Tag: NCGA

#ncga: Speaker Timmy likes the taste of ‘pork’, too.

Posted on June 28, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Just like Axel Foley, I smell ‘pork.’ Here’s The Shelby Star, Speaker Timmy’s hometown paper: Among the questioned earmarks included in the proposed state budget is a $5 million

Tarte: I handed out YOUR money to “save kids” (NOT TO BUY MY RE-ELECTION)

Posted on June 27, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Apparently, state senator Jeff Tarte has been fielding some questions about his hand-off of $200,000 of our money to a local charity in Mecklenburg County. The charity has ONE MILLION

#ncga: Solar goons getting closer to their JACKPOT

Posted on June 27, 2017June 27, 2017 by Brant Clifton

HB589 quietly made its way out of a Senate committee. It’s interesting, to say the least, that we are not provided a a vote margin or roll call on the

#ncga: Being charitable with OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY

Posted on June 25, 2017June 25, 2017 by Brant Clifton

I’m a big fan of private citizens voluntarily investing their time, talents, and funds to do good for their fellow man. (I’ve done my share via my involvement with various

#ncga: Movement in Senate on solar goon giveaway

Posted on June 24, 2017 by Brant Clifton

HB589 — a veritable jackpot and smorgasbord for solar goons and other related special interests — sailed through the House earlier this month. It went to the Senate on the

#ncga: STILL taking care of (THEIR) businesses

Posted on June 24, 2017June 24, 2017 by Brant Clifton

The North Carolina House dealt with a bill Thursday that directly affects the funeral home business. Representatives Jamie Boles (R), Howard Hunter (D), and Kelly Alexander (D) are the primary

Government “savings” is NOT conservative

Posted on June 24, 2017 by Brant Clifton

On June 1, John Hood — North Caroiina’s ”Mr. Conservative” — was proudly proclaiming that people know much better than government how to spend their own money. (We agree with

#ncga: McClatchy’s ‘Men’s Room Jihadi’ takes aim at Dan Bishop

Posted on June 22, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Jihad? We’re supposed to be offended by a senator characterizing the driveby media as a bunch of maniacal out-of-control radicals bent on causing as much pain and destruction as possible

#ncga: Republican ‘pork’? (Oink!)

Posted on June 21, 2017June 21, 2017 by Brant Clifton

The budget made it through the House basically on a party line vote. (We exhibited our complete disgust and nausea about the agreement earlier.) The debate featured some of the

#ncga: Oh, look. We’ve got (HB867) mail.