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#ncga: Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood

Posted on January 27, 2016January 27, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Edgar Starnes had been representing this Caldwell County-centered district until just after the 2014 elections. The former Republican House majority leader got a sweet job with the state and QUIT

#ncpol NCGOP HQ Twitter tactics raising eyebrows, drawing protest

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Larry Holmquist knows all about it. The Greensboro Republican running in the US Senate primary against Richard Burr has gone round-and-round with NCGOP HQ and Dallas Woodhouse over what could arguably

#ncpol: Team McCrory playing hardball in Meck toll dispute

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We’ve written extensively about the I-77 toll road dispute in northern Mecklenburg County. it’s been quite heated. It cost — and came close to costing — some area politicians their

#ncgop: Oops, he did it AGAIN.

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Some people learn — painfully — not to touch the hot stove. Others keep touching the hot stove hoping that it will eventually not burn their fingers. Larry Holmquist of

#ncpol: Patrick Milhous McCrory

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Brant Clifton

A tendency to use the government bureaucracy to snoop on and intimidate perceived opponents. An enemy’s list. Screaming fits at press aides regarding his coverage. Campaigning as a conservative, but

#ncpol: A primary for Pat

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

He was never a go-along get-along kind of guy. He frequently called out colleagues — Republican and Democrat — when he saw them doing what he perceived was unethical, wrong,

#ncpol: The Four T’s of 2016

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The first week of December marks the shotgun start of the 2016 campaign season in North Carolina. That’s put-up-or-shut-up time. It’s when people have to step up and file for

#NCSEN: Tillis slams Cruz

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Well, all of you folks who held your nose in the 2014 US Senate race — look at what you got: […] Afterward, in a fiery floor speech Friday, Cruz

I-77 toll lane furor igniting GOP family feud in Charlotte area

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

Here we have a recent radio interview with our, um, “Republican” governor explaining how we need to pay more in gas tax and get to like paying tolls if we

#ncga: A bail-bond backtrack

Posted on April 15, 2015April 15, 2015 by Brant Clifton

During the last session, there was quite a hubbub over legislation that critics say appeared to directly benefit the family of a legislator close to then-speaker Thom Tillis. Rep. Justin