Category: NC legislature

L’affaire LaRoque: C’est fini?

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Well, it appears embattled Republican legislator and state House Rules Committee chairman Stephen LaRoque is DONE. The recount in his apparent May 8th loss to challenger John Bell confirmed that

Civitas: What Belt Tightening?

Posted on May 26, 2012May 26, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It’s election time. The honorables on the right side of the aisle on Jones Street are running around telling us how conservative and careful they’ve been with the people’s money.

Fiddling while the state’s economy burns

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The honorables on Jones Street are in full campaign mode, engaging in some serious political theater. We’ve got a record number of people out of work, and an obscenely high

Outer Banks Tea Party fight with NCGOP establishment heating up

Posted on May 22, 2012May 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The epicenter of the fight between the conservative grassroots and the Raleigh establishment is in The Outer Banks’ House District 6. A July 17 GOP

Eastern NC Tea Partiers hunting RINOs, slapping Morgan & NCGOP

Posted on May 20, 2012May 20, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Over on The Outer Banks, we’ve got YET another case of NCGOP trying to force one of their handpicked cronies down the throats of voters. Truth

“Tom-with-an-H” is all alone on this one

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Drip-drip-drip. The sordid details surrounding Speaker Thom’s staff are treating Raleigh Republicans to the worst kind of Chinese water torture. They took power in 2010 promising a different environment than

Ex-members of Team Thom hit jackpot on way out the door

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Hmmmm. Severance pay for resigning from your job. That’s a new one. But they’re always breaking new ground, or looking to do so, on Jones

TVs on death row. Really? Seriously ???

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

Watch your wallets. The North Carolina General Assembly is back in town. The state’s economy is in freefall. We’ve got an outrageously high gas tax. And what are the honorables

NC Gov Race 2012: NC Dems throwing stones in a glass house

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The clever, clever crotch-punchers at Goodwin House (A/K/A North Carolina Democrat HQ) have deployed a site parodying Republican Pat McCrory’s official campaign site. The parody site, called TeamMcCrory.com, features

What? Vote fraud in good ol’ NC?

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The General Assembly TRIED to get voter ID laws passed this session, over the loud vehement protests of Lame Duck Bev and her leftist cronies. We were told that