Tag: NCGOP

#ncga, #ncpol: Drill,baby,drill?

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Speaking of those Outer Banks — where EVERYBODY already has a job — the issue of offshore drilling is a hot topic this election season. In the NC House district

#ncga: EVERYBODY already has a job!

Posted on March 9, 2018May 8, 2018 by Brant Clifton

So says Currituck County commission chairman, and state House district 6 candidate Bobby Hanig: […] Hanig acknowledged that some of the opposition to offshore drilling is based on emotion. However,

#ncga: Trouble for Timmy?

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Uh-oh. Just as Republicans were ramping up their ethics attacks on Roy Cooper, along comes a shady, mysterious non-profit with allegations against a top Raleigh Republican: A government watchdog group

#NCGA’s Bob Steinburg: “[…]delusional at best or intentionally untrue at worst”

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Yes, those were the words used by retiring senator Bill Cook (R-Beaufort) to describe the rantings of his GOP House colleague seeking to replace him in Raleigh: […] Cook defended

#ncpol: Marine’s death earns Hudson some unwanted attention

Posted on February 26, 2018February 26, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Here’s the story from Big League Politics: In late January, a Marine Reconnaissance Scout died in a multi-mission parachute training accident in Coolidge, Arizona. “Alex was one in a million.

#ncpol: Kelly Hastings’s head EXPLODES.

Posted on February 24, 2018 by Brant Clifton

That Svengali of campaign finance is convinced they’re out to get him: What’s he talking about? WHO is he talking about? He’s talking about Charlene High, his first-ever GOP challenger

#ncpol: The AG, the NCDP, Michelle Nix and Grandpa join Dallas’s telephone game

Posted on February 24, 2018 by Brant Clifton

As we rapidly approach the end of the candidate filing period, the action is getting fast and furious. Dallas Woodhouse, Disney’s latest cartoon character, has been burning up the phone

#ncga: facilitatin’ and clarifyin’

Posted on February 23, 2018February 23, 2018 by Brant Clifton

We came across this precious gem on Twitter: “Facilitating equal opportunities for people to use their God given talents”? (Really?) Is that kind of like hooking campaign contributors up with

#ncpol: Dallas did it!

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Brant Clifton

We reported earlier about somebody polling on the possibility of former Civitas boss Francis DeLuca running for a Wake County NC House seat. Well, that apparently got some drivebys motivated

#ncga: “Entertainment” as a campaign expense?