Tag: NCGA

#ncga: YOU-KNOW-WHAT runs downhill …

Posted on August 25, 2015August 25, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The GOP-run state Senate is running like a finely tuned machine. They are churning out conservative legislation left-and-right. The House? It’s a soap opera. It’s a mess. And by all

Cough up some more money or, um, um — YOUR BABIES WILL DIE !!! (Yeah. That’s it.)

Posted on August 22, 2015August 22, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Just when I think the NC Chamber can’t sink any lower, they DO. You expect a meme like ”Spend more government money or the babies will die” or ”Don’t cut

#ncga: YOU are RE-leased !!!!

Posted on August 21, 2015August 21, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We had this item posted yesterday. Then, we receive this email which seems to back up what our sources in that post were telling us: From: “Candace Slate (Rep.

#ncga: Fear and loathing in the caucus meeting

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Brant Clifton

There were a lot of headlines celebrating an alleged agreement between House and Senate leaders on a new state budget. The magic number? $21.735 billion. This number has both

#ncga: Oh, how those things you sign your name to come back to bite you …

Posted on August 20, 2015August 20, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Politicians are eager to win votes and please everybody — ALL AT ONCE. It’s not all that uncommon to see some of those folks coming down on both sides of an

Education spending: Surrendering on the Mo’ Money meme?

Posted on August 19, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Liberals preach the gospel of spending more money to save the world and take care of EVERYONE. The alleged conservative party in this country has a platform that suggests it

#ncga: TABOR terror

Posted on August 17, 2015August 17, 2015 by Brant Clifton

TABOR. (No, not the city in Columbus County.) I mean: Taxpayer Bill of Rights. The very mention of it to liberals has the same effect as a crucifix or

#ncga: Want TAs? Go see your local school board, superintendent

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The professional left and their driveby dictationists want you to think the honorables on Jones Street sit around debating whether Mrs. Jones’s 1st grade class at Waxhaw Elementary will get

#ncga: Berger & co. slap back at Gov. Pat

Posted on August 13, 2015 by Brant Clifton

He thought it was a neat idea. At the end of last session, Gov. Pat stood with House leaders and then-speaker Thom Tillis to blast the Republican-controlled Senate. Our chief

#ncpol #ncga : Has Ms. Cotham got BIG plans?

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Brant Clifton

You know we think a lot of Jerry Meek’s gal Tricia. We decided to cruise on by her web site. Something there struck as interesting. There is little to no