Tag: NCGA

#ncpol: DAN the MAN

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Brant Clifton

While so many other Republicans are tucking tail and begging for mercy from the leftist hordes, state Senator Dan Bishop (R-Charlotte) is going on the offensive: In the wake of

John Locke crowd is learning: Republican, conservative NOT the same thing.

Posted on August 11, 2017 by Brant Clifton

The John Locke Foundation was quite often the critic of state government when Democrats ran the show. Though, they got a little sycophantic toward the governing class when the 2010

#ncga: Soros gang sets their sights on NC House

Posted on August 9, 2017 by Brant Clifton

FlipNC, a spinoff of the George Soros front Indivisible, is laying out their plans for retaking the NC House — or at least killing the GOP super-majority in 2018. Here’s

#ncga: Reading the redistricting tea leaves

Posted on August 9, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Will you keep your “honorable,” or get yourself a “new” one? Court-mandated redistricting has placed this question on many a mind inside and outside Raleigh. Here’s one interesting driveby take

#ncga: I KNOW I left that $17K laying around here SOMEWHERE!

Posted on August 7, 2017August 7, 2017 by Brant Clifton

The House majority leader is a busy guy. Sometimes, all of that bookkeeping and keeping track of money stuff can get in the way. Just look at this from his

#ncga: Paying yourself to campaign for, um, YOURSELF.

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Brant Clifton

After six years of observing these folks on Jones Street, I don’t get surprised anymore. They’ve all got campaign funds stocked mostly by lobbyists with needs from the General Assembly.

#ncpol: Um, Party Disloyalty?

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Brant Clifton

WRAL ran this cutesy item about one Charlotte mayoral candidate getting some help from the other side of the aisle: […] State Sen.Joel Ford‘s mayoral bid in Charlotte got a

#ncga: Finance is HARD.

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Brant Clifton

He’s chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, and vice-chairman of the House Finance Committee. He’s got a lot of say in the financial affairs of state government (as well as

#ncga: Auditing Mr. Saine

Posted on August 4, 2017August 5, 2017 by Brant Clifton

He’s vice chairman of the Appropriations Committee and Senior Chairman of the Finance Committee. He has a lot of say on issues relating to the state’s finances and the your

#ncga: Rallyin’ against RINOs

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

THAT is what they will be doing in Raleigh Thursday. As the “honorables” stagger back into town for their litigation-inspired special session, the good folks at Grass Roots NC will