Tag: campaign finance

Monkey Business Report: NCGOP finances edition

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina Republicans have been subjected to all kinds of rhetoric about the fundraising prowess of one Dallas H. Woodhouse and his grandpa. Keep reelecting them to run the state

The NCGOP finance report: Chartered jet(s), primary-meddling and $$$ to Charlotte lawyer

Posted on May 26, 2018May 26, 2018 by Brant Clifton

We all know party chairman Robin Hayes has his own plane, and that the NCGOP has kicked in some $$$ for fuel for said plane. So, WHY is the state

#NCGA: Primary-meddling, by the numbers.

Posted on May 26, 2018 by Brant Clifton

We filled you in earlier about the aggressive tactics orchestrated by the NC Senate GOP caucus in the May primaries. A lot of mean things were said and done, and

Soros, Lies & Press Releases.

Posted on April 10, 2018April 10, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Cease and desist. Those are the golden, melodic, magical words being directed toward the congressional campaign of Indian casino lobbyist Scott Dacey by the reelection campaign of congressman Walter Jones.

Kelly Hastings’s 2015 campaign reports: So, um, nice, they got filed THRICE!

Posted on April 6, 2018April 6, 2018 by Brant Clifton

I for one am not comforted by guys and gals, charged with making important dollars-and-cents decisions for our state, struggling with properly filling out their campaign finance reports. (Looking at

#ncga: Chad and Bob hug it out

Posted on March 28, 2018March 29, 2018 by Brant Clifton

The Chad Adams show become “The Bob Steinburg Show” today. The alleged “voice of North Carolina conservatives” turned the mike, and control of his show, over to the embattled legislator

#ncga: Kelly Hastings and his campaign finances. (SIGH)

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Brant Clifton

We’ve reported at length on state Rep. Kelly Hastings and the, um, adventurous style with which he manages his campaign finances. His year-end 2017 report is living up to the

#ncga: Traveling & Eating (on special interests’ dime) with Jason

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Only in America — specifically North Carolina and the NCGOP — can a guy go from broke and unemployed to making major financial decisions for the future of the state

#ncga: I KNOW I left that $17K laying around here SOMEWHERE!

Posted on August 7, 2017August 7, 2017 by Brant Clifton

The House majority leader is a busy guy. Sometimes, all of that bookkeeping and keeping track of money stuff can get in the way. Just look at this from his

#ncga: Paying yourself to campaign for, um, YOURSELF.

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Brant Clifton

After six years of observing these folks on Jones Street, I don’t get surprised anymore. They’ve all got campaign funds stocked mostly by lobbyists with needs from the General Assembly.