Category: Moore County

Pinehurst 2015: Ambush!

Posted on October 31, 2015October 31, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Pinehurst voters are heading to the polls Tuesday to fill the mayor’s seat and two council seats. Incumbent mayor Nancy Fiorillo has three challengers trying to replace her. One of

Pinehurst 2015: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We’ve got elections locally on Tuesday, Nov. 3. At least that’s what the board of elections web site tells us. Mayors and city council members across the state are standing

Moore County’s Picerno rips local NCGA delegation a new one

Posted on September 22, 2015September 23, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Nick Picerno is a lot like EF Hutton in Moore County. When the chairman of the county board of commissioners speaks, people sit up and listen. What he had to tell

‘We don’t recall.’

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It seems like it was just yesterday the populace of Moore County was up in arms — Tea Party style — over shenanigans by the county board of education. Emboldened

#Pinehurst: ”You come at The Queen, you best not miss.”

Posted on June 18, 2015June 18, 2015 by Brant Clifton

“You come at the king, you best not miss.” — Omar Little, HBO’s The Wire ____________________________ We’ve been hearing all kinds of off-the-record rumblings about this year’s mayoral race for

NC Education Lottery money NOT making it to Moore County schools?

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Brant Clifton

There’s been a lot of belly-aching about schools reportedly getting short-changed. The North Carolina education lottery came into being in 2005 as a method for providing much needed funding for

Shoot birdies — instead of Bambis — in Pinehurst

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We’ve got it pretty good here. The village regularly has been recognized as one of the safest places to live in North Carolina. We’ve got a very reasonable tax rate.

Save the deer. Cull the politician and busybody herds.

Posted on November 14, 2014November 14, 2014 by Brant Clifton

There actually is a down side to living in a great community like Pinehurst. The quality of life is so great that SOME busybodies create problems to, um, tackle. Some

#ncpol Some good news re: voter ID

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I picked up some positive info about the dry run on voter ID our local board of elections here in Moore County ran in the primary. Precinct officials made a

NC-02: Meet some of Renee’s new friends

Posted on October 22, 2014October 22, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Somebody has told Renee Ellmers that it would be a GREAT idea to model her reelection campaign after K-HAG’s and subject us all to one big kumbaya visit-to-the-OBGYN moment. She’s