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Tillman’s chicken nugget bill has good intentions, but misses the mark

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Brant Clifton

  State senator Jerry Tillman (R) — that body’s majority whip, who also represents Moore and Randolph counties — has pushed through legislation  targeting a policy that gave North Carolina

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Campaign 2012, Education, Media, Moore County, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics

On eve of NCGOP convention, long knives come out

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Brant Clifton

      State GOP leaders are spinning the need for “unity” heading into the November general election, but a flier making the rounds of  party activists suggests THAT might

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Campaign 2011, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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Why is this man smiling? (Answer: He — um — GOT OFF.)

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Brant Clifton

          After lengthy deliberations, a federal jury has found former senator (and all-American baby-daddy) John Edwards not guilty on one criminal count, and got hung up

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Campaign 2012, Congress, John Edwards, Media, Politics

I’ll take endangered big spenders for a trillion, Alex

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Brant Clifton

  The folks at the NRCC in Washington have come up with a creative little web site that should appeal to the fans of the popular long-running game show Jeopardy.

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Campaign 2012, Congress, Democrats, Larry Kissell, Media, Politics

Property rights, economic development questions for Southern Pines, Pinehurst councils

Posted on May 31, 2012May 31, 2012 by Brant Clifton

            There was an interesting line in a recent Pilot story about Pinehurst’s new budget: […] Another $252,000 is in the budget for the construction

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Campaign 2012, Media, Moore County, Politics

Campaign 2012: crotch-punching returning to center-stage?

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Brant Clifton

This year’s gubernatorial campaign is looking more and more like an economic stimulus program for members of the state bar association. We’ve got the Pat McCrory campaign retaining lawyers to

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Campaign 2012, Law & Order, Media, NC legislature, Politics

Imitation: The Sincerest Form of Flattery?

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Far too often in business (and other areas of society), when someone does something that WORKS, you get all kinds of other folks doing something pretty doggone similar.  Amazon rolled

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Campaign 2012, Media, NCGOP, Politics

As The Budget Busts: the expensive soap opera being rolled out by Jones Street studios

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Brant Clifton

  We had a GOP takeover of the General Assembly which showed promise of introducing fiscal sanity to state government.  The 2011 budget debate had leftists hollering about mean old

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Campaign 2012, Economy, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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Carolina Journal: Room for improvement in NC House budget proposal

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Brant Clifton

    Analysts with Raleigh’s John Locke Foundation say there are plenty of good things in the state budget proposal currently moving through state legislative chambers, but caution that conservatives

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Campaign 2012, Economy, Media, NC legislature, Politics

Meet Ed Goodwin, candidate for NC Secretary of State

Posted on May 30, 2012May 30, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Most people, when they hear the words ‘secretary of state’, they think of foreign policy and Hillary Clinton. The position of North Carolina Secretary of State plays a significant role

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Campaign 2012, Economy, Media, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics

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