Tag: media

Folwell calls Jones Street’s bluff, advances transparency for state health plan

Posted on May 7, 2019May 7, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Legislators and the deep-pocketed paymasters in the hospital lobby tried to tie state treasurer Dale Folwell’s hands on reforming the state health plan. They succeeded in getting HB184 through

NC-09: Dan & Stony, a budding bro-mance

Posted on May 3, 2019 by Brant Clifton

The fireworks in the special election for the Ninth Congressional District seem to be relegated to the campaigns of Union County commissioner Stony Rushing (R) and state senator Dan

NC-03: Look what came in the mail! (Two days LATE, of course.)

Posted on May 3, 2019May 3, 2019 by Brant Clifton

“Free” must be a synonym for “High” in certain social circles. Anyway, Dr. Kevin Baiko, one of the 17 candidates for the Third District, got this thought-provoking mailer promoting his

The ‘Swampetition’: NCGOP chairman candidate Whatley’s firm lobbies FOR solar

Posted on May 2, 2019May 2, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Supporter of NCGOP chairman candidate Michael Whatley like to pass their guy off as just another proponent of offshore drilling. Well, there’s more to the story: […] Having

NC-03: The Doctors Are IN! (Murphy, Perry top the field at the end of the night)

Posted on April 30, 2019April 30, 2019 by Brant Clifton

And THEN there were two (doctors). Voters in the Third Congressional District spoke today — whittling down the massive 17 member GOP field to two physicians: Dr. Greg

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 —

What a difference 31 years makes.

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Brant Clifton

I first cut my teeth in big time politics back in 1988 in the early stages of the Bush-Quayle campaign. As a bright-eyed bushy-tailed college kid, I got a

Thom Tillis 2nd-most unpopular GOPer up for reelection in 2020. (Um, SURPRISE !!)

Posted on April 25, 2019April 25, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Things have been busy around here. You know, with Robin Hayes getting indicted, two congressional races, and the usual nonsense from Jones Street. Thom The Therrible has gotten a

NC-09: Leigh Brown. The story keeps getting, um, “better.”

Posted on April 19, 2019April 19, 2019 by Brant Clifton

She tried to run for governor as an independent in 2012. She primaried state legislator (and conservative stalwart) Larry Pittman in 2014. In 2015, she donated cash to

NC-03: Gambling on the FEC not paying attention.

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Scott Dacey’s back. The third-place finishing (2018), Indian casino-lobbying, former Paul Shumaker client is poking around in the 2019 edition of the Third Congressional District’s GOP primary. Sources on