The Daily Haymaker

#ncga: More gas tax for US, and NO gas tax for airlines

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Talk about great big ones. The same guy who wants us all to pay more for gas in our cars wants to let airliners with a presence in North Carolina

#ncga: Tax-and-spend Republicans

Posted on March 5, 2015March 5, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Why vote FOR Republicans, if they are going to simply do what the Democrats WOULD have done had they been in charge? That’s a question to ponder in the

#ncga: How to deal with road construction $$$ “woes”? STOP ROBBING THE HIGHWAY FUND.

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Some of the honorables on Jones Street — aided and abetted by the drive by media — are still pushing that myth about how cash-starved the state is for road

How long will we keep being Charlie Brown?

Posted on March 4, 2015March 4, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We all remember the famous cartoons from our childhood. Lucy was always faking sincerity — promising to hold the football for Charlie Brown to kick. Every time she would convince

#ncga: Who the #@*$ is in charge here ?????

Posted on March 4, 2015March 4, 2015 by Brant Clifton

From what Jones Street insiders are telling me, Cumberland County Rep. Rick Glazier (D) is the closest thing to a leader in the General Assembly’s lower chamber. And HE is

#ncga: A mad rush to leech on to the state employee health plan

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

Senator Bill Rabon is quite the trailblazer. We reported earlier on his efforts to get the town employees of Southport — his hometown — onto the state employees’ health plan.

#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

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

#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,

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