Tag: NCGOP

#ncga: No Moore Mr. Nice Guy?

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The honeymoon appears to be over with House Republicans. Tim Moore handily won the race to succeed Thom Tillis as speaker of the state House. He disseminated a flashy full-color

#ncgop: Gloves coming off in state party leadership races?

Posted on April 21, 2015April 21, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We may have a real-life episode of House of Cards breaking out here. Judging from A.J. Daoud’s Facebook page, “President Frank Underwood” is making a cameo appearance in the nascent

#ncga: Lightening some wallets to make NC the “Good Roads State”

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

Aaaaaaaaaand the “conservative revolution” rolls on. Rep. John Torbett (R-Stanley) introduced HB 927 that whacks the gas tax down to size but jacks up all kinds of fees for North

#ncga: A mixed result from Wednesday’s hearings on amnesty bills

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Brant Clifton

A Republican legislator’s bill that would give driver licenses to illegal aliens sailed through a GOP-dominated committee — as did a bill strengthening the requirement for use of E-Verify background

If GOP is so good on taxes, why isn’t Tax Freedom Day getting EARLIER?

Posted on April 16, 2015April 16, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The DC-based Tax Foundation coined the term “Tax Freedom Day” — which denotes the day Americans transition from working to pay their tax bill to working for themselves. The GOP

#ncga: And the corporate welfare just keeps coming!

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Brant Clifton

I was intrigued when I saw “The Tax Relief Act of 2015” on the House agenda today. It’s too bad that it’s relief ONLY for datacenters. HB 934, introduced by

#ncga: A tax for YOU! One for YOU! And one for YOU!

Posted on April 15, 2015April 15, 2015 by Brant Clifton

A Lincoln County Republican legislator has introduced legislation allowing local politicians a little more leeway to raise taxes. Let’s look at Rep. Jason Saine’s HB 903: A BILL TO BE

#ncga : The beginning of THE END?

Posted on April 15, 2015April 15, 2015 by Brant Clifton

I’m hearing some surprising, very pessimistic-sounding talk from some very surprising sources about the future of the ”conservative revolution” in Raleigh. Said one long-time Republican player in our fair capital:

#NCGOP: Leadership races starting to get crowded

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Brant Clifton

What WAS looking like a coronation of two establishment placeholders this summer is now looking like a real-life bona fide competition. The retirement of state GOP chairman Claude Pope created

Governor ‘Thin-Skin’

Posted on April 10, 2015April 10, 2015 by Brant Clifton

This little gem popped up on Twitter today. It’s interesting that it is just now going public today — FRIDAY. I first heard about it at the beginning of