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#ncga: YOU-KNOW-WHAT runs downhill …

Posted on August 25, 2015August 25, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The GOP-run state Senate is running like a finely tuned machine. They are churning out conservative legislation left-and-right. The House? It’s a soap opera. It’s a mess. And by all

#ncga: YOU are RE-leased !!!!

Posted on August 21, 2015August 21, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We had this item posted yesterday. Then, we receive this email which seems to back up what our sources in that post were telling us: From: “Candace Slate (Rep.

#ncga: Fear and loathing in the caucus meeting

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Brant Clifton

There were a lot of headlines celebrating an alleged agreement between House and Senate leaders on a new state budget. The magic number? $21.735 billion. This number has both

#ncga: Doing the, um, hustle? (Budget boogie?)

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

Folks on Jones Street, who talk to us, say that the Senate has been pitching offers to House leadership on the budget. But those have been met with cricket sounds.

#ncga: The BIGGER bonds, bloated budget blues

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Brant Clifton

“I am willing to sit here until December.” — Rep. Nelson Dollar (8/5/15) ________________________________ House leaders and Gov. Pat are trying to push through a bond issue AND a packed

Hasta la vista, Aldona?

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We’ve heard time and again about how NC DHHS secretary Aldona Wos is on her way out the door. But she’s still here. That story is making the rounds of

#ncga: a CROWD of RINOs, DEMs from House headed to budget conference with Senate

Posted on July 14, 2015July 14, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Last go around, the House sent 28 total conferees (including ONE Democrat). This year, House leaders have appointed EIGHTY-TWO of the 120 House members to the conference committee. That crowd

#ncga: Ethics, meet Tim Moore. Mr. Moore, meet Ethics.

Posted on July 11, 2015July 11, 2015 by Brant Clifton

For the second time in a little over three years, Tim Moore’s ethical choices have made him an easy target for Blinkin’ Chris’s comedy website. Moore ran for speaker promising

#ncga [ House GOP OKs licenses for illegals]

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

THIS is mind-boggling: When a bill that would allow immigrants in the United States illegally to obtain limited driving privileges cleared the House Finance Committee Tuesday morning, Gregorio Morales and

Blowing a grand opportunity with the UNC system

Posted on June 8, 2015June 8, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The GOP takeover in Raleigh presented all kinds of opportunities to remake the political landscape for years to come. Long-time liberal bureaucrats could be weeded out of the state bureaucracy