Category: Thom Tillis

Toss Thom: Tillis is toxic to the fortunes of the NCGOP

Posted on April 27, 2012April 28, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I have long been suspicious of state House speaker Thom Tillis. He was recruited into politics by Richard Morgan — Robin to Jim Black’s Batman — to run against

The N&O busts Tillis’s aide, but what about Dalton’s daughter?

Posted on April 27, 2012April 27, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It’s a shame that — in the middle of the state’s full blown economic disaster — our political class is caught up in tabloid-quality stories and allegations.

Paying for them to do NOTHING

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Brant Clifton

We, the beleaguered taxpayers of North Carolina, are being told that we will finance a “special session” of the General Assembly where ABSOLUTELY NOTHING will be

Don’t Debate Her. RUN OVER HER.

Posted on March 21, 2012March 21, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Our highly unpopular governor is passing on running for reelection. Our state’s economy is in the tank. Our unemployment rate is higher than the national average. The Tea

The (REAL?) story on the NCGA gas tax relief #FAIL: ‘The Emperor Has No Clothes’

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Brant Clifton

We’ve vented our frustrations repeatedly on this site about North Carolina’s obscenely high gas tax. With gas prices skyrocketing, the economy tanking, and the unemployment rate

THAT dripping noise over on Jones Street

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It’s remarkable how The N&O and its comrades on The Left have such a high regard for legislative ethics — when the Republicans are in the majority. The drip-drip-drip

L’affaire Laroque offers unique glimpse into secretive world of legislative ethics

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Brant Clifton

State Rep. Stephen Laroque — a close friend and political ally of House Speaker Thom Tillis — is taking a lot of heat over his management

Tillis & Laroque: A political “family” affair

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Brant Clifton

With federal investigators turning up the heat on state Rep. Stephen Laroque (R-Kinston), it will be interesting to see what — if any — action House Speaker Thom Tillis takes

L’affaire LaRoque gets some federal attention

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Sarah Ovaska, at NCPolicyWatch, has been on top of the scandal swirling around state Rep. Stephen Laroque (R-Kinston) since the beginning. Now, she’s confirmed

NC Legislators end union shakedown of teachers; Democrats & media throw major fit

Posted on January 6, 2012January 6, 2012 by Brant Clifton

On the N&O’s front page, there was a full color photo of some large, angry Hillary Clinton lookalikes from the NC Association of Educators (NCAE) holding signs that said