Tag: NCGA

#ncga: Time for Moore county legislators to produce, or GO HOME

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

Moore County and Randolph County are two of the most reliably Republican counties in the state. Political pros rank them somewhere in the R+20 or +30 range, which is a

#ncga: Dollar, Saine scoring political points at county govt expense

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Brant Clifton

A reader raised this possibility earlier. After looking into it, I think the reader may have a point. There was existing legislation granting property tax exemptions for the first $45,000

#ncga: 2016 ACU ratings (Who’s conservative, who’s NOT)

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

The American Conservative Union always has me a bit skeptical. They have that word “conservative” in their name, but the flavor of much of what they do is GOPe.

#ncga: Tilting at windmills

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Inquiring minds WANT TO KNOW: Is Speaker Timmy already screwing over a significant number of members of his caucus? Apparently, so. Tim Moore was one of a number of legislators

#ncga: Save the moles!

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Brant Clifton

The General Assembly is back in session today. Those AMEX and Tom James Company bills need to be paid. So, the army of lobbyists that keeps that puzzle palace afloat

Aw-kward.

Posted on January 24, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Yep, that’s how it feels to find oneself on the same side of a debate with the ACLU: Officials with the ACLU of N.C. are taking aim at a Republican

#ncga: STILL paying themselves with campaign funds

Posted on January 14, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Let’s look at our buddy Kelly Hastings’s end-of-year campaign finance report. The Republican state representative from out west had NO opposition in 2016. He’s made a habit of paying himself

#ncga: It’s GOOD to be the Finance chairman. (CHA-ching!)

Posted on January 14, 2017 by Brant Clifton

They are safe from the wrath of the voters for two more years. So, of course, the final information for 2016 is now out. Jason Saine is quite the political Horatio

John Locke Foundation & Planned Parenthood: A “Winning” Team?

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Yessirree, bob. The John Locke Foundation and their fearless – and tap-dancing, I may add — leader are joining forces with the likes of Planned Parenthood and the AFL-CIO to

Locke Foundation teams up with a bunch of libs. (Um, Yay.)

Posted on January 11, 2017January 11, 2017 by Brant Clifton

John Hood and Chris Fitzsimon don’t just team up on NC Spin. They are also doing it more and more on state policy matters: A coalition of policy and