Tag: media

Guess Who’s Back. Back Again. Dallas is Back. (Tell A Friend.)

Posted on February 17, 2020February 17, 2020 by Brant Clifton

I found an interesting notation at the very bottom of the NCGOP’s year-end financial report. “Woodhouse Consulting and Management.” Founded on October 1. Sees

Downtown Chapel Hill an ‘economic opportunity zone’ ?

Posted on February 8, 2020February 8, 2020 by Brant Clifton

President Trump and some North Carolina Republicans were in Charlotte this week celebrating and advocating for economic opportunity zones. These zones are supposed to be mostly low-income

Erasing Mr. Washington

Posted on February 7, 2020February 7, 2020 by Brant Clifton

It’s as if I needed ONE MORE reason to ignore all those calls and solicitations from the alumni association. Apparently, there is a growing movement at The

He’s IN. He’s OUT. He’s endorsing his opponent. Now, he’s – um – back IN?

Posted on February 7, 2020February 7, 2020 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina District Court Judge Pete Mack is what folks in the ivory tower might kindly, gently describe as “an enigma.” The Mike Easley appointee — serving

MISTER Folwell: Leading the way

Posted on February 6, 2020February 6, 2020 by Brant Clifton

State treasurer Dale Folwell got raked over the coals — even by members of his own party — when he pushed for transparency in the pricing offered by

NC11: Meadows, Jordan, Freedom Caucus ALL IN for Lynda Bennett

Posted on February 1, 2020 by Brant Clifton

The Freedom Caucus, whose members are arguably President Trump’s most loyal foot soldiers in the US House, has gone public with its endorsement of Haywood County GOP activist

#ncpol: Mr. Folwell rightly scolds our goofy Guv.

Posted on January 30, 2020January 30, 2020 by Brant Clifton

Roy Cooper is a master at running to the media and taking credit for stuff he had LITTLE to NOTHING to do with. (Don’t believe me? Check out the

KING Arthur for, um — Moore / Hoke District Attorney ???

Posted on January 25, 2020January 25, 2020 by Brant Clifton

I had always thought fantasy role-playing (in public) was an activity reserved mainly for young children, as well as high school and college students who can’t get

Does Dale Folwell owe you money?

Posted on January 12, 2020 by Brant Clifton

(Or, more likely, someone else?) The treasurer’s office maintains a “found money” database of funds that are trying to be reunited with their actual owners. Of course, you

Jones Street. The partisan index. And 2020.

Posted on January 11, 2020 by Brant Clifton

The North Carolina Free Enterprise Foundation, a GOP-leaning establishment pro-business group, regularly analyzes our General Assembly districts and computes things called partisan indexes. These are sort of like the