Tag: NCGA

#ncga: Compliance is HARD.

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We know all about senator Fletcher Hartsell. We’ve seen the video and copy detailing speaker Tim Moore’s campaign finance reporting challenges. We also saw state Rep. Kelly Hastings paying himself

#ncga: EVEN MORE on The Granges, Blumenthal, Hillary, and Benghazi

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Never before have I encountered a General Assembly matchup with a subplot that sounds so much like an episode of the Showtime series “Homeland.” Republican businesswoman Holly Grange and conservative activist

#ncga: More on Osprey, The Granges, and Sidney Blumenthal

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Brant Clifton

There has been a lot of heated back-and-forth in the nascent GOP primary for a vacant NC House seat in the Wilmington area. Conservative activist and New Hanover school board

#ncpol: Let the ConnectNC Pork-fest shakedown BEGIN !!!

Posted on November 23, 2015November 23, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The ruling class is working overtime to convince us to allow them to shake even more change from our pockets to fund their vote-buying and other misadventures. IF ONLY they

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,