Tag: NCGA

#ncga: The era of ‘tax-and-spend’ Republicans

Posted on February 15, 2015February 15, 2015 by Brant Clifton

I took a look at that bill –portrayed in the media as a gas tax cut — that is really a gas tax hike. It lumps all kinds of changes

#ncga: Things looking rather dicey in House for NC Chamber’s gas tax hike

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Our sources in the lower chamber on Jones Street tell us that the vote on the gas tax hike / ”revenue stabilization” nonsense that passed the GOP-dominated Senate with flying

#ncga: Are you ready for some welfare? (Corporate welfare, that is. $45 MILLION.)

Posted on February 14, 2015February 14, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The “conservative revolution” rolls on. We’ve obtained a draft of a bill (dated February 4) being drafted and pushed by legislative leaders (read REPUBLICANS) seeking $45 million bucks worth of

#ncga: No money for roads. PLENTY of money for leadership staff salaries.

Posted on February 13, 2015February 13, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The “conservative revolution” in Raleigh is telling us the state is so cash-poor that it can’t afford some vital road repairs and construction. Yet, the folks at the AP are

#ncga: Veteran Dem campaign flack running House GOP campaign?

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It does make you wonder what’s going on in the lower chamber on Jones Street. In 2013, then-speaker Thom Tillis and his team set up a non-profit called North Carolina

Alamance legislators seek no-bid, no rules food deal for county jail

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It certainly looks innocent enough when you read it: A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT PROVIDING THAT THE ALAMANCE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE MAY CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF FOOD

#ncga: An end to ETJs?

Posted on February 5, 2015February 5, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Extraterritorial jurisdictions have been a source of controversy for years. Muncipal leaders and their advocates LOVE them. They gain influence over territory and residents who can’t even vote for them.

#ncga: Snail’s pace. David Lewis. (Let the grumbling begin !!!)

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It sounds like the advent of the Tim Moore era in the state House is not all kumbaya and sweet-smelling roses. A number of my sources who have been around

#ncga: Tillman says make NC DPI top job appointed

Posted on February 1, 2015February 1, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Democrat June Atkinson has been elected multiple times to administer the state of North Carolina’s public education policy. State senator Jerry Tillman(R) — a former educator and currently that chamber’s majority whip

#ncga: Speaker Moore’s new right hand man? A Dem.

Posted on January 30, 2015January 30, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Thom Tillis’s chief of staff enjoyed cavorting with lobbyists of the female persuasion. New speaker Tim Moore’s chief of staff apparently likes cavorting with the Democrats. Moore has tapped