Tag: Kelly Hastings

#ncga: (SIGH) Another one.

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Brant Clifton

It looks like Jason Saine has some company. Senator Fletcher Hartsell has been dragged into court for alleged abusing his campaign funds for personal benefit. Jason Saine — chairman

#ncga: More FUN with Kelly Hastings’s campaign finance reports

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Talk about a piece of work. This Cherryville lawmaker is clearly living off his campaign fund — stocked by special interests — and he doesn’t seem to care who knows it.

#ncga: The blind leading the blind right into traffic

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The drive-bys have raised some valid points about Gov. Pat and his dealings with a donor seeking an extension of a contract with the state prison system. Now, the legislature is

#ncga: How IN-KIND of you

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Brant Clifton

There’s a lot of drama percolating in the House GOP caucus over campaign finance reports. The speaker of the House, Tim Moore, has apparently been caught (1) reimbursing himself for

#ncga: Hastings one-ups the Speaker, Saine

Posted on November 10, 2015November 10, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Jason Saine charged over $19,000 in clothes to his campaign. Speaker Tim Moore had a bunch of unexplained credit card charges, as well as a bunch of rent payments to

#ncga: The Hamlet of Cherryville

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Brant Clifton

There’s an old saying about how when you find yourself in a hole you need to stop digging. (It took a while for Renee Ellmers to grasp that with her

#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: PTSDed House leaders relent under pressure from ‘silly fringe websites’

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

I got word yesterday from a House mole that we’re STILL living rent-free in the brains of state House leadership: “A directive was sent out in the Republican caucus. We

#ncga: It’s ALL about cronyism, self-protection

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Brant Clifton

State Rep. Kelly Hastings was one of the five Republican legislators whose votes helped derail an effort to kill state alternative energy mandates and lower consumer electric bills. His vote

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