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#ncga: Crowd-funding, an interesting option in economic development debate

Posted on February 16, 2015February 16, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Politicians these days are all crowing about being “job creators.”  Gov. Pat McCrory has emptied out the corporate welfare accounts at the Department of Commerce, and he’s coming to us

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Congress, Economy, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP
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Ferguson-ing the Chapel Hill shooting

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

The recent murder of three students in Chapel Hill handed the drive-bys exactly what they were looking for.  Ammo for whipping up hysteria over ‘racism.’  They tried with George Zimmerman

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#ncga: The era of ‘tax-and-spend’ Republicans

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

I took a look at that bill –portrayed in the media as a gas tax cut — that is really a gas tax hike.  It lumps all kinds of changes

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Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Tea Party
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#ncga: Things looking rather dicey in House for NC Chamber’s gas tax hike

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Our sources in the lower chamber on Jones Street tell us that the vote on the gas tax hike / ”revenue stabilization” nonsense that passed the GOP-dominated Senate with flying

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Economy, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP
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#ncga: Are you ready for some welfare? (Corporate welfare, that is. $45 MILLION.)

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

The “conservative revolution” rolls on.  We’ve obtained a draft of a bill (dated February 4) being drafted and pushed by legislative leaders (read REPUBLICANS) seeking $45 million bucks worth of

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Media, NC legislature, NCGOP
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#ncga: No money for roads. PLENTY of money for leadership staff salaries.

Posted on February 13, 2015February 13, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The “conservative revolution” in Raleigh is telling us the state is so cash-poor that it can’t afford some vital road repairs and construction.  Yet, the folks at the AP are

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Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP
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The drumbeat for WAR

Posted on February 12, 2015February 12, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It is really interesting to see and hear all of these people who have badmouthed our military through every operation — dating back to Vietnam — beating the drums to go

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Congress, Media
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A primary opponent for Richard Hudson?

Posted on February 12, 2015February 12, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We reported earlier on an effort in Rowan County to censure congressman Richard Hudson.  Now, it appears that county will be producing a primary challenger to Hudson in 2016.  Rowan

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Congress, Richard Hudson
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#ncga: A GOP surrender on taxes?

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Brant Clifton

An awful lot of the Republican Party’s electoral gains statewide and nationally over the last 35 years can be attributed to the party’s championing of the idea of allowing people

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Rowan GOP clamping down on internal effort to censure Richard Hudson?

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Judging from an account shared on social media by some of our sources in the Eighth congressional district, there are some Republicans who are not happy campers when it comes

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Congress, Richard Hudson
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