Tag: campaign contributions

Author: Brant Clifton Published Date: January 26, 2018 2 Comments on #ncpol: There’s a NEW shih-tzu in town!
Posted in Media NCGOP Politics

#ncpol: There’s a NEW shih-tzu in town!

 … And his name is Andy or Paul.  Speck, I think.  Anyway, longtime readers of this site may remember we dubbed former N&O scribbler John Frank “The Shih-Tzu”  for his lapdog modus operandi.  (In other words, he often waited patiently for a morsel from the…

Author: Brant Clifton Published Date: April 30, 2013 3 Comments on NCGA Insiders: We ALL got Gambling $$$$$, bosses said it was OK
Posted in Economy Media NC legislature Politics

NCGA Insiders: We ALL got Gambling $$$$$, bosses said it was OK

      McClatchy and the rest of the nearly-extinct legacy media are trying SO hard to paint this whole “scandal” regarding campaign donations to state legislators from an indicted Oklahoma businessman as a REPUBLICAN THING.  (Lotsa Dems got some of that gambling money, as…

Author: Brant Clifton Published Date: April 27, 2013 2 Comments on NAMING NAMES: national gambling scandal $$$$ lined a lot of pockets in both parties on Jones Street
Posted in Democrats Economy Law & Order Media Moore County NC legislature NC State Government NCGOP Phil Berger Politics Thom Tillis

NAMING NAMES: national gambling scandal $$$$ lined a lot of pockets in both parties on Jones Street

The North Carolina state board of elections is calling for a probe into campaign contributions made by an indicted Oklahoma businessman and his wife to Gov. Pat McCrory and scores of North Carolina state legislators. Chase Burns, the owner of International Internet Technologies (IIT), is…