Tag: NCGA

#NCGA Sen. Jeff Tarte — respect his authoritah !!!

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Brant Clifton

When we last saw state senator Jeff Tarte he was babbling maniacally ON CAMERA at two constituents who simply wanted to ask him about some legislation he was sponsoring. (He

#ncga: A most welcome piece of bipartisanship

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Brant Clifton

I usually shudder when I hear chirping about bipartisanship. It typically means Republicans caving in to the Democrat agenda. But I’m here to tell you about an example that took

#ncga: Is Jeff Tarte about to go all Bob Etheridge on us?

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It appears that state Senator Jeff Tarte likes to dish it out, but sure can’t take it. He worked overtime spinning negative stories about Greg Brannon during the 2014 US Senate

#NCGA House GOP caucus: Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems.

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

We got, um, “invited” to an interesting meeting yesterday: ————————————————– ————————————————————– I guess that puts us in the same category as Paul Tine. Apparently, you don’t actually

#ncga: Nanny Jeter

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

nanny state n. Informal A government perceived as having excessive interest in or control over the welfare of its citizens, especially in the enforcement of extensive public health and safety

#ncga: Republicans for Income redistribution

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It’s so sad to hear Republicans mouthing platitudes similar to what you’d expect to hear from Barry Obama — or what you might read in the pages of Karl Marx’s

#ncga: Jeff Tarte’s shots bill, “the greater good,” and religious freedom

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Three state senators have introduced a bill removing the state’s religious exemption for immunizing minor children. On the face of it, most people may see it as entirely reasonable to

#ncga: Mr. Dollar, I do believe your pants are ON FIRE.

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

Well, the crotch-sniffing finished over on Jones Street today, and we have ourselves a new slate of candidates for the UNC Board of Governors. Sixteen names made the cut —

#ncga: An E-verify showdown in the House?

Posted on March 19, 2015March 19, 2015 by Brant Clifton

In 2013, then-speaker Thom Tillis led an effort to ram through legislation that watered down immigration status verification requirements for farm workers — clearly a sop to the Farm Bureau

#ncga: Bids? We don’t need no stinkin’ bids !!!

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Brant Clifton

There is an interesting pattern developing among the honorables on Jones Street. All of a sudden here, we have various honorables introducing legislation trying to exempt their local sheriff from