#NCGA: A short session surprise?

The Daily Haymaker, by Brant Clifton • February 12, 2014 

A piece of legislation that has raised the ire of Civitas and other Tea Party-aligned groups,  and has been voted down twice in the state House, has been resurrected and sent to the House Rules Committee.  According to a rather surprising source — who has a vote in the House GOP caucus — it’s eligible to be voted on in the General Assembly’s short session.  

The legislation I am taking about is H440 — The North Carolina Benefit Corporation Act.  It’s come up in the legislature in 2011 and in 2013.  Tea Party groups have attacked this legislation as an instrument of the United Nations’ Agenda 21.  Civitas went after it as being antithetical to capitalism. 

Benefit corporations are  not currently recognized by the state of North Carolina. But this legislation is seeking to change that.

What’s the big deal about Benefit Corporations, also known as B-corps?  A really smart guy with a fancy-pants Raleigh law firm dishes the dirt for us: 

READ IT HERE.

Race for NCGOP Vice-chairman a true test of THE Pope’s “party loyalty” message

State GOP vice-chairman Joyce Krawiec’s appointment to an unexpired state Senate seat from Forsythe County has created a job vacancy within the party hierarchy.  Krawiec’s move to the Senate meant that she had to resign her party post.  Party insiders are expected to meet within a month to pick someone to finish her unexpired vice-chairman term.

Read it here.  

NCGOP cracks down on Republicans criticizing Republicans

The Daily Haymaker, by Brant Clifton • January 13, 2014

We’re in the middle of the primary election season.  These times are all about internal debates / discussions between party members as they chart the direction of and craft an agenda for their parties.  Yet, it appears the NCGOP hierarchy – including The Pope himself — is enforcing a ban on public criticism of GOP officials by GOP activists.

This has all come to light thanks to some dissension among party activists in Haywood County. Apparently, some party members are seeking punitive actions against an incumbent county commissioner there for alleged infractions that reportedly include using the powers of his office to retaliate against fellow Republican rivals.

READ THE ARTICLE.

WATCH: Full two-hour NCGOP US Senate debate hosted by Gaston Co. Tea Party...

NC GOP US Senate Primary Debate

Last Thursday, November 21, the Gaston Tea Party hosted the first of what is sure to be a series of debates across the Tarheel State featuring the GOP candidates for US Senate.  With a May, 2014 Primary looming, time is short to build a coalition of support that will be able to defeat incumbent Democrat Kay Hagan.

WATCH:  http://pundithouse.com/2013/11/nc-gop-us-senate-primary-debate/