Category: campaign 2019

Voting watchdog detects potential monkey-business in on-going pursuit of McCrae Dowless

Posted on May 14, 2020May 20, 2020 by Brant Clifton

In the wake of the 2018 race for the 9th congressional district, we were bombarded with drive-by reports and caterwauling from Democrats and GOPe types alike about how

Moore County: Did John McLaughlin commit a ‘Lorna Clack’?

Posted on November 4, 2019November 4, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Some years ago, we had a rather pretentious (and awful) county school board member named Lorna Clack who lost a bid for reelection. (We like to think this

Moore County GOP cheerleading for BIGGER government in Pinehurst

Posted on October 27, 2019October 27, 2019 by Brant Clifton

A lot of folks have been working very hard to reduce being Republican to little more than having an (R) next to your name on the ballot.

Pinehurst 2019: I told you so …

Posted on October 19, 2019October 19, 2019 by Brant Clifton

This bunch trying to gain entry onto the Pinehurst Village Council have got regulation and limitation of property rights on the brain: The thorny issue of regulating short-term home

Pinehurst Campaign 2019: Individual, property rights at risk

Posted on October 13, 2019October 14, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Just by perusing the list of candidates on Pinehurst’s November ballot, it’s pretty clear that we stand a good chance of ending up with a majority on the Village

The ABCs of campaign signs

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Brant Clifton

It’s local election time in many communities across the Carolinas. The campaign signs are slowly starting to slowly litter the landscape once again. The debate continues to rage about