Tag: Cabarrus County

A slugfest in Cabarrus

Posted on March 19, 2023March 19, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Local politics can quite often get nasty and personal. But it’s rare when Raleigh has to step in and referee multiple issues under dispute in a local organization. The Cabarrus County

#ncpol #ncga: Filing for reelection while the subject of a criminal probe. (Classy.)

Posted on December 3, 2015December 3, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Yessirree. The King RINO himself — state senator Fletcher Hartsell — has filed for reelection. When we last heard from ol’ Fletch, it was June and he was getting himself

Monkey Business Update: The plot thickens in Cabarrus?

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Apparently, Charles Jeter (see comments at end of previous post) was not the only Republican legislator caught off guard by the local bill that simultaneously disarmed the Monroe city manager

Monkey Business Update: Fletcher Hartsell & Cabarrus County

Posted on August 9, 2014August 9, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Can’t get your political shenanigans approved by being open, up front, and following the process? Go the sneaky route. That’s what has apparently happened on Jones Street regarding The Fletcher

The Monkey Business Report: Cabarrus County edition

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Once again, we’re talking about state Senator Fletcher Hartsell (RINO-Cabarrus) being found in the middle of something that — by all appearances — looks really, really sneaky. In Cabarrus County,

NCGOP: Meddling in primaries? Who? Us?

Posted on May 3, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Under the previous regime at NCGOP, we got complaints galore about meddling in Republican primaries by party staff. The accusations even touched the then-party vice chairman. We were promised things

Tea Party stirring things up in Cabarrus County

Posted on April 28, 2014April 28, 2014 by Brant Clifton

This county — just outside Charlotte — made news recently when its local GOP organization denounced two Republican candidates running in the May primaries as not being ”true Republicans.”

A Bad Hair Day for Rep. Pittman?

Posted on January 29, 2014January 29, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Lady Liberty has done a bang-up job introducing us to the wannabe “hair apparent” to conservative state Rep. Larry Pittman (R-Cabarrus). Conspiracy-minded folks might see the announcement of a primary

Is the heavy hand of Thom Tillis reaching into Cabarrus County politics?

Posted on May 10, 2013May 10, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Think back to 2006 with me. We had a conservative firebrand GOP legislator, representing a district near Charlotte, who was making headlines by criticizing the leadership of