Tag: John Blust

#ncga: FBI? (O-M-G.)

Posted on January 18, 2019 by Brant Clifton

It’s been whispered around the halls of the legislative building for years now: The feds are hot on the trail of Speaker Timmy and his pals. Now, according to

#ncga: The Jones Street oligarchy

Posted on July 2, 2018 by Brant Clifton

We get all kinds of blather about how The US Capitol and the General Assembly are “the people’s house” populated by “the people’s representatives.” Those terms are missing a few

Another one bites the Blust — um, dust

Posted on February 13, 2018February 13, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Bert Jones. Carl Ford. Chris Millis. And now John Blust. Leaders in the state House’s tiny conservative minority are calling it quits in this cycle It must be tough to

#nc-13: Filtering through the GOP crowd

Posted on June 4, 2016June 4, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Talk about sensory overload. I feel bad for voters in the GOP primary for this newly created congressional district. They have a crowd of SEVENTEEN to evaluate. There is no

#ncga: Aaaaand Mr. Blust has the floor …

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It looks like we have quite a food fight brewing among Republicans representing the Greensboro area. Check out this email sent by Rep. John Blust (R) to his colleagues in

#ncga [Blust calls out House leaders on illegals licensing deal]

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Brant Clifton

State Rep. John Blust gave a pretty eye-opening interview to our friends at The Rhino Times about an issue that has people fired up from Murphy to Manteo: Rep. John

#ncga Rep. Blust vents re: H405, media bias, and McCrory veto

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

The drivebys — when not cooing over “Caitlyn” Jenner — have been aflutter about Gov. Pat’s veto of the bill that would have allowed magistrates who object to gay marriage the

#ncga: A rumble at the Republican caucus meeting?

Posted on April 30, 2015April 30, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Everybody seems to be buzzing about the upcoming Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. I am thinking the Blust-Hastings matchup might get just as interesting. We documented an earlier exchange between Reps. Kelly Hastings

#NCGA: Rep. Hastings, getting an education on Facebook

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Brant Clifton

I cut my cable TV cord six years ago. And I haven’t missed it a bit. Thanks to my Internet thingie (and my army of moles) I stay on top

#ncga: Tempers appear to flare as GOPers take renewable energy debate to social media

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The folks at Civitas have done a bang-up job HERE and HERE of exposing and detailing a rather unseemly relationship between Republican legislators, political consultants, and left-wing environmentalists regarding government