Tag: campaign finance

#ncgop: Oh, look! Unpaid bills.

Posted on April 24, 2015April 24, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We wrote earlier about some heartburn within the NC House GOP Caucus about campaign finance practices. Roughly $250,000 in unpaid vendor invoices were found tucked away in a drawer. Also,

#ncga: Tillman pays fine for 2013 donation from “unregistered committee”

Posted on April 22, 2015April 22, 2015 by Brant Clifton

State board of elections records show senator Jerry Tillman GIVING BACK a $1000 campaign contribution to the state on April 1. The act appeared to catch at least one board

Lots more to hate about CRomnibus

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Brant Clifton

It added to our already out-of-control federal debt. It’s fully funded ObamaCare and amnesty. It’s paying for Renee Ellmers’s museum. But it looks like there’s even more to hate

#NCSEN: And the special interest money train rolls on …

Posted on February 25, 2014February 25, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The FEC FINALLY updated the itemized info on donors to Thom Tillis’ US Senate campaign in the third quarter of 2013 (October 1 to December 31). And — as expected

#NCSEN: Playing footsie with the sock puppet

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Brant Clifton

You can almost feel the breeze from the mainstream media’s collective sigh of relief. Kay Hagan — New York senator Chuck Schumer’s sock puppet™ — has filed for reelection. I

#NCSEN #NCGA: 2012 Tillis House campaign accepted $4K from wife of figure in federal bribery case

Posted on February 10, 2014February 10, 2014 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina state House speaker Thom Tillis has established quite a reputation as a prolific fundraiser. He’s been credited with providing the ammo needed for the GOP to take over

Being Bi-partisan: offering Thom a helping hand

Posted on January 22, 2014January 22, 2014 by Brant Clifton

We’ve already raised questions about Speaker Thom, his movie contributions, the beer distributor bucks, and his ties to a certain well-connected Massachusetts law firm. We found a few more areas

#NCSEN: Giving Kay a helping hand

Posted on January 21, 2014January 21, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Yep. You read that right. You can just imagine that –when you’re scurrying all over the nation scooping up special interest money — it can be a challenge to find

While beer fight brewed in NCGA, $$$ from beer interests flowed to Tillis Senate campaign

Posted on January 2, 2014January 2, 2014 by Brant Clifton

In September, craft brewers and beer distributors were knocking heads over state regulations some viewed as favoring the interests of large beer distributors over these small brewers: North Carolina politicians

Under the Radar (and under the rug?): The senator and the mystery of the disappearing audit

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Back in January, we got a whole lot of ethics-related news regarding state Sen. Fletcher Hartsell (R-Cabarrus). Apparently, he spent $100,000 in campaign funds — in an election