Category: NC State Government

Felony charges make The Left, media eat a little crow

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Felony charges filed against four Wake County residents for vote fraud are surely making the state’s Left and their friends in the alleged Main Stream Media (MSM) eat a tad

Passing the smell test …

Posted on August 5, 2011August 5, 2011 by Brant Clifton

I had such high hopes for state Rep. Stephen LaRoque (R-Kinston). When he first came to the legislature, he was joined at the hip with former state Rep. Richard Morgan

Legislators listening to business people about policies that affect businesses. Oh, the horror …

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Brant Clifton

According to the N&O, and other liberal mouthpieces, the fact that NC state legislators and businesspeople are getting together to talk about legislation means SOMETHING sinister is going on: The

Dems and the N&O: The sky is STILL falling! Seriously. We swear! (Would we lie to you?)

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Brant Clifton

State Democrats and their allies in the teachers union are STILL trying to beat up on conservatives in the legislature for the budget recently passed by both chambers despite the

A mixed review for Tuesday’s legislative session …

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The conservative majority in the state legislature continued their beatdown of Madame Governor in Tuesday’s business — overriding her vetoes of bills limiting the payment of unemployment benefits and installing

YES, there IS life AFTER government funding …

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The recently passed state budget cut out funding for the North Carolina Governor’s School, and The Left quickly pounced on that as another piece of evidence of how conservatives want to hurt

No belching after dark ….

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

The Boone, North Carolina city council is apparently BEGGING to be sued on constitutional grounds. The Associated Press is reporting on changes to the North Carolina mountain town’s noise ordinance

And the beatdown goes on ….

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

(No that’s not me misquoting some famous song lyrics by The Whispers. Or was it Sonny & Cher ?) We’re talking about the action today at the legislative building in

A twisted definition of ‘success’

Posted on July 23, 2011July 23, 2011 by Brant Clifton

We in Moore County just received news that only THREE of our 22 county schools achieved Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) status under the federal No Child Left Behind Law. …

Look at me! I’m on TV !!!

Posted on July 21, 2011July 21, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Wake County Superior Court Judge Howard Manning, Jr. is quite passionate about educating North Carolina’s children. He is so passionate about it that he often tiptoes up to the line,