Tag: NC Legislature

A rational, common sense look at NCGA v. NCAE

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Democrats and the mainstream media (redundant? mutually exclusive?) all over the state are decrying the state legislature’s move to end the teachers’ groups ability to

Here COMES the judge !!!!

Posted on January 10, 2012January 10, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It looks like the state teacher’s union’s judge-shopping efforts have paid off. A Wake County Superior Court judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking legislation that ends mandatory

SUE: For those “special” times when you can’t get your way via the democratic process

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The state teachers union, in the aftermath of having their cash faucet turned off by the legislature, appears to be calling in

NC Legislators end union shakedown of teachers; Democrats & media throw major fit

Posted on January 6, 2012January 6, 2012 by Brant Clifton

On the N&O’s front page, there was a full color photo of some large, angry Hillary Clinton lookalikes from the NC Association of Educators (NCAE) holding signs that said

MAJOR #FAIL# : GOP majority in Raleigh drops ball on proposed gas tax cap

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The North Carolina Republican Party’s official web site includes a long list of things “We Believe,” including THIS GEM: We Believe… government must practice fiscal responsibility and allow individuals to keep

NC gas tax cap races through state House (Speed bump awaits in Senate)

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The conservative majority in the North Carolina General Assembly’s lower chamber did its duty and overwhelmingly approved, on Monday, legislation to hold the current state gas

Civitas: Pinehurst’s Blake is NC Senate’s top conservative

Posted on November 28, 2011November 28, 2011 by Brant Clifton

According to NC Civitas, a Raleigh-based conservative think tank, Senator Harris Blake (R-Pinehurst) is wrapping up this session at the top of the class, with a perfect

Public defenders stick up for ‘Racial Justice’ …

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Just days after North Carolina’s prosecutors formally seek an end to the travesty called ‘The Racial Justice Act’, the state’s public defenders are speaking

Put up or shut up time for NCGOP

Posted on November 23, 2011November 23, 2011 by Brant Clifton

There are a number of developments brewing in Raleigh that will tell volumes about whether North Carolina made a wise investment in the Republican Party

GOP legislators seek business POV; Dems & Media cry FOUL

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Boy, it really turns my world upside down to see something published by The N&O staff complaining about not including both sides of a story. Until recently, I thought “fracking”