Tag: NCGA

#ncga: Showing up is half the battle.

Posted on April 27, 2015April 27, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We’re seeing a lot of chest-thumping from a lot of folks talking about what a player he or she thinks she is on Jones Street. But we’re finding that a

#ncga: Chris Millis legislation TOO LIBERAL ????

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Yep. THAT is the main argument being pushed by Rep. Kelly Hastings (R-Gaston, Cleveland), one of several GOP legislators IDed by Civitas for being a little too cozy with left-wing environmental

#ncga: Tempers appear to flare as GOPers take renewable energy debate to social media

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The folks at Civitas have done a bang-up job HERE and HERE of exposing and detailing a rather unseemly relationship between Republican legislators, political consultants, and left-wing environmentalists regarding government

#ncga: Religious Freedom cojones-check time. (McCrory? Nope. Forest? Yep. Moore? No. Berger? Um, May-be.)

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

The drive-by media are becoming quite proficient at fake news. They’ve created crises out of thin air in Ferguson, Missouri; the George Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin case in Florida; the so-called loose

#ncgop: Oh, look! Unpaid bills.

Posted on April 24, 2015April 24, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We wrote earlier about some heartburn within the NC House GOP Caucus about campaign finance practices. Roughly $250,000 in unpaid vendor invoices were found tucked away in a drawer. Also,

#ncga: Whores on the corner

Posted on April 23, 2015April 23, 2015 by Brant Clifton

That’s a mighty apt take on the current environment on Jones Street, as supplied from one disgusted insider who confided in me. Judging from yesterday’s events, it appears the Republican majority

#ncga: No Moore Mr. Nice Guy?

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The honeymoon appears to be over with House Republicans. Tim Moore handily won the race to succeed Thom Tillis as speaker of the state House. He disseminated a flashy full-color

#ncga: Tillman pays fine for 2013 donation from “unregistered committee”

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

State board of elections records show senator Jerry Tillman GIVING BACK a $1000 campaign contribution to the state on April 1. The act appeared to catch at least one board

#ncga: Guess who’s coming to caucus?

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Brant Clifton

(As you know, the GOP House caucus on Jones Street has more moles than a Robert DeNiro look-alike convention. And they’re ALL MINE.) There was a GOP caucus meeting

#ncga: A shot across the bow at crony capitalism

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We’ve expressed our dismay at recent legislation — sponsored by a hodge-podge of statist Democrats, RINOs, and reputed conservatives — to extend the 35 percent credit for solar energy production for five