Tag: NCGA

#ncga: Jimmy and the pigs

Posted on April 7, 2017 by Brant Clifton

No, that’s not an Elton John classic. Or a new NBC sitcom. The lefty praetorian guard over at IndyWeek is accusing our old, um, *pal* Jimmy Dixon of protecting

#ncga: Aw, look. Binky MADE a scoop.

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Mark Binker, late of WRAL and Laura Leslie’s imposing shadow, has resurfaced from his retreat into obscurity at an overpriced online-only driveby venue called “The Insider” to deliver some shocking,

#ncga: Voting YES is like voting NO. (Seriously.)

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Brant Clifton

State Rep. Frank Iler (R-Brunswick), who took a walk on the vote to repeal HB2, tried to explain himself to his constituents in an April 4 newsletter: […] Thursday we

#ncga: Here comes the judge!

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Durham County Chief District Court Judge Marcia Morey is hanging up her black robe and heading over to that den of iniquity on Jones Steet. Local Democrats appointed her to

#ncga: Intercourse? But, of course!

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Brant Clifton

The SAME guy who has burned up the airwaves and the Internet ridiculing conservatives for wanting to keep boys and girls in separate restrooms NOW wants to sink the state’s

#ncga: Harnett’s Lewis STILL taking $$$ away from Moore County schools

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

In the 2016 GOP primaries, Rep. Jamie Boles’s opponent raised the issue about Harnett County state Rep. David Lewis — chairman of the powerful House Rules committee and a top

(It Begins!) UNC SOG says Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity policies now OKAY for local government contracts

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Brant Clifton

The NCGOPe is spinning hard – trying to tell us the big changes in HB2 are put off until at least 2020. But at least one leading House Republican —

#ncga: Sic ‘im on a freshman!

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Sic ’em on a chicken. Sic ’em on a chicken. Sic ’em on a chicken and watch them feathers fly Sic ’em on a chicken. Sic ’em on a chicken.

#ncga: How they voted

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

There’s a lot of anger and frustration out there over the backroom, sneaky double-cross over HB2. It’s only right that you ensure your anger and frustration is aimed in the

#ncga: Jones Street GOPers just reelected Gov. Cooper

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Brant Clifton

The Democrats were not so generous toward Govs. Holshouser or Martin. Yet, here we are — 90 days into the Cooper era — with Roy Cooper achieving his numero uno