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#ncgop: search committee formed for ED post. (crickets re: Laster)

Posted on August 23, 2015August 23, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Last month, we had quite a hubbub in a closed NCGOP central committee meeting about the decision to hire solar industry lobbyist Kristen Laster as the party’s new finance director.

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Cough up some more money or, um, um — YOUR BABIES WILL DIE !!! (Yeah. That’s it.)

Posted on August 22, 2015August 22, 2015 by Brant Clifton

 Just when I think the NC Chamber can’t sink any lower, they DO.  You expect a meme like ”Spend more government money or the babies will die” or ”Don’t cut

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campaign 2016, Economy, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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Moore County government email addresses found among data released in Ashley Madison hack

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

Yep.  Our tax dollars at work.  First of all, signing up for a web site that encourages and enables adultery is kind of dubious.  But using your WORK EMAIL ADDRESS

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NC-02: She’s Lyyyyyyyyying. (Her lips are moving.)

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Renee Ellmers is running to and fro trying to convince low-information voters across the Second District that she has been a valiant warrior princess against ObamaCare.  This week, she was

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campaign 2016, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Renee Ellmers
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Goliath slaps back at David in I-77 toll fracas

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Brant Clifton

That noisy bunch of grassroots folks in Widen I-77 have been creating quite a fuss in recent months.  They are mostly residents of northern Mecklenburg County who really don’t want

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Media, NC legislature, Politics
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#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.

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Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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#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

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campaign 2016, Media, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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#ncga: Oh, how those things you sign your name to come back to bite you …

Posted on August 20, 2015August 20, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Politicians are eager to win votes and please everybody — ALL AT ONCE.  It’s not all that uncommon to see some of those folks coming down on both sides of an

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Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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Education spending: Surrendering on the Mo’ Money meme?

Posted on August 19, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Liberals preach the gospel of spending more money to save the world and take care of EVERYONE.  The alleged conservative party in this country has a platform that suggests it

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campaign 2016, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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A McCrory power play? (Gov.’s team pushing Ricky Diaz for top NCGOP staff post.)

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Young Ricky Diaz of New Jersey has certainly caught the fancy of North Carolina’s Republican governor.  He was Pat McCrory’s campaign spokesman in 2012.  Diaz was the governor’s spokesman for

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