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#ncga: Jason Saine, the $19,116.45 man.

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Imelda Marcos had 3000-plus shoes. Fletcher Hartsell had, well,um, a lot of stuff. The latest round of campaign finance reports show that Jason Saine, for the first half of 2015,

#ncga: Gettin’ PAID while educatin’ TAX-FREE ($$ CHA-CHING !!! $$)

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Brant Clifton

In 2014, some Raleigh Republicans — led by then-speaker Thom Tillis put together something called North Carolina House Legislative Partners to “educate” the people of North Carolina on the good

#ncga: Fletch flounders

Posted on June 24, 2015June 24, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Politics is a lot like business in the real world. In business, people form relationships with people because they need something from them. In most cases, those relationships end when

#ncga: Blinkin’ Chris strikes AGAIN?

Posted on June 22, 2015June 22, 2015 by Brant Clifton

I happened to stumble across a Blinkin’ Chris commentary on WRAL radio while driving around today. Of course, the blinkin’ one was in his typical ‘damn the republicans’ mode. But

#ncga: WHO is Joseph Dollar?

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Brant Clifton

“Who is John Galt? ” — Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged ——————————— Bob Dole has been renowned for referring to himself in the third person. Could we have a similar case RIGHT

#ncga: Fletch OWES

Posted on June 20, 2015June 20, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Electorally speaking, things weren’t so tough for senator Fletcher Hartsell from 2012 to 2014. So, why did he personally dump six figures into his campaign fund during that time? Hartsell

#ncga: Fletch Rents

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Political consultant do a lot of things for their clients. Not many play landlord for them. We’ve been following the unusual case of state senator Fletcher Hartsell (RINO-Cabarrus) —

#ncga [ Heard the one about the RINO and the prosecutor? (Stop US if you have …) ]

Posted on June 17, 2015June 17, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It took two-and-a-half years, but state Senator Fletcher Hartsell’s (RINO-Cabarrus) campaign finance / ethics case is going to get some attention from an actual bona fide prosecutor: More than $600

The McCrory Duke stock non-story

Posted on August 14, 2014August 14, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Chests are being thumped defiantly at Low-T headquarters on Raleigh’s Jones Street. The McClatchy drive-bys are convinced that they have found Gov. Pat McCrory’s Watergate: Gov. Pat McCrory failed to

Monkey Business Update: The plot thickens in Cabarrus?

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Apparently, Charles Jeter (see comments at end of previous post) was not the only Republican legislator caught off guard by the local bill that simultaneously disarmed the Monroe city manager