Category: NC State Government

The cost of government

Posted on September 13, 2015September 13, 2015 by Brant Clifton

There is a lot of hubbub about the state budget right now. We’re hearing a lot from county and city officials moaning about how hard it is to do business

#ncga: Six things that have slowed the budget process

Posted on September 10, 2015September 10, 2015 by Brant Clifton

That is, in essence, what the story in today’s N&O was about. (Off the top of our heads, we can think of at least ONE BIG obvious one.) Here is

#ncga: Dollar-Lewis-Moore counting on Dems, planning culling of conservative herd

Posted on September 10, 2015September 10, 2015 by Brant Clifton

There WILL be war. That’s what my sources from all four corners of Jones Street are telling me amidst the poker-game-with-other-people’s-money called “budget conference negotiations.” Said one well-placed House GOP

That lonely one-way street called party loyalty. (And its sidewalks are packed with WHORES.)

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We conservatives are ALWAYS lectured about party loyalty. *We need to suck it up and support Pat McCrory, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Thom Tillis and Richard Burr.* This year, the

#ncga: Somebody call a plumber.

Posted on September 9, 2015September 9, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Some folks were seething inside a House GOP caucus meeting today. What were the accelerants for all that burning — that fire? I’m told there were two things: (1) the fact

#ncga: ABC needs to G-O.

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Brant Clifton

As I said earlier, I spent some time over the holiday weekend in the North Carolina mountains. I hit a few social functions that included some friends who reside in

#ncga: Changing their tune on primary date. (Hearing footsteps? Smelling the smoke of the mob’s torches?)

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Brant Clifton

At first, legislative leaders — led by Rep. David Lewis — were cheerleading hard for moving North Carolina’s presidential primary from May to March. The move, he and his allies

#ncga: Legit campaign expense, or home-away-from-home bachelor pad / man-cave? (You make the call.)

Posted on September 3, 2015September 3, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Our legislators get roughly $100 per day to cover food and lodging expenses while the legislature is in session. A number of legislators I spoke with said there are several

#ncga: Tillman defends support for solar subsidies, citing economic development and jobs

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Brant Clifton

I had a brief, yet interesting conversation with state Senator Jerry Tillman yesterday afternoon. The legislator left me a message praising my work, but wanting to talk about “a few things” I

#ncga: The mushroom treatment

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Brant Clifton

There’s some serious grumbling coming from the House Republican caucus on Jones Street. Their chamber is currently involved in negotiations to reconcile the budgetary differences it has with the General