Tag: NCGA

Party time at — WHERE ???

Posted on January 30, 2022January 30, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Politics is often a game of appearances. What you look like or what it looks like you’re doing can be just as damaging than if you really were doing

Joint Legislative Committee on — SAY WHAT ???????

Posted on January 9, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Speaker Timmy this week announced his appointees to “The Joint Committee on Access to Health Care and Expanding Medicaid.” You know, it’s amazing how much of their agenda Democrats

Folwell, Wood back state-like ethics rules for local officials

Posted on December 6, 2021 by Brant Clifton

The state legislature has got a bill in its possession that would bring local government officials under very similar ethical standards to those state officials have to live by.

Still beating on — and lying about — Mark Robinson

Posted on November 30, 2021December 1, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Anybody out there seriously believe that the drive-by media would be all worked up about all this GAY STUFF if Robinson had a (D) next to his name? Apparently, it’s

Monkey Business Report: Using COVID to justify poor public school performance

Posted on November 20, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Things have been so busy elsewhere that we haven’t given our, um, “friends” on Jones Street the proper amount of attention. For instance, we should take a look at

NCGOP groupie parachutes in to pursue retiring Larry Pittman’s House seat

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Just three years ago, Catherine Whiteford was running as a Republican in a very Democrat NC House district in Raleigh against a seasoned incumbent. (She got her clock cleaned.

Sen. Tom McInnis v. NC high school sports: vengeful power trip or wise move?

Posted on September 22, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Some folks across the state have a feeling they know WHY there is an effort afoot on Jones Street to take over high school sports: It’s hard enough getting

Sweetheart deal from The Feds, but NO campaign finance filings for last 14 months

Posted on August 25, 2021August 25, 2021 by Brant Clifton

As long as you have a campaign fund open, you are required to update the reporting on said fund. Former state Rep. David Lewis still has his campaign

Who did Jason Saine ACTUALLY pay?

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Brant Clifton

We were perusing NC House Appropriations Committee chairman Jason Saine’s 2021 mid-year campaign report when we noticed something interesting. On January 19, 2021 Saine’s report showed a $5,000 payment

David Lewis’s manicured hands get slapped. (* Um, surprise?*)

Posted on August 17, 2021August 17, 2021 by Brant Clifton

He took $400,000 from his donors for personal use, but only got a slap on his manicured hands: After admitting to financial crimes like not paying taxes — as