Tag: spending

#ncga: They’re BAAAAAAAACK!

Posted on May 3, 2020May 14, 2020 by Brant Clifton

While we’re sheltering-in-place, the honorables have once again darkened the halls of that big building one Jones Street in Raleigh. The Congress passed a huge-honking spending bill.

John Locke Foundation to Jones Street: Spend, baby, spend.

Posted on August 24, 2019 by Brant Clifton

It seems like just yesterday that The John Locke Foundation — the alleged conservative HQ of North Carolina – was smacking around Jones Street for spending like drunken

Fight The Power! (Just, um, make sure you have a hall pass.)

Posted on March 30, 2019 by Brant Clifton

The plight of public school teachers has had a lot of sympathy across the political spectrum. Unfortunately, radical leftists have grabbed the steering wheel and are on the verge

Fiscal conservatism, WHERE ARE YOU?

Posted on March 29, 2019March 29, 2019 by Brant Clifton

We’ve come to grips with it being in its death throes in Raleigh. Let’s see how it’s doing in DC in the Trump era: The federal government spent

Monkey Business Report: A tangled ‘technical corrections’ web dating back to JULY

Posted on January 5, 2019January 5, 2019 by Brant Clifton

We’ve raised some questions about the pretty willy-nilly disbursement of $700,000 via the recent “technical corrections ” bill approved by the General Assembly. Several cases of five- and six-figures being

Monkey Business Report: Pat McElraft and ‘technical corrections’

Posted on January 4, 2019January 4, 2019 by Brant Clifton

We told you earlier about the honorables on Jones Street tossing around $700K of our money in a quite care-free fashion with little to no strings attached. At first, it

Monkey Business Report: Technical Corrections

Posted on January 2, 2019 by Brant Clifton

In the legislature, “technical corrections” are sort of like the “consent agenda” you hear about in city council and county commissioner meetings. Meant to be for correcting things like spelling,

Aaaand NOW: The FEC report (NCGOP edition)

Posted on November 14, 2018 by Brant Clifton

The other day, our pal Dallas was advising that we all take a look at the state party’s filings with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC). So, some of us did.

#ncga: Berger cheers increased spending

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Brant Clifton

I guess the days of bashing Democrats as “big spenders” are over. The GOPe appears sold on the concept of spending big. We learned recently that NC House Republicans were

Monetary messes for many NC local governments

Posted on September 11, 2018 by Brant Clifton

We’re coming up on the November elections. Many counties will have commissioners on the ballot. You’ll hear a lot about how great things are in your neck of the woods.