Category: NC State Government

The 411 on North Carolina’s ‘Golden Leaf’ fund

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Brant Clifton

You hear mentions in passing in statewide news stories about something called “The Golden Leaf’ fund. In this video, Jeanette Doran, a staff attorney at the NC Institute

New State law on campaign signs

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Brant Clifton

In August, the state legislature enacted a law which should have a significant impact on political campaigns and local efforts to police sign ordinances: Towns and municipalities no

NC Teacher Job Loss Misinformation

Posted on October 29, 2011October 29, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The Raleigh-based Civitas Institute has released an interesting study that contradicts the spin from leftists and their media comrades about those mean ol’ Republicans and their state

Creative jurisprudence 101

Posted on October 26, 2011October 26, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The abortion lobby, worried about the effect of a new NC state law on their government cash cow, shopped around and found a federal judge to

Where’s Walter? NC’s barely-there Lt. Governor

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Is it just me, or did Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton simply vanish after the 2008 elections? This guy has got to be one of the most low-key statewide politicos we’ve

Rep. LaRoque and the latest on the smell test

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The problems keep piling up for state Rep. Stephen LaRoque (R-Kinston) — a close political ally and friend of SpeakerrrrrRichardMorgan™. According to the left-wing group

Dems & media pals tossing Bev under the bus?

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The N&O has been salivating lately over the possibility of state Rep. Bill Faison(D), who represents the Chapel Hill-Carrboro crowd in the House, challenging Boss Bev’s

BarryO invades North Carolina AGAIN (Where’s Bev?)

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Brant Clifton

We didn’t ask for it, but we got it ANYWAY. BarryO is rolling across the western end of our lovely state with his gas-guzzling, carbon-footprint-expanding bus

Oh look, dear. A head on a stick …

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Brant Clifton

(Yes, that is a severed head on a pike at the Occupy Wall Street ‘event’ in NYC. More specifically, it is an effigy of Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein’s

Exposing the expensive ‘green jobs’ myth

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Environmentalist rhetoric about the wonder of ‘green’ environmentally-friendly jobs is not matching up to reality. The Washington Post, not exactly a conservative propaganda rag, has pointed out that, just