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Tholl roads. Thime Warner. Thom Tillis. (THROUBLE ???)

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Big Barry in DC and Speaker Thom are getting a real taste of what Tricky Dick Nixon went through in 1974. * It sure blows when people start raising a stink

Tillis 2012: Tolls are bad. Tillis 2013: Tolls are OK.

Posted on April 6, 2013November 18, 2013 by Brant Clifton

A Mecklenberg County-based grassroots group has released some rather provocative video featuring state House speaker Thom Tillis. In the video, Tillis can be seen and heard addressing a

Ellmers slams state’s I-95 toll proposal

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Can I get an Amen? My congresswoman and I are singing from the same sheet of music on this issue of tolls on I-95. I dealt with these

Tolls? Really? Seriously?

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina drivers are paying the highest gasoline tax south of The Mason-Dixon Line. Now, our state government wants to shake us down for what’s left in our pockets by

2024 Filing Follies: Jeff Tarte, the (um) “establishment”, and ‘Isn’t that Special(e)?’

Posted on December 12, 2023December 12, 2023 by Brant Clifton

“I sense something. A presence I have not felt since …” When I hear the name Jeff Tarte, the first word that comes to mind is ‘prissy’. It’s been some

Weasels. Everywhere we look. WEASELS!

Posted on August 29, 2019 by Brant Clifton

We opened the door earlier on this subject — folks in the NCGOPe selling out and throwing in with the same enviro-wackos who have been trying to kill the

Lt. Dan launches, N&O foams at the mouth (collectively).

Posted on August 17, 2019August 17, 2019 by Brant Clifton

I swear. I haven’t seen the newsroom at The N&O this agitated and aggravated since the late, great Jesse Helms prowled the halls of the US Senate. Lt. Governor

TWO NCGOPers “exploring” a run for LtGov

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Brant Clifton

With Dan Forest clearly looking to move up in the political world in 2020, there is going to be at least one sure-fire job opening in Raleigh. A slew of

MeckGOP learned nothing / nade / nichts from 2018 wipeout

Posted on January 5, 2019January 5, 2019 by Brant Clifton

When the smoke finally cleared from the November 2018 vote, state senator Dan Bishop — a solid conservative, FWIW — was the last significant elected Republican in Mecklenburg County left

GOPe hasn’t learned ONE THING from 11/6. (Where do we go from here?)

Posted on November 18, 2018 by Brant Clifton

DC Republicans lost their House majority. So, how did they respond? They elected Kevin McCarthy (R-California) as their leader for the next session of Congress. Yep, the same ol’ Kevin