Tag: NCGA

#ncga: Twiddy jumps in coastal senate race

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Dare County businessman Clark Twiddy is making it official: He is IN the District 1 state Senate race to win. Sources close to Twiddy say that he changed his focus

Raleigh throwing fracking under the bus?

Posted on September 14, 2017September 14, 2017 by Brant Clifton

It’s looking like quite a bipartisan effort. The North Carolina Oil & Gas Commission is set to finally hold its FIRST meeting ever in Sanford on Wednesday, September 20th.

#ncga: Carl Ford swapping House for Senate

Posted on September 8, 2017 by Brant Clifton

We may be losing a conservative champion (Bill Cook) in the North Carolina Senate, but we may be gaining one further out west. North Carolina Rep. Carl Ford (R) confirmed

#ncga: Bob Steinburg, Dem senator give big wet kiss to Big Solar

Posted on September 4, 2017September 4, 2017 by Brant Clifton

While on this very site claiming he’s a free-market capitalist NOT in the clutches of the solar goons, The Elizabeth City Daily Advance was publishing a piece co-authored by Rep.

#ncga: Chris Millis stands down

Posted on September 1, 2017September 1, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Coastal North Carolina is losing Bill Cook in the Senate. It looks like the region will also be losing Chris Millis — one of the few conservative champions in the

#ncga: Bob Steinburg’s “greatest” hits

Posted on September 1, 2017September 1, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Here at The Haymaker, we’re all about making sure folks are well-informed about the folks serving them in Raleigh and DC — as well as those trying to do so.

#ncga: Cook retirement sparking a coastal GOP battle royale?

Posted on August 30, 2017August 30, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Popular state senator Bill Cook (R-Beaufort) confirmed to the drivebys what we all knew to be inevitable. Redistricting put him into a very Democrat district already represented by a Democrat

#ncga: Jones St. GOPers go to the mat in defense of cronyism

Posted on August 26, 2017August 26, 2017 by Brant Clifton

He’s already suckling at the state government teat to the tune of six-figures, now — thanks to the “conservative revolution” running Jones Street — he’s free and clear to add

#ncga: Senate map !!!

Posted on August 20, 2017August 21, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Okay. We’ve seen the black magic stirred up by David Lewis and the crew in the House. Here is what the Senate has come up with: SD1: As we reported

#ncga: Oh, look. Mail.

Posted on August 20, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Redistricting is on everybody’s mind on Jones Street. And certainly none more so this week than the mind of Senator Angela Bryant (D): Rep. Lewis and members: It is not