The Daily Haymaker

#ncga: An end to ETJs?

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

Extraterritorial jurisdictions have been a source of controversy for years. Muncipal leaders and their advocates LOVE them. They gain influence over territory and residents who can’t even vote for them.

#ncga: Snail’s pace. David Lewis. (Let the grumbling begin !!!)

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It sounds like the advent of the Tim Moore era in the state House is not all kumbaya and sweet-smelling roses. A number of my sources who have been around

Pay more taxes, accrue more debt or THE KIDS WILL DIE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted on February 4, 2015May 2, 2018 by Brant Clifton

That is the unhinged thesis of some new ads put out by the North Carolina Chamber — allegedly the state’s largest and most powerful pro-business group. (Disclosure: I was briefly

Loretta Lynch & The Senate GOP: Bringing a knife to a gunfight

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Yep. Indiana Jones showed us all how foolish that strategy can be. Democrats have, for decades, made mincemeat out of GOP nominees simply because they disagreed with them. Clarence Thomas.

Shoot birdies — instead of Bambis — in Pinehurst

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We’ve got it pretty good here. The village regularly has been recognized as one of the safest places to live in North Carolina. We’ve got a very reasonable tax rate.

Wouldn’t it be nice ….

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

The political class — with the help of the drive-by media and Blinkin’ Chris and his Manson Family — has decided that they are not competent to perform one of

Tillis: Demanding hand-washing AFTER you pee = government tyranny

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Holy cow. If you thought Renee Ellmers was one hot PR mess — wait until you get a load of our junior US senator. We posted earlier about ol’ Thom’s

#ncsen: Thom Tillis. Making Friends. With DEMS.

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Brant Clifton

In November, voters across the Carolinas and the nation sent a message to DC loud and clear. Stop Obama. Stop Obama’s agenda. SOMEHOW that got translated to John Boehner and

Ellmers spox: ‘Feds NOT in biz of saying what IS and IS NOT RAPE.’

Posted on February 2, 2015February 2, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Renee Ellmers’s taxpayer funded political hacks are still trying to spin her out of her self-made mess on that later-term abortion bill. And National Review has the audio. I’ve

#ncga: NC’s coastal policy being pushed further left by drive-bys, their state gov’t allies

Posted on February 1, 2015February 1, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We’ve provided extensive coverage of the political drama around the state Sea Level Rise (SLR) panel and its revision — mandated by the GOP majority in the legislature — of