Tag: finances

UNC votes to defund DEI in next year’s budget, move $$$ to cops and security

Posted on May 14, 2024 by Brant Clifton

You have to admire the UNC-CH board of trustees for making this move. Granted, two of them ARE running for higher office this year. (And ONE is on today’s ballot,

Monkey Business in Goldsboro gov’t? Dale Folwell wants to know.

Posted on January 15, 2022 by Brant Clifton

State Treasurer Dale Folwell is convinced the city of Goldsboro has not filed required audits for two years. So, Folwell has requested auditor Beth Wood to review the town’s books

Folwell: Growing number of NC’s local governments facing financial problems

Posted on May 8, 2021May 8, 2021 by Brant Clifton

The state’s local governments have been surviving for years on pass-through payments from Raleigh and DC. Quite often, these payments are not “forever” gifts. They often have an

Folwell: City of Rocky Mount needs a good hard look

Posted on September 9, 2020 by Brant Clifton

We sure know how to keep federal investigators busy here in North Carolina. Robin Hayes, David Lewis, and now The City of Rocky Mount: State Treasurer Dale

Brother, can ya spare, oh —– $50,000 ?????

Posted on September 8, 2019September 8, 2019 by Brant Clifton

There are a few pretty interesting entries on the North Carolina Republican Party’s FEC financial disclosure report. Look under the category of loans: You have Dallas Woodhouse

The NCGOP: Speaker Timmy’s kid on the payroll. Michele Nix’s $$$. A $500K hole. (Who crashed the day care van?)

Posted on August 4, 2019August 4, 2019 by Brant Clifton

It’s always fun to take a peek at how the state party is spending what money it still has. Especially now that Dallas & The Defendant are gone from

They’re broke, and they aren’t cutting a dime’s worth of spending.

Posted on May 31, 2019May 31, 2019 by Brant Clifton

That’s YOUR Robeson County school board: Before hearing the first of 30 appeals from employees whose contracts were slated to be terminated, the Board of Education of the

Lemons paid fines for his Harnett GOP screwups with NCGOP cash

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Brant Clifton

This story just keeps getting, um, better. We’ve told you about how NCGOP treasurer Jason Lemons — current Harnett County school board chairman and college buddy of David

NCGOP: $4K in the bank. $800 monthly cable bills. And Dallas gets a contract.

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Brant Clifton

And, oh, yes, the NCGOP was still paying for the monthly fill-up of Robin’s airplane right up to that, um, “unpleasantness” in April with the US attorney. And —

Another day, another mea culpa from the NCGOP treasurer

Posted on April 22, 2019April 22, 2019 by Brant Clifton

He’s struggled with keeping the finances for the Harnett County GOP and the Second Congressional District. Yet, someone thought it was a great idea to put Jason Lemons in