Tag: NCGA

Folwell rebukes budget provision exempting NCGA from Open Records Act

Posted on October 10, 2023October 10, 2023 by Brant Clifton

I hate it when the NCGOPe forces me into a position where I’m on the same side with Roy Cooper and his mob. But that’s what happens when a party

Profile in Courage: Robinson announces opposition to casinos AFTER they were pulled from budget

Posted on September 30, 2023September 30, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Since Jim Gardner captured the lieutenant governor post for the GOP in 1988, the 2nd ranking post in state government has been pretty-well neutered. Since that time, the president pro

Causey: Berger’s petty politics creating safety concerns

Posted on September 28, 2023 by Brant Clifton

One of the more negative aspects of the recent passage of the state budget was the stripping of state fire marshal duties from Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey. Sadly, this is

Any Shame here? Any at all? Anyone? (Um, O-kay.)

Posted on September 26, 2023September 26, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Catching a politician engaging in a disgraceful display of hypocrisy is not all that unusual. But, thanks to his behavior throughout the extended budget brouhaha, we’re going to scrutinize Phil

Mess with the bull? Get the horns. (Mess with the butterball? Get the closet.)

Posted on September 23, 2023 by Brant Clifton

It seems like only yesterday that we heard Republican legislators moaning about the Morgan-Black regime in the NC House banishing critics into repurposed out-of-the-way broom closets. Now that the partisan

Dare County officials ambushed by state budget “deal”

Posted on September 21, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Boy, this hot mess of a backroom “deal” on the state budget is continuing to deliver in the surprise department: Following in the footsteps of Nags Head and Manteo, leaders

Pollster: Casino sleaze makes Berger very vulnerable to primary challenge

Posted on September 21, 2023 by Brant Clifton

*There’s just something about paying more attention to your donors than your voters that rubs people the wrong way. * The state budget is close to three months overdue. Senator

The Moore-Berger budget “deal” STILL sucks.

Posted on September 20, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Yessirreebob. The word is out that the cartels controlling each chamber of the General Assembly have come up with a “deal.” *Never mind that it’s been carved out behind closed

NC’s man at The RNC says ‘HELL NO’ to Moore-Berger casino sleaze

Posted on September 18, 2023 by Brant Clifton

The Broyhill family is at the heart of the RINO community within the NCGOP. They’ve long been the kind of warm, fuzzy Republicans that liberals regularly pat on the head

Berger Gang tried to sneak casinos past public early on

Posted on September 17, 2023September 17, 2023 by Brant Clifton

It’s sad that we’ve become so cynical — so used to our elected officials lying to us. But the chicanery and sleaze around the latest casino shenanigans in Raleigh really