Category: 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

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: “Light Pollution”

Posted on October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Apparently, the next item on the Village of Pinehurst’s cram-it-down-their-throats agenda is a crackdown on something called “light pollution.” I saw the draft ordinance in a recent council agenda

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Cranky old Yankees. At the end of the driveway. Screaming abuse. (Welcome to Pinehurst.)

Posted on October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 by Brant Clifton

The followers of the Strickland-Pizzella cult speak loudly and often about an alleged cornucopia of criminal misdeeds at Pinehurst vacation rentals. Yet, there are few — if any —

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Court of Appeals, here we COME!

Posted on October 7, 2022 by Brant Clifton

The unnatural disaster rocking our fair village – aka The Strickland-Pizzella cabal — is continuing to wreak havoc via even more bad publicity and BIG legal bills. We all

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Even More Pashley goodness

Posted on October 3, 2022 by Brant Clifton

You may recall that Pinehurst Resort president Tom Pashley spoke at the village councils public hearing the other night. The big news was that he appeared to

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Dismissed, but NOT done.

Posted on October 1, 2022October 1, 2022 by Brant Clifton

It’s really sad to see the crowing from the senior village staff, the Strickland-Pizzella gang, and The Friday Group over a Moore County judge’s decision to dismiss an open

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Anatomy of a political smear

Posted on September 26, 2022 by Brant Clifton

The current litigious environment at Pinehurst Village Hall is really opening some eyes on how things, um, “get done” over there. Mayor John Strickland has quite a track record

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Running Out The Clock

Posted on September 25, 2022September 25, 2022 by Brant Clifton

There’s a public hearing at village hall on Tuesday. All indications are that the Strickland-Pizzella mob will iron out their strategy in an illegal closed session to go ahead

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: LYING.

Posted on September 24, 2022 by Brant Clifton

We caught the Strickland-Pizzella gang basically admitting on-camera to violating state open meetings laws on two occasions, and planning to do it a third. If you remember, the gang

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Nationally-renowned property-rights defense group warns Pinehurst council on proposed vacation rental ban

Posted on September 24, 2022September 24, 2022 by Brant Clifton

The very same group that got The City of Wilmington’s short-term rentals regulations tossed out in court appears to be turning its attention to Pinehurst and its current efforts