about whether North Carolina made a wise investment in the Republican Party

GOP legislators seek business POV; Dems & Media cry FOUL

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Boy, it really turns my world upside down to see something published by The N&O staff complaining about not including both sides of a story. Until recently, I thought “fracking”

Surprise! Media, Dems demagogued NC state budget cuts.

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Boss Bev, legislative Dems, and their hench-persons in North Carolina’s alleged mainstream media (MSM) tried to tell us THE SKY WOULD FALL if budget cuts pushed