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#ncga: YET ANOTHER screwy deal on jail food service

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Brant Clifton

What is it with cutting special insider deals on feeding jail inmates?  We reported earlier on an effort in the House to seek a no-bid deal for food service to

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Media, NC legislature, NCGOP

Ellmers cheerleading for No Child Left Behind reauthorization

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Tea Party and anti-Common Core activists are up in arms over the proposed Student Success Act (HR 5) under consideration in the Congress.  The legislation basically extends the life of

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Congress, Education, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Renee Ellmers
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#ncga: Spanish language web site says GOP rep. STILL on board for driver licenses for illegals

Posted on March 3, 2015March 3, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It’s not just Barack Obama that’s itching to trash the sanctity of US citizenship.  There are an awful lot of Republicans ready to follow his lead.  At the national level,

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NC legislature, NCGOP
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A real-life ObamaCare horror story

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We’ve all heard how nightmarish ObamaCare is.  It really hit home for me recently — thanks to the bureaucratic hell some good friends of mine are going through. My friends are

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Congress, Economy, ObamaCare
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#ncga: Emails reveal Gov. Pat’s $45 million giveaway on the ropes in House

Posted on February 28, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Pat McCrory’s North Carolina Competes Act is undergoing a fight for its life in the General Assembly’s lower chamber.   The House deep-sixed a request from the governor last session

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Economy, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP
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$211,0000-Plus per year to teach TWO CLASSES ???????

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Brant Clifton

That’s right, folks.  The drive-by media, already trying to paint liberal gasbag and self-anointed “poverty” expert Gene Nichol  as some Christ-like martyr, let this little gem slip: […] Nichol is paid

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Education, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government
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Mo’ Monkey Business? : The Madison County Jail

Posted on February 27, 2015February 27, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We reported a while back about some, um, “creative” maneuvering by the Madison County board of commissioners.  (Robert’s Rules of Order?  We don’t need no stinkin’ Robert’s Rules of Order!)

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‘The senator from Thime Warner has the floor …’

Posted on February 27, 2015February 27, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Word from Washington today is that freshman U.S. senator Thom Tillis is upset with the Federal Communications Commission. Why, you ask? Let’s find out:  U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., is

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Congress, Media, NC legislature, Thom Tillis
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Steve Forbes ON THE MONEY in re: gas tax

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Brant Clifton

In Washington, we have REPUBLICANS seriously considering raising the federal gas tax.  In Raleigh, we’ve had Republicans actually push a  gas tax hike through the state Senate.  One of the

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Congress, Economy, Media, NC legislature
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Walter Jones bill seeks mandatory PUBLIC reporting on crimes by immigrants

Posted on February 26, 2015February 26, 2015 by Brant Clifton

if you want money from the Department of Homeland Security, you will need to start keeping track of the immigration status of suspects you arrest.  That’s the reality congressman Walter

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Congress, Media, Politics, Walter Jones
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