Category: Law & Order

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

Game On! Judges refuse to delay NC primary elections

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Brant Clifton

A three judge panel in Raleigh refused this week to grant a request from Democrats and liberal activists to delay the state’s May primary. This decision puts into play

‘Government Gone Wild’ in Fayetteville

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

Fayetteville businesswoman Jackie Pfendler thought she was doing something good for her community. She bought an old abandoned building in 2009 in a troubled part of town, spent $1

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

Here COMES the judge !!!!

Posted on January 10, 2012January 10, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It looks like the state teacher’s union’s judge-shopping efforts have paid off. A Wake County Superior Court judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking legislation that ends mandatory

EEOC: requiring an education MAY be discriminatory

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Here comes another example of a federal agency that has outlived its usefulness. The EEOC was founded with the intention of ending racial and

Pinehurst Police: Same — um — STUFF, different chief

Posted on December 26, 2011December 27, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Well, the election is over. There is a new chief at Pinehurst PD. And it appears NOT much has changed from the old regime. We now have the

Why does NCGOP keep giving the AG’s race a pass?

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Every four years we see the same phenomenon in The Tar Heel State: a gaggle of GOP gubernatorial wannabees, followed by a bunch of also-rans lower down the ticket

SC Voter ID law blocked by USDOJ; NC efforts @ voter ID under assault

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Brant Clifton

*Sigh* The Left is working overtime here at the end of the year to finish pushing our country into the ditch. US Attorney General Eric Holder

No justice at all in Bev’s veto

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Once again, Ms. Perdue-Eaves is standing in the way of common sense in Raleigh. Our Boss Lady (til 2012) vetoed the legislature’s repeal of the 2009 Racial