Category: NC State Government

Scoring Berger’s education proposal

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Brant Clifton

State Senate President Phil Berger (R) announced a “major policy” initiative this week regarding public education. It all pretty much focused on putting more heat on the folks at

NCGOP: tone deaf or trying to change the subject?

Posted on April 25, 2012April 25, 2012 by Brant Clifton

“It’s STILL the economy. We’re NOT stupid.” — Mitt Romney April 24, 2012 NC Senate President Phil Berger (R) trumpeted the other day that he had a “major

Racial Justice Act opens the floodgates …

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Thank Bev Perdue and her comrades on the left in the NC General Assembly for this. They rammed The Racial Justice Act through the assembly in 2009 over

Get over it. No — On second thought — GET OUT.

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Lame-duck Bev finally decided that she HAD to speak up on the man-on-man sex scandal at state Democrat Party HQ. On Tuesday, she told

Got $17 — um — $14? I wanna BUY a teacher.

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina governor-wannabe Bobby “BOOM BOOM” Etheridge wants to put an end to a travesty — little kids having to raise money in order

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

Remedial education for NC high school graduates on the rise

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The Democrats WANT to talk about education this campaign season. They’ve dominated state government for decades. They’ve thrown tons of money at our public schools. How’s

The NCGA GOP spending machine keeps rolling on ….

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Brant Clifton

We’re being told that those mean ol’ legislative Republicans on Jones Street are trying to bleed public education dry. Au Contraire, mes amis. Check out this

Hey! All you guys in line @ the unemployment office! Let’s talk about education!

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Bobby “BOOM BOOM” Etheridge says we need to dump MORE money into public education. We’re getting THIS from the state Democrat Party and its house propaganda organ, The

SEANC: Democrat Party mouthpiece

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I’ve been getting some — ahem — “love letters” from people defending the State Employees Association of North Carolina from my insinuations that the group is little more than a