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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: A voter guide

Posted on October 29, 2023 by Brant Clifton

The big question for local voters right now is: “Do I appreciate hot messes?” If the answer is ‘Yes, I do,” there is a slate of candidates awaiting your

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Too Sleazy for DC but Okey-dokey for Pinehurst? (Also, has Barb been ‘Heintzed’?)

Posted on October 10, 2023October 11, 2023 by Brant Clifton

As Election Day creeps closer, ‘Parachute Pat’ Pizzella is EVERYWHERE. He showed up in town about eight months prior to the 2021 election, and got installed in village government by

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Some quality time with ‘Parachute Pat’

Posted on September 12, 2023 by Brant Clifton

The Bond villains populating Old Town’s so-called ‘Friday Group’ did a masterful job in 2021 of importing DC influence-peddler Patrick Pizzella into Moore County just in time to get elected

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: “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

Clapping like trained seals while the country crumbles

Posted on June 17, 2023June 17, 2023 by Brant Clifton

I recently had the, um, “pleasure” of watching some US House committee hold a field hearing in Pinehurst about last December’s blackout. Two things really stuck out to me: DC

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Farting around while the traffic jams

Posted on December 14, 2022December 14, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Mention Highway 5 or the Pinehurst traffic circle and you are bound to start a few heated discussions around Pinehurst these days. You would think village leaders would be ALL

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Fumbling Around In The Dark

Posted on October 19, 2022 by Brant Clifton

They’ve been warned about yet another expensive lawsuit that will NOT be covered by the village’s insurance policy. They’ve been told of a negative economic impact on Moore County.

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Getting Hotter

Posted on October 15, 2022October 15, 2022 by Brant Clifton

The lawyers have made their thoughts known on the vacation rentals ban. The Open Meetings lawsuit against the village is already headed to The NC Court of Appeals. Friendships