Tag: NCGA

#ncga: WHAT? I’m screwing over HALF my district?

Posted on March 29, 2017March 29, 2017 by Brant Clifton

It appears our local paper found senator Jerry Tillman — likely in his “campaign office” on a Raleigh golf course — to explain just what’s going on with his school

Economics is HARD for the AP, too.

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Brant Clifton

The AP is learning the same hard lessons The N&O is taking on. It’s tough to try and explain this economics stuff to your dwindling readership. Those geniuses are convinced

#ncga: Tim Moore’s utterances have expiration dates

Posted on March 25, 2017 by Brant Clifton

In December, House Speaker Tim Moore promised his caucus that no HB2 repeal bills would come to the floor without a majority vote within the GOP caucus. In February, Speaker

#ncga: A shot-across-the-bow at Boles, Tillman in Moore County?

Posted on March 23, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Have senator Jerry Tillman and representative Jamie Boles worn out their political welcome in Moore County? At least one very big Republican dog in that very RED county has made

#ncga MOLES: Senate Rs ready to knife Lt. Dan in the back

Posted on March 23, 2017 by Brant Clifton

At least THAT is what Speaker Timmy is telling his ready-to-mutiny troops in the House Republican Caucus. Ever since our story about David Lewis’s not-so-secret tea party / arm-twisting session,

#ncga Moles: Moore, Lewis teaming with Dems on BIG HB2 sellout

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

In December, Tim Moore had to promise his caucus that NO HB2 repeal legislation would make it to the House floor without majority approval within the House Republican Caucus. In

The cry to “raise the age”

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Brant Clifton

The John Locke Foundation and a bunch of leftists are leading the cry to convince the state of North Carolina to raise the age you can try kids as adults

The Dee & Paul Show: Selling the NCGOP on solar welfare

Posted on March 18, 2017March 18, 2017 by Brant Clifton

I saw this carnival sideshow being promoted on Twitter. It appears at least one of John Hood’s troops made it for a first-hand look-see: Two highly regarded Republican political consultants

House Rs loading up UNC BOG with Ds (AGAIN)

Posted on March 14, 2017 by Brant Clifton

They voted to shrink the number of seats on the UNC Board of Governors. But the House Republican majority on Jones Street is still trying to make sure the Ds

Raleigh’s ‘red light district’ apparently runs through Jones Street

Posted on March 9, 2017March 9, 2017 by Brant Clifton

I’m not talking about traffic lights. Think AMSTERDAM. What roared into Raleigh as a ‘conservative revolution’ is starting to look more and more like a fire sale at a brothel.