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Sometimes the lines of authority get blurred, especially in government.
Published: Thursday, May 13th, 2021 @ 9:19 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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What started out as a mission to tweak a few districts to bring the 1st and 12th congressional districts in line has resulted in radical change for a lot more voters and some political favors (as well as hits).
Published: Wednesday, February 24th, 2016 @ 1:27 am
By: Brant Clifton
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It's come out that at least one of the San Bernardino shooters pledged allegiance to ISIS prior to partaking in the slaughter of those innocent people at the county building.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 11:49 am
By: Brant Clifton
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It's $1.1 trillion dollars. It's 2009 pages. It was written by FOUR lawmakers and a bunch of lobbyists.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 4:34 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Boehner and his team - and, surprisingly, a number of Meadows's fellow conservatives - are publicly poo-poing Meadows and his resolution.
Published: Monday, August 3rd, 2015 @ 6:50 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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AFP-NC’s Donald Bryson has labeled the House’s action on the budget as “reverse Robin Hood.”-
Published: Sunday, May 24th, 2015 @ 8:48 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Our reportedly Republican governor wants a $2.8 billion bond referendum on the ballot in November. Bond referendums — in case you didn’t know — are votes on whether to allow government to take even more money out of your wallet.
Published: Tuesday, April 14th, 2015 @ 4:20 am
By: Brant Clifton
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We and many other grassroots entities - have been howlin' mad about Gov. Pat's $40 million corporate welfare giveaway.
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2015 @ 10:27 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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We’ve all seen those weepy commercials about “food deserts” — geographic areas where folks apparently can’t get access to the kind of stuff you find in Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, or The Fresh Market.
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2015 @ 3:14 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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This kind of thing happens a lot at the local level. Your county commissioners will claim they are holding the line on the property tax rate.
Published: Friday, March 20th, 2015 @ 11:04 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Apparently, General Maximus has unleashed hell upon the powers-that-be within the North Carolina General Assembly.
Published: Thursday, March 19th, 2015 @ 8:45 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Some of the honorables on Jones Street — aided and abetted by the drive by media — are still pushing that myth about how cash-starved the state is for road construction money.
Published: Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 @ 10:56 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Legislators are spinning us that a lot of road work needs to be done statewide, but there just isn't enough money out there to do it.
Published: Friday, February 20th, 2015 @ 2:45 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Yep. One has been founded on Capitol Hill. The founding group includes NINE Republican House members - with Mark Meadows (NC) and Mick Mulvaney (SC) being the only members from The Carolinas.
Published: Sunday, February 1st, 2015 @ 8:59 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the honorables - and, in some cases, we are using that term veeeeeeeerrrrrry loosely - are back in town ready to run your life and spend your money.
Published: Thursday, January 15th, 2015 @ 12:41 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Barry Obama and John Boehner got their $1 trillion spending monstrosity pushed through the House last night by a 219-206 margin. Amnesty got fully funded.
Published: Saturday, December 13th, 2014 @ 12:38 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The public-private partnership is not working. She was wanting to have a special session on all of these incentives and handouts that none of us were thrilled with.
Published: Friday, December 5th, 2014 @ 8:18 am
By: Brant Clifton
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They're dancing in the streets in Carrboro. The Great Satan — Art Pope — is stepping away from his state government role. There is a new feeling of hope and optimism around the drum circles these days.
Published: Sunday, August 10th, 2014 @ 5:04 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Medicaid is trying to break North Carolina's economy. It's an out-of-control mess.
Published: Friday, July 18th, 2014 @ 7:42 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Today, we're celebrating the birth of our nation — which began with resistance to bureaucratic tyranny and protests against excessive taxation.
Published: Sunday, July 6th, 2014 @ 11:09 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Legislators are being told one thing by McCrory's staff about the governor's policy positions, and then are hearing something totally different from the governor in media coverage.
Published: Saturday, July 5th, 2014 @ 9:33 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The North Carolina constitution requires a balanced budget. Gov. Pat and Speaker Thom got together and submitted a revised budget plan that does not balance.
Published: Thursday, July 3rd, 2014 @ 6:06 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The controversy over who will make future appointments to the state Board of Review, which rules on appeals of unemployment board decisions, has gotten personal.
Published: Tuesday, June 10th, 2014 @ 3:20 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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I had an interesting talk today with someone who has floor privileges in the legislative building to go along with his flashy job title. We talked about the passion being exhibited by grassroots activists to get House Bill 1061 passed into state law.
Published: Wednesday, May 21st, 2014 @ 6:00 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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American Hustle is not just lighting up the movie screens. It's playing out on Capitol Hill as well.
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2014 @ 11:40 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The stuff the, um, honorables on Capitol Hill think is so good for us is apparently not always so good for them and their staffs.
Published: Thursday, October 31st, 2013 @ 9:46 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Richard Burr, Renee Ellmers and Bob Pittenger - take note. It would appear that Mitch McConnell and John Boehner are blowing smoke up your posteriors.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2013 @ 1:56 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Charlotte's rookie congressman has apparently decided that pleasing John Boehner and Eric Cantor is more important than saving the country and protecting the folks back home.
Published: Wednesday, August 7th, 2013 @ 4:34 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The mainstream media has been regaling us all day with stories about the $20.6 BILLION budget deal reached by the GOP majority in the North Carolina General Assembly. Yay! We've got a budget!
Published: Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013 @ 4:14 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Senator Josh Stein (D-Wake) and the Crayon Corps at McClatchy-Raleigh are really, really peeved at Sen. Bill Rabon (R-Brunswick.
Published: Monday, May 6th, 2013 @ 4:18 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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There's just something about Asheville and boobs. The other day, we get the big boob himself from DC in town.
Published: Friday, February 15th, 2013 @ 9:31 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Politicians in Raleigh and DC, aided and abetted by our oft-clueless media, are railing about how the only way to fix our economic mess is to get the 'guv-mint' MO' revenue.
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2012 @ 11:35 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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