Tag: Raleigh

The Problem with Paul Stam

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Paul “Skip” Stam is the affable leader of the Republican majority in the NC House. He was a compromise candidate for caucus leader elected in the wake of the

Bev’s ESC chief joins ranks of NC’s unemployed

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The woman in charge of disbursing unemployment benefits to North Carolinians is, herself, joining the ranks of the state’s unemployed: Lynn Holmes, the head of

John Marcum now a Fiorillo Fan

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I ran into John Marcum, two-time Pinehurst mayoral candidate and 2012 GOP candidate for NC Senate, at Saturday’s Moore County GOP candidate meet-and-greet in Southern

The (REAL?) story on the NCGA gas tax relief #FAIL: ‘The Emperor Has No Clothes’

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Brant Clifton

We’ve vented our frustrations repeatedly on this site about North Carolina’s obscenely high gas tax. With gas prices skyrocketing, the economy tanking, and the unemployment rate

Dem Source: White House & unions pushed Bev out

Posted on March 9, 2012March 9, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I was out at a social event recently when I ran into an old family friend — a

NC Dem legislator cites Karl Marx in opposing repeal of death tax

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina state legislators are justifiably examining repeal of the state’s inheritance tax — which soaks people who inherit items from their parents or grandparents. Right now,

Pay no attention to THAT failing economy …

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Brant Clifton

A lot of times, when there is something someone REALLY doesn’t want to talk about, they’ll try to turn your attention to ANOTHER UNRELATED subject. That’s the tactic

John Marcum for NC Senate

Posted on February 29, 2012February 29, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Surprahz! Surprahz! Surprahz! — Private Gomer Pyle, USMC I’ll have to admit that NOT many people saw this coming. I think it must have been a spur-of-the-moment thing for

NCGOP: Merely a new set of money-changers in the temple?

Posted on February 28, 2012February 28, 2012 by Brant Clifton

GOP leaders took power on Jones Street in 2010 with promises of “no more business as usual.” They were propelled into power by an angry Tea Party and frustrated

TimmyWatch: Lea for NC Senate?

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Moore County political insiders tell me to not be surprised if retiring Moore County Commissioner Tim Lea files at the last minute for the NC Senate seat held by Republican