Category: Moore County

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: A Court Date!

Posted on July 12, 2022July 13, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Attention, Pinehurst residents! Grab those wallets and bend over! Your village government has refused three offers of mediation, pushed for a jury trial, and hired an extra expensive attorney

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Baffling Us with B.S.

Posted on July 11, 2022 by Brant Clifton

“If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.” — W.C. Fields The legendary American comic sure got it right. When you follow politics like we do at

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Out-of-Control (and getting worse)

Posted on June 30, 2022 by Brant Clifton

The lawsuits and threats of lawsuits are piling up. Asinine comments are flowing more and more freely from the mouths of Village Hall dwellers. The manager is reportedly berating

Pinehurst Party Poopers: Cracking Down on Cocktail Parties

Posted on June 13, 2022June 13, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Village-manager-from-hell Jeff Sanborn and his incompetent sidekick, mayor John Strickland cannot let go of this short-term rentals thing. Both want a new bureaucracy to basically wipe the practice out

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Intimidation Time!

Posted on June 8, 2022 by Brant Clifton

When all else fails — when you’re caught dead to rights — try to paint your accusers as the villains. That appears to be the strategy at Village Hall

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Gettin’ hotter!

Posted on June 4, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Imagine my surprise when THIS showed up on my YouTube feed. The honorables appear to be setting up a “litigation committee” to deal with the legal complaint about the

Who to vote FOR: Moore County edition

Posted on May 12, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Well, we’ve already shared our thoughts on the statewide primary races. Here is our two cents on the races that will be affecting — mostly — Moore County, North

Former Moore County commissioner accused of stealing campaign sign

Posted on May 12, 2022 by Brant Clifton

It’s been a long time since David Cummings has had any sort of significant publicity. It’s been more than a decade since he was defeated for reelection to the

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Headed to Court?

Posted on May 12, 2022May 12, 2022 by Brant Clifton

It appears Pinehurst has reverted back to its old ways. For the longest time, village government had little interest in seeking a “happy ending” with the people they purportedly

Moore County campaign ’22: Two bad audits from state auditor’s office beget even more from state courts office

Posted on April 26, 2022 by Brant Clifton

We told you earlier about the hot mess expanding from Pinehurst to Carthage: […] Well, we’ve found two audits from state auditor Beth Wood — from 2011 and from