Category: NC State Government

Things that make you go HMMMM: The Council of State and THAT ‘indebtedness’ vote

Posted on December 7, 2012December 8, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Most of the news about the Council of State meeting this week focused on the Dorothea Dix hullaballoo. But if you read a

NC state govt’s “Dorothea” Pre-“Dix”-ament

Posted on November 27, 2012November 28, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It’s being reported that the GOP majority in the General Assembly, outgoing Gov. Bev Perdue, and incoming Governor Pat McCrory are all squabbling about what to do with

Seriously? NC state govt — BILLIONS IN DEBT — owns a RAILROAD ???

Posted on November 26, 2012November 26, 2012 by Brant Clifton

We’ve been told — since the November 6 election — that North Carolina experienced a “conservative revolution.” Yet we have the NCGOP majority in Raleigh

AFTER the election, GOP thinks tax increases are A-OK

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Now that the smoke has cleared — and they are safe from the voters’ wrath for at least two more years — Republicans in Raleigh and Washington appear ready to

Gov. Pat: Bev’s a disaster, but I’m keeping a lot of her people.

Posted on November 20, 2012November 20, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Pat McCrory, fresh off his rout of Walter Dalton in the governor’s race, is putting out the word that we shouldn’t expect “major personnel changes right away.” Wait a minute.

NC House GOP re-ups with Tillis, delays vote on other offices

Posted on November 17, 2012November 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It looks like we’re going to get two more years of Thom Tillis in the House chamber’s big chair. It also looks like proposal to alter the majority leader job

Mr. Forest Goes To Raleigh

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

In one of the best election-related pieces of news for North Carolina Tea Partiers, canvassing has confirmed Republican Dan Forest’s victory over Democrat Linda Coleman. Forest, one of

Thoughts on the NC House GOP leadership skirmish

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

State House Republicans are meeting today to decide who will lead them through the next legislative session in Raleigh. A lot of the current leadership is running again, while a

BOHICA: Bev goes ahead on ObamaCare implementation (Where are NCGOP & Gov. Pat?)

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Friday is the deadline for the states to let the Feds know if they will be setting up health exchanges — Phase One in the implementation of ObamaCare. State governments

Source: Election results strengthen the hand of Team Tillis

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I chatted recently with a long-time NCGOP insider — and a friend of this site — about some of the conversations going on right now in