The Daily Haymaker

#ncga: MINE is bigger than yours.

Posted on July 5, 2016July 5, 2016 by Brant Clifton

The 2016 session of the North Carolina General Assembly went out with a bang this past week. And it had everything to do with egos. It appears the GOP leadership

#ncga: Still shaking the Lumbee money tree

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Brant Clifton

There were all kinds of private meetings in the office of speaker Tim Moore. All kinds of cash has moved between Pembroke and legislator pockets. SB554, allowing private developers to

#AYSM? : Charlotte area planners PRAISED by Third World, Red China

Posted on July 4, 2016July 4, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Here’s the latest from the #AYSM department. The Centralina Council of Governments — a bunch of bureaucrats and politicians from the Charlotte area fixated on “planning” your communities — is

#2016POLLS: Tighter than Bill Barber’s SPANX!

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Brant Clifton

That’s right. It looks like we have nail-biters all around the top of the tickets this November. (Of course, things NEVER seem to really heat up until right after Labor

#ncpol: Burr, Thilli$$$ split on Puerto Rico bailout

Posted on July 1, 2016July 1, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Puerto Rico can’t manage its money so Dick Burr & some of his friends thought it was important to send A BUNCH MORE of our money down there: Whether government

#ncga: Pouring water on a grease fire

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Brant Clifton

The anti-HB2 hysteria was flaming out. The concert boycott announcements were dwindling down to nothing. All the NCGOPe had to do was keep sticking to its guns and stay focused

The Hood reign of terror claims a scalp

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Brant Clifton

The tap-dancing, twinkletoed gruppenfuhrer of the Pope Foundation has leveled some huge disrespect toward one of the best-liked, most-respected conservatives in state politics. We’ve been keeping our eyes peeled, and

#ncga: Meanwhile, Inside the caucus room …

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Brant Clifton

The word I am hearing — from folks inside the joint House-Senate GOP confab with the governor — is about dramatic contrasts. Gov. McCrory and the House leadership were passionately

#ncga: Tweaking the HB2 tweak

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Once again, I’ve got MAIL: From: Rep. Chuck McGrady Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2016 12:50 PM To: @House/Republican/Members Subject: New Bill Consistent with the discussion that has occurred in the

#ncga: Sniff, sniff. I smell PORK.

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Brant Clifton

The drivebys are trumpeting a great agreement on the budget between the two chambers on Jones Street. This agreement is loaded with the same kind of pork-flavored crap we’ve grown to