Category: NCGOP

‘Maserati Timmy’ and his slush fund

Posted on June 11, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Seriously. WHO is surprised by another story about the tubby little guy from Kings Mountain using taxpayer-funded resources to benefit HIMSELF? (He’ll fit in sooooo well with those pikers in

Democrats stealing government transparency issue from GOP?

Posted on June 6, 2024 by Brant Clifton

That’s what a bill introduced in the North Carolina House this week appears to indicate. State Rep. Pricey Harrison (D-Guilford) has proposed taking what is basically the language of existing state

Relax. Take a seat. Take a few deep breaths.

Posted on June 4, 2024June 4, 2024 by Brant Clifton

We’ve all had some time to mull over the horrible travesty handed down last week by a New York Court against former president Donald Trump. It has the kind of

What constituent service actually looks like

Posted on May 28, 2024May 28, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Moore County delegation to the NC General Assembly — pay close attention. State Rep. Charlie Miller (R-Brunswick) has introduced a bill doing away with The City of Southport‘s extraterritorial jurisdiction

Zero-based budgeting for the State of NC? (It’s ABOUT TIME.)

Posted on May 28, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Actually, I thought we were already doing some of this. Zero-based budgeting involves putting serious thought into your needs for the upcoming budget year and calculating their costs as close

NCGA GOPers trying to water down sheriff-ICE cooperation bill?

Posted on May 26, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Here we are with another example of talking tough, but then delivering something weak and spineless to appease campaign donors. Remember when sheriffs elected in liberal enclaves Wake and Mecklenburg

Gambling fever in General Assembly leads to return of key players in Jim Black scandals

Posted on May 19, 2024May 19, 2024 by Brant Clifton

It’s often been said about the Congress AND our legislature that majorities can change back and forth, but the sleaze never leaves nor subsides. Case in point: the current

Medicaid Expansion Blues: The shape of things to come?

Posted on May 18, 2024May 18, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Medicaid expansion got sold to us in 2023 as the greatest thing since sliced bread. Tons of legislators who had mouthed a lot of sincere-sounding objections to growing the government

Greg Murphy has “the evidence”.

Posted on May 18, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Greg Murphy has certainly made things interesting since getting elected to Congress to replace the late Walter Jones. Who can forget the time he took to social media to inform

He MIGHT actually be worse than a Democrat.