Tag: Thom Tillis

Here we go again: Berger makes sense on reparations, Tillis DOES NOT

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Let’s recap. We have record unemployment, and one of the highest gas tax burdens in America. We have the third highest amount of debt to the federal government

Deafening silence on ObamaCare from leaders of ‘conservative revolution’ in Raleigh

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Gov Bill Haslam (R-TN), a moderate who campaigned for Pat McCrory this year, has announced his state will refuse to establish a health exchange called for in

Tillis & Rucho: Pre-K $$$ BAD. $$$ for Panthers, Red Line GOOD.

Posted on November 30, 2012November 30, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It’s quite a rarity to find myself agreeing with Chris Fitzsimon. But I’m in one of those moments. (What’s next? Cats and dogs living together?) One

NC House GOP re-ups with Tillis, delays vote on other offices

Posted on November 17, 2012November 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It looks like we’re going to get two more years of Thom Tillis in the House chamber’s big chair. It also looks like proposal to alter the majority leader job

Thoughts on the NC House GOP leadership skirmish

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

State House Republicans are meeting today to decide who will lead them through the next legislative session in Raleigh. A lot of the current leadership is running again, while a

NC’s “conservative revolution” rolls on: Tillis mulling taxpayer funds for Panther stadium renovation

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Oh, the things you learn two days after the election. It appears that North Carolina state House speaker — and Richard Morgan protégé — Thom Tillis is ready

Thom Tillis? DONE. Skip Stam? DONE. (Any questions?)

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I button-holed a Republican legislator recently to try and get some of the inside skinny on the happenings on Jones Street. This House member told

‘Pay To Play’ alive and well on Jones Street

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Brant Clifton

When the GOP majority took over the North Carolina General Assembly in 2011, we were promised an end to pay-to-play. Pay-to-play has typically meant the shakedown of lobbyists and other

Emails from Speaker Tillis, other lawmakers raise suspicions of lobbyist shakedowns

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Some lobbyists recently received an email from the reelection campaign of House Speaker Thom Tillis asking for money. State law prohibits lawmakers from soliciting lobbyists for

October trial for Thom Tillis ally Stephen LaRoque? (Wait. There’s an election in NOVEMBER …)