Category: NC legislature

MISTER Folwell: Leading the way

Posted on February 6, 2020February 6, 2020 by Brant Clifton

State treasurer Dale Folwell got raked over the coals — even by members of his own party — when he pushed for transparency in the pricing offered by

Jones Street. The partisan index. And 2020.

Posted on January 11, 2020 by Brant Clifton

The North Carolina Free Enterprise Foundation, a GOP-leaning establishment pro-business group, regularly analyzes our General Assembly districts and computes things called partisan indexes. These are sort of like the

#ncga: 2019 legislator ratings. (Yay!)

Posted on January 4, 2020January 4, 2020 by Brant Clifton

Art Pope, Inc. has released its 2019 conservatism ratings of our state legislators. Seventeen votes were hand-picked for the House study. (There were 15 in the Senate.) Of course,

Crocodile tears over judges

Posted on December 30, 2019 by Brant Clifton

It’s interesting to see and hear all of these Republican bigwigs bemoan “legislating from the bench”: Thom Tillis and Richard Burr have voted for MANY of these

#ncga: Yoga Pants, adult beverages, and DAVID LEWIS.

Posted on December 30, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Oh, the things politicians will attach their names to: Depending on who is wearing them, Yoga pants can be the most wonderful things. Yet, David

#ncga: Is primary challenge to Boles being powered by the Po-Po?

Posted on December 28, 2019December 28, 2019 by Brant Clifton

It’s not clear whether we’re talking about a small minority of Moore County law enforcement officers or a significant chunk. But it is pretty clear that some active

State incentives meant to aid poorer, rural counties go mostly to Wake, Meck

Posted on December 28, 2019December 28, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Um, SURPRISE ???? Plant closures and job losses have hit rural parts of our state the hardest. Raleigh politicians talk a great game about helping

More on 2020 filing

Posted on December 22, 2019December 22, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Here’s the final list. The Libertarian Party actually has a candidate named “Vermin Supreme” who has qualified for North Carolina’s March presidential primary ballot. While

Some thoughts on filing (thus far)

Posted on December 14, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Here is the latest list. Revenge. Rematch. etc. It seems a number of folks are attempting to regain posts they lost in 2018. Former senator

#ncga: ANOTHER ONE ???

Posted on November 29, 2019November 29, 2019 by Brant Clifton

One million dollar lawsuit is BAD enough . But TWO ????? A powerful state lawmaker whose farm is struggling has been hit with a second $1-million-plus debt collection