Search Results for: yolanda

Campaign ’24: A job interview or ‘American Idol’ ?

Posted on December 17, 2023 by Brant Clifton

As you review the array of names that has filed for office this year in North Carolina, ask yourself a simple question: How many of these people would I actually

So, DJT thinks MKR >= MLK? (Seriously?)

Posted on December 13, 2023December 13, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Mark Robinson and Yolanda Hill have racked up three bankruptcies, an eviction, a business failure, and multiple bad check charges. Even though they now make a combined $350,000 per year,

Toss in a little Tillis, and there you have it — one HOT MESS.

Posted on December 9, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Some of the things the Raleigh drive-bys find stunning and surprising just crack me up. The Berger endorsement of Mark Robinson? Berger’s protégè – Jim Blaine – has occupying the

Campaign ’24: “You talkin’ to ME ???”

Posted on December 7, 2023December 7, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Mark Robinson’s campaign staff has done yeoman’s work in keeping their guy below radar and away from cameras and microphones. Somehow, the big guy found an audience – and a

Checking all the, um, “right” boxes: NC’s Campaign 2024 and identity politics

Posted on December 3, 2023 by Brant Clifton

I can just imagine some political strategist sitting out there now: “Okay. I’ve got BLACK, FEMALE, and AMBIDEXTROUS covered. Now, if you can give me all three of those PLUS

Is The State of NC paying MKR’s wife for THREE JOBS?

Posted on November 16, 2023 by Brant Clifton

A document we obtained from the state Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS), signed and dated by Yolanda Hill (wife of Lt. Gov. and gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson),

Is KYGOV race an omen for 2024 NCGOV race?

Posted on November 9, 2023 by Brant Clifton

I don’t live in Kentucky. (I know some folks registered to vote there.) But, from what I observed, what they went through in their recently concluded gubernatorial race looks a

N&O ‘investigative’ unit ignores TWO meaty political stories, bets it ALL on Causey nothing-burger

Posted on November 4, 2023 by Brant Clifton

We know that state auditor Beth Wood is not seeking reelection in 2024. We know that she had some legal trouble thanks to her failed December 2022 attempt at jumping

The Man with the Flexible Bio

Posted on October 30, 2023 by Brant Clifton

How well do we really know the man NCGOPe types are giving us the hard-sell on for the 2024 governor’s race? It’s a rarity – some might call it

Mark Walker walks away from governor’s race

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Brant Clifton

And then there were FIVE. Team Robinson – the operatives running that scandal-on-two-legs – wants you to think they have the only Republican choice in the race. But Andy