Tag: politics

Thoughts about Tuesday (UPDATED!)

Posted on February 28, 2020March 7, 2020 by Brant Clifton

A lot of you have already run to your polling places to cast your votes. Good for you. Now, what do you do if the pol you voted

Our goofy guv and his broke DOT brought the circus to town

Posted on February 26, 2020February 26, 2020 by Brant Clifton

The NCDOT is a financial mess. It’s gone to the General Assembly for bailouts. In October, a McKinsey report revealed that the state Department of Transportation had spent nearly

Mailing List Mayhem

Posted on February 25, 2020 by Brant Clifton

It was about time for a little drama to pop up at NCGOP HQ: I confirmed the authenticity of this memo with a senior party

Guess Who’s Back. Back Again. Dallas is Back. (Tell A Friend.)

Posted on February 17, 2020February 17, 2020 by Brant Clifton

I found an interesting notation at the very bottom of the NCGOP’s year-end financial report. “Woodhouse Consulting and Management.” Founded on October 1. Sees

Democrat state House candidate’s family at center of embezzlement / exploitation scandal

Posted on February 10, 2020 by Brant Clifton

Pay attention. This one stretches halfway across our great state: A Concord pastor has been convicted in Pamlico County of embezzlement of more than $100,000 and four

Downtown Chapel Hill an ‘economic opportunity zone’ ?

Posted on February 8, 2020February 8, 2020 by Brant Clifton

President Trump and some North Carolina Republicans were in Charlotte this week celebrating and advocating for economic opportunity zones. These zones are supposed to be mostly low-income

Erasing Mr. Washington

Posted on February 7, 2020February 7, 2020 by Brant Clifton

It’s as if I needed ONE MORE reason to ignore all those calls and solicitations from the alumni association. Apparently, there is a growing movement at The

He’s IN. He’s OUT. He’s endorsing his opponent. Now, he’s – um – back IN?

Posted on February 7, 2020February 7, 2020 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina District Court Judge Pete Mack is what folks in the ivory tower might kindly, gently describe as “an enigma.” The Mike Easley appointee — serving

MISTER Folwell: Leading the way

Posted on February 6, 2020February 6, 2020 by Brant Clifton

State treasurer Dale Folwell got raked over the coals — even by members of his own party — when he pushed for transparency in the pricing offered by

NCGOPe on the move

Posted on February 4, 2020 by Brant Clifton

Amid the hubbub surrounding the impeachment trial and the State of the Union, there has been some interesting tactical movement in and around a certain Hillsborough Street building