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Economic development or merely re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic?

Posted on March 16, 2013March 16, 2013 by Brant Clifton

  Politicians LOVE to talk about — and pat themselves on the back about — job creation and economic development.  Though, most rational people know the only sources for job

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Economy, Media, Moore County, Politics
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Kudos to Goolsby on Racial Justice Act

Posted on March 16, 2013March 16, 2013 by Brant Clifton

      While the state House leadership is talking about watering stuff down, slowing things down, appeasing the Democrats to “get stuff done,”  at least one state Senator is

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Law & Order, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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Boehner: Republican votes? We don’t need no steenkin’ Republican votes

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Brant Clifton

US House Speaker John Boehner and his team have pushed through several pieces of legislation opposed by a majority of Republicans, but supported by a majority of Democrats, and say

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Congress, Media, Politics
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Ellmers: Men screwed EVERYTHING UP

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Brant Clifton

          Is it just me, or is our Second District congresswoman sounding a lot like Barbara Boxer?  Or perhaps our first — or soon to be

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Congress, Economy, Media, Moore County, NCGOP, Politics, Renee Ellmers
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Ethics, Shmethics: SOMEBODY on Jones Street got some ‘splainin’ to do!

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Brant Clifton

The folks over at Exile on Jones Street singled out an interesting piece of legislation that made me — just like Arsenio Hall used to do — say ‘Hmmmmm.’ Mecklenburg

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Media, NC legislature, Politics, Uncategorized

NCGOP also picking a new Pope?

Posted on March 13, 2013March 13, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Well, my theory about Robin Hayes’s announcement that he’s not seeking reelection to the NCGOP chairman post has panned out.  Claude Pope — Art’s cousin — has stepped out from

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Media, NCGOP, Politics
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NCGOP: Hayes DONE, King goes to Congress

Posted on March 13, 2013March 13, 2013 by Brant Clifton

    The NCGOP convention should be interesting this summer.  Chairman Robin Hayes has announced his plans to not seek reelection to the post.   Vice-chairman Wayne King has taken

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Media, NCGOP, Politics
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The Morgan-Black clique rides again in Raleigh?

Posted on March 12, 2013March 13, 2013 by Brant Clifton

          The dictation pool in the McClatchy newsroom has regurgitated a press release talking about a new “House Republican group”: A group formed by the N.C.

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Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis, Uncategorized
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Power & Arrogance: Robeson pols living large on taxpayers’ dime despite county’s dismal economy

Posted on March 9, 2013March 12, 2013 by Brant Clifton

        Robeson County, in southeastern North Carolina, has officially become the state’s poorest jurisdiction.  It leads — or is near the top in all of the worst

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Media, Politics

Charlotte, Raleigh, MetLife share GROUP-HUG, we get stuck with the check

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Brant Clifton

The McCrory administration, this week, celebrated a $125.5 million dollar investment by MetLife into North Carolina’s economy.   The insurer will be relocating some of its operations to Cary and

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Media, Politics
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