Category: Thom Tillis

L’affaire LaRoque exposing chinks in Thom T’s armor?

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Talk about closing the barn door after the horses have escaped. It’s being reported now that state House speaker Thom Tillis is recommending that his federally-indicted House

Richard Morgan &Thom Tillis ally Stephen Laroque INDICTED

Posted on July 17, 2012July 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

State Rep. Stephen Laroque (R-Kinston) has been dogged by bad publicity about his private business dealings for a year. He barely lost his primary race in May. NOW, he’s been

Facebook debate on primary meddling pits blogger vs. Thom Tillis

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

What started out as a simple get-out-the-vote message on Facebook from state House speaker Thom Tillis turned into a no-holds barred debate on the merits of the Raleigh

NCGOP flier hubbub won’t die: Beaufort GOP leader criticizes state party leaders, demands apology

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Brant Clifton

In comments posted to the Beaufort County Now web site, Beaufort County GOP chairman Charles Hickman is criticizing state GOP leaders and demanding they apologize to activists from

Waiting for Team Tillis to stand up and fight

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It is hard to understand the squeamishness on the part of Speaker Thom & the House leadership in today’s N&O re: voter id. Speaker Tillis and Rep. David Lewis say

“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

L’affaire LaRoque Parte Deux: Le Recount

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Not so fast, Thom. The mission to get rid of at least one of the two monkeys on Thom Tillis’s back has hit a bump in the road.

L’affaire Laroque has a surprise ending (Raleigh ruling class breathes collective sigh of relief)

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Embattled state legislator — and Richard Morgan disciple — Stephen LaRoque (R-Kinston) went down to defeat in last night’s GOP state House primary. The margin of 54 votes was

Thom’s Team LUVs lobbyists

Posted on May 2, 2012May 2, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The other –um, high-heeled — shoe has dropped. It’s been learned that state House Speaker Thom Tillis has discovered ANOTHER of his employees having a romantic relationship with a registered