Tag: budget

#ncga: The mushroom treatment

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Brant Clifton

There’s some serious grumbling coming from the House Republican caucus on Jones Street. Their chamber is currently involved in negotiations to reconcile the budgetary differences it has with the General

#ncga: Senators slam drive-by, Dem spin on alleged harm to schools by budget delay

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Blinkin’ Chris and his unruly mob have been on a tear telling us how the children will all get dumb and fail in life because legislators have not coughed up

#ncga: Burning the late-night oil while Ol’ Nelson sits in the corner

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The N&O is hailing state Rep. Nelson Dollar’s obstruction on the state budget as a heroic piece of leadership. I talked with one of his House colleagues who sees things

#ncga: YOU-KNOW-WHAT runs downhill …

Posted on August 25, 2015August 25, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The GOP-run state Senate is running like a finely tuned machine. They are churning out conservative legislation left-and-right. The House? It’s a soap opera. It’s a mess. And by all

#ncga: YOU are RE-leased !!!!

Posted on August 21, 2015August 21, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We had this item posted yesterday. Then, we receive this email which seems to back up what our sources in that post were telling us: From: “Candace Slate (Rep.

#ncga: Fear and loathing in the caucus meeting

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Brant Clifton

There were a lot of headlines celebrating an alleged agreement between House and Senate leaders on a new state budget. The magic number? $21.735 billion. This number has both

#ncga: Want TAs? Go see your local school board, superintendent

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The professional left and their driveby dictationists want you to think the honorables on Jones Street sit around debating whether Mrs. Jones’s 1st grade class at Waxhaw Elementary will get

#ncga: Doing the, um, hustle? (Budget boogie?)

Posted on August 10, 2015August 10, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Folks on Jones Street, who talk to us, say that the Senate has been pitching offers to House leadership on the budget. But those have been met with cricket sounds.

#ncga: The BIGGER bonds, bloated budget blues

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Brant Clifton

“I am willing to sit here until December.” — Rep. Nelson Dollar (8/5/15) ________________________________ House leaders and Gov. Pat are trying to push through a bond issue AND a packed

#ncga: Dollar at center of budget talks breakdown

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Most everybody associated with the House-Senate budget conference says the breakdown of the talks can be pinned on one person: state Rep. Nelson Dollar. Said one in-the-know source: “The Senate