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#ncpol: The Four T’s of 2016

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The first week of December marks the shotgun start of the 2016 campaign season in North Carolina. That’s put-up-or-shut-up time. It’s when people have to step up and file for

#ncga: Compliance is HARD.

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We know all about senator Fletcher Hartsell. We’ve seen the video and copy detailing speaker Tim Moore’s campaign finance reporting challenges. We also saw state Rep. Kelly Hastings paying himself

#ncga: The blind leading the blind right into traffic

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The drive-bys have raised some valid points about Gov. Pat and his dealings with a donor seeking an extension of a contract with the state prison system. Now, the legislature is

#ncpol #ncga: Move over Alicia Silverstone. Here comes Binky!

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

I’ve had some suspicions about Mark Binker’s level of intelligence and general awareness of things going on around him. Stuff like this confirms those suspicions: Incredible. Perhaps Binky is trying to

#ncga: How IN-KIND of you

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Brant Clifton

There’s a lot of drama percolating in the House GOP caucus over campaign finance reports. The speaker of the House, Tim Moore, has apparently been caught (1) reimbursing himself for

#ncga: Taxpayers. Smoke ’em if you got ’em.

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It’s dumbfounding listening to the sales pitches and outright spin promoting the House’s road bond package. We’re told it’s not a tax increase. Never mind that bond issues involve obtaining

#ncga: The Hamlet of Cherryville

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Brant Clifton

There’s an old saying about how when you find yourself in a hole you need to stop digging. (It took a while for Renee Ellmers to grasp that with her

#ncga: A rumble at the Republican caucus meeting?

Posted on April 30, 2015April 30, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Everybody seems to be buzzing about the upcoming Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. I am thinking the Blust-Hastings matchup might get just as interesting. We documented an earlier exchange between Reps. Kelly Hastings

#ncga: PTSDed House leaders relent under pressure from ‘silly fringe websites’

Posted on April 30, 2015April 30, 2015 by Brant Clifton

I got word yesterday from a House mole that we’re STILL living rent-free in the brains of state House leadership: “A directive was sent out in the Republican caucus. We

#ncga: It’s ALL about cronyism, self-protection

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Brant Clifton

State Rep. Kelly Hastings was one of the five Republican legislators whose votes helped derail an effort to kill state alternative energy mandates and lower consumer electric bills. His vote