Tag: NCGA

“Federal subpoenas! Get your hot and fresh federal subpoenas right here!”

Posted on August 23, 2024August 23, 2024 by Brant Clifton

A federal grand jury subpoena ranks right there with a notice of an IRS audit on the list of THINGS NO ONE WANTS TO SEE. It appears that some well-known

An Ethics Fairy encore: A copy of a complaint filed about Jason Saine, et. al.

Posted on August 10, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Thank you, Ethics Fairy. (Wherever you may be, right now.) We ran the story just the other day about the filing of said complaint. (We still don’t have the name

Good riddance.

Posted on July 16, 2024 by Brant Clifton

With Tim Moore and Jason Saine leaving the NC House for $$$greener$$ pastures, the stink in-and-around the Jones Street legislative complex should be lessened by about — oh — 11

Casinos. Campaign cash. Defamation and Team Berger. (Oh, my.)

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Brant Clifton

It doesn’t matter WHO wins the governor race in November. Senator Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) will still be the biggest baddest dog on any block in our state capital. Some may

Democrats stealing government transparency issue from GOP?

Posted on June 6, 2024 by Brant Clifton

That’s what a bill introduced in the North Carolina House this week appears to indicate. State Rep. Pricey Harrison (D-Guilford) has proposed taking what is basically the language of existing state

What constituent service actually looks like

Posted on May 28, 2024May 28, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Moore County delegation to the NC General Assembly — pay close attention. State Rep. Charlie Miller (R-Brunswick) has introduced a bill doing away with The City of Southport‘s extraterritorial jurisdiction

Zero-based budgeting for the State of NC? (It’s ABOUT TIME.)

Posted on May 28, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Actually, I thought we were already doing some of this. Zero-based budgeting involves putting serious thought into your needs for the upcoming budget year and calculating their costs as close

NCGA GOPers trying to water down sheriff-ICE cooperation bill?

Posted on May 26, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Here we are with another example of talking tough, but then delivering something weak and spineless to appease campaign donors. Remember when sheriffs elected in liberal enclaves Wake and Mecklenburg

‘A massive complex dedicated to the neo-marxist agenda’: UNC spends $90 million on nearly 700 DEI-related staffers

Posted on May 21, 2024May 21, 2024 by Brant Clifton

That is the conclusion of a fabulous site devoted to government transparency called “Open The Books.” Judging from what these folks have uncovered, that DEI vote at UNC-Chapel Hill

Gambling fever in General Assembly leads to return of key players in Jim Black scandals

Posted on May 19, 2024May 19, 2024 by Brant Clifton

It’s often been said about the Congress AND our legislature that majorities can change back and forth, but the sleaze never leaves nor subsides. Case in point: the current