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The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Back to Court!

Posted on December 4, 2023 by Brant Clifton

The Old Town Pinehurst prune-faces are surely still celebrating their election accomplishments. They bullied their way from a 3-2 majority to a 4-1 majority. *Things must be going great, eh?*

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: A few election notes

Posted on November 4, 2023November 4, 2023 by Brant Clifton

This coming Tuesday will mark the end of the 2023 campaign season in the Village of Pinehurst. Lame duck and worstMayorEver John Strickland can quit bullying people for displaying signs

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: ‘Parachute Pat’ and his gang jumping back into court

Posted on September 12, 2023September 12, 2023 by Brant Clifton

John Strickland, ‘Parachute Pat’ Pizzella and their allies got BUSTED using village government resources to perpetrate political vengeance against their political foes just prior to the November 2021 election. Assisted

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Moore County GOP thinks having a job is BAD.

Posted on August 24, 2023August 24, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Believe it or not, folks. Laura Sumrall, a relatively recent arrival in Pinehurst from The Village of Annoyingville in the great state of Yankeeland, really has inserted herself into local

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: All Hail The Litigation Committee!

Posted on August 11, 2023 by Brant Clifton

You have to KNOW things aren’t going so well if you have to maintain a standing ‘Litigation Committee.’ You’re apparently getting sued a lot, and that’s not a nice place

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: The 4-1-1 on the ’23 election campaign

Posted on August 5, 2023 by Brant Clifton

The ‘You don’t like it? SUE US’ mentality. Councils regularly populated with the worst stereotypes of what outsiders think Pinehurst people are like. Catering to tattletales with a taxpayer-funded message

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Appeals Court overrules Webb, kicks Drum lawsuit back to Superior Court (where it belongs)

Posted on August 1, 2023August 1, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Just when you thought things couldn’t get any more acrimonious under the Pizzella-Strickland-Sanborn cabal, along comes the North Carolina Court of Appeals. The Village’s ruling cabal was all giggly with

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Parachute Pat’s War on Trucks

Posted on July 8, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Here’s a special piece of information for all of you downtown Pinehurst merchants who fell all over yourselves in 2021 to raise money and get-out-the-vote for political influence peddler “Parachute

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: “Parachute Pat” zeroes in on a new target

Posted on July 7, 2023 by Brant Clifton

First, let’s get a few things straight. Some of Pat Pizzella’s chablis-sipping, pinkie-in-the-air downtown pals have been contacting me about what they see as “disrespecting” their guy. They claim “Parachute

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: A beta-male exits Stage Left

Posted on June 21, 2023June 21, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Well, the worst kept secret in local politics has been confirmed. Pinehurst mayor John Strickland will not be coming back for four more years. Apparently, he didn’t have the stomach