Tag: NCGOP

The SCC Files: New faces at the top

Posted on July 9, 2024 by Brant Clifton

It seems we will be seeing at least TWO new faces on the board of trustees at Sandhills Community College. The school changed out presidents. George and Larry are still

Yet ANOTHER Robinson family business …

Posted on July 5, 2024 by Brant Clifton

In April, we were informed that the much-scrutinized Balanced Nutrition — a nonprofit contractor for the NC Department of Health & Human Services (NC DHHS) which has employed Mark Robinson,

DEI @ UNC : Ban? WHAT Ban?

Posted on June 25, 2024June 25, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Applause rang out from across the countryside upon the announcement that the powers-that-be at The University of North Carolina had voted to defund DEI and shift those funds over to

Michele Morrow: Thinking (and looking) outside-the-box on public education

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Department of Public Instruction superintendent candidate Michele Morrow (R) has had her children in public, private, and homeschooling education environments. She says she’s seen a lot of good in all

‘Maserati Timmy’ really stinking the joint up on his way out the door

Posted on June 13, 2024 by Brant Clifton

I’m old enough to remember when Republicans were a minority in the General Assembly and hollering to high heaven about corruption by the Democrat majority. (Boy, has the worm turned.)

Democrats stealing government transparency issue from GOP?

Posted on June 6, 2024 by Brant Clifton

That’s what a bill introduced in the North Carolina House this week appears to indicate. State Rep. Pricey Harrison (D-Guilford) has proposed taking what is basically the language of existing state

What constituent service actually looks like

Posted on May 28, 2024May 28, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Moore County delegation to the NC General Assembly — pay close attention. State Rep. Charlie Miller (R-Brunswick) has introduced a bill doing away with The City of Southport‘s extraterritorial jurisdiction

Zero-based budgeting for the State of NC? (It’s ABOUT TIME.)

Posted on May 28, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Actually, I thought we were already doing some of this. Zero-based budgeting involves putting serious thought into your needs for the upcoming budget year and calculating their costs as close

Pass it, THEN figure out how to pay for it and launch it. A really bad bipartisan habit Raleigh needs to break.

Posted on May 25, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Silly me. I thought representative government was all about our elected folks getting together to publicly make decisions for the greater good. Too many big decisions in our capital city

He MIGHT actually be worse than a Democrat.

Posted on May 18, 2024May 18, 2024 by Brant Clifton

I doubt you’ll find anyone else straight-out-of-the-trailer-park as nasty, haughty and condescending as Lil’ Lord Thomas Roland Tillis. Each time he comes up for election, establishment types hit us with