Tag: North Carolina

Here COMES the judge !!!!

Posted on January 10, 2012January 10, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It looks like the state teacher’s union’s judge-shopping efforts have paid off. A Wake County Superior Court judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking legislation that ends mandatory

SUE: For those “special” times when you can’t get your way via the democratic process

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The state teachers union, in the aftermath of having their cash faucet turned off by the legislature, appears to be calling in

Pat McCrory’s Mitt Romney Impersonation

Posted on January 6, 2012January 6, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It looks like the scheme by North Carolina Democrats to split conservatives from Pat McCrory is well-underway. The North Carolina Democrat Party has launched a

NC Legislators end union shakedown of teachers; Democrats & media throw major fit

Posted on January 6, 2012January 6, 2012 by Brant Clifton

On the N&O’s front page, there was a full color photo of some large, angry Hillary Clinton lookalikes from the NC Association of Educators (NCAE) holding signs that said

Pinehurst govt should tread carefully on performing arts center

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Apparently, a group of residents seeking a performing arts center for Pinehurst has gone to the village council, with hat in hand, seeking financing to get the project moving.

NC Democrats commence Operation GET-PAT

Posted on January 4, 2012January 4, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Saddled with two sorry candidates at the top of the 2012 ticket, and an even sorrier record, The North Carolina Democrat Party is going full-bore negative on presumed GOP nominee

Waiting on Howard

Posted on December 31, 2011December 31, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Howard Coble, the Republican congressman representing North Carolina’s Sixth District, appears to be playing the part of Hamlet here at the end of 2011. Fresh off of hospital stays

Recipe for 2012 GOP gubernatorial victory missing key ingredients

Posted on December 31, 2011December 31, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The three modern day successes for the NCGOP in governor’s races came in 1972, 1984, an 1988. What do those three years have in common? A Republican presidential candidate cruising

GOP: Get On the bandwagon — or else …

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Rush had the theory some time back that the DC Republican Ruling Class is putting out the following message to Republican activists and officials around the country: Get

A Charlotte conservative’s POV on Pat McCrory

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The Pat McCrory “campaign” encourages us to talk to the people of Charlotte — the people who know him best — about his record. So, I dug up