Tag: NCGA

NC Spin(ning) away from reality on ethics, refugees

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Brant Clifton

For those of you who don’t know — NC Spin is a little show broadcast each week, aired in the wee hours of the morning on obscure stations, and hosted

#ncga: Ronda Rousey, meet Tammy Covil.

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Brant Clifton

There’s an old saying about bringing a knife to a gunfight. (Was it Indiana Jones?) Anyway, NC House candidate Tammy Covil shows up at gunfights with both fully-automatic barrels

#ncga #ncpol: No pressure. (REALLY)

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Imagine that you are at work one day. Your boss walks in with his arm around some guy. They come over to you and your boss says: “Hey, I want

#ncga: The claws come out!

Posted on November 19, 2015November 19, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Who’da thunk that the BENGHAZI SCANDAL would become a major issue in a North Carolina House race ??? Well, it apparently HAS: A day after officially learning she will have

#ncga: Technically Incorrect.

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The General Assembly has a procedure called “technical corrections.” It’s sort of like a proofreading session. Grammatical errors in legislation are corrected. Factual errors in legislation are corrected. The i’s

#ncga: GOP House candidate a repeat DEM donor

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We did a little digging and found ONE of the announced candidates in the GOP primary for NC House district 81 (Davidson County) has been quite generous to some big,

No money for I-77? Why not take the Garden Parkway $$$ and deep-six the tholls?

Posted on November 17, 2015November 17, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Folks in northern Mecklenburg County have been told they have no choice but to accept tholl roads to pay for the widening of I-77, a major traffic artery for the

#ncga: The blind leading the blind right into traffic

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The drive-bys have raised some valid points about Gov. Pat and his dealings with a donor seeking an extension of a contract with the state prison system. Now, the legislature is

#ncpol #ncga: Move over Alicia Silverstone. Here comes Binky!

Posted on November 12, 2015November 12, 2015 by Brant Clifton

I’ve had some suspicions about Mark Binker’s level of intelligence and general awareness of things going on around him. Stuff like this confirms those suspicions: Incredible. Perhaps Binky is trying to

#ncga: How IN-KIND of you

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Brant Clifton

There’s a lot of drama percolating in the House GOP caucus over campaign finance reports. The speaker of the House, Tim Moore, has apparently been caught (1) reimbursing himself for