Category: NC State Government

Robinson tosses fellow GOPer, NCDPI’s Truitt, under the bus

Posted on January 11, 2024January 11, 2024 by Brant Clifton

It’s always an adventure when Lt. Gov. Mark Keith Robinson (R) opens his mouth in public. We saw that this week when the alleged GOP frontrunner for governor spoke to

More Money, More Problems. (More forms, too.)

Posted on January 9, 2024 by Brant Clifton

We’ve put together more than 30 stories over the past year about Greensboro-based Balanced Nutrition. Balanced Nutrition, if you haven’t heard, is the family business for Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and

The 2024 race for state treasurer

Posted on December 31, 2023December 31, 2023 by Brant Clifton

With incumbent Dale Folwell‘s decision to pursue the GOP gubernatorial nomination, there are some BIG SHOES to fill over at the office of state treasurer in 2024. Folwell has won

2024 about inserting Phil Berger at top of Raleigh’s political “food chain”?

Posted on December 31, 2023 by Brant Clifton

There was a popular game making the rounds years ago called something along the lines of “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.” The object was to take a person’s name and

Tim Moore: Unacceptable

Posted on December 30, 2023December 30, 2023 by Brant Clifton

It looks like another one of my bleak predictions is coming true. The last vestiges of conservatism are being stomped out of our state’s congressional delegation. Congressman Dan Bishop —

‘Bumpin’ uglies’ in the parking lot ??? (Welcome to Moore County.)

Posted on December 21, 2023December 21, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Our local paper here has titilated us with allegations of ‘contempt of court’ directed at Moore County Clerk of Superior Court Todd Maness by District Court Judge Beth Tanner. Much

Time for a Truth Bomb, eh?

Posted on December 19, 2023 by Brant Clifton

THIS has been floating around social media today. (*SNIFF*! I do believe someone is trying to blow smoke up my posterior!) Gee, where do I start? “Citizen Governor” ??? Mark

Thumbing their noses at US, transparency and the NC Open Meetings Law

Posted on December 14, 2023 by Brant Clifton

We’re seeing it happen all around the local area, and I’m sure it’s happening in your neck of the woods. Government employees and elected-types work really really hard to keep

So, DJT thinks MKR >= MLK? (Seriously?)

Posted on December 13, 2023December 13, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Mark Robinson and Yolanda Hill have racked up three bankruptcies, an eviction, a business failure, and multiple bad check charges. Even though they now make a combined $350,000 per year,

What DEI hath wrought

Posted on December 12, 2023 by Brant Clifton

DEI. Diversity. Equity. Inclusion. All that sounds NIIIIIIIICE, eh? In Marxist dictatorships of yesteryear (and current day), a Communist Party membership card earned you all kinds of career or educational