Category: Moore County

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

Campaign ’14: The Moore County School Board — FIRE ‘EM ALL. (Let God sort it out.)

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

Here in Moore County, we’ve got a problem with our school system that you likely see in many other counties. We’ve got an elected school board that submits itself to

NC-02: Reality, meet Renee. Renee? Meet Reality.

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Congresswoman Renee Ellmers was in one of her favorite places — Raleigh — to talk about how jonesed she is about the fight against ObamaCare. It’s as though 2013 NEVER HAPPENED.

NC-02: The Great Debate Post-Game Show

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Brant Clifton

“Mr. Seacrest, can we get a THIRD option?” THAT was the quip texted to me during Monday’s debate between Renee Ellmers and Clay Aiken. Unfortunately, we’re not voting for

NC-02: Clay’s Child Support. Renee’s Indignance. (Welcome to The Great Debate Pre-Game Show.)

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Brant Clifton

We’ve got a political debate that’s sure to draw a lot of media attention here in town Monday night. I really hate using something like RadarOnline as a source. But,

NC-02: Renee follows Kay’s lead on cameras in meetings

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Republicans have had a field day with blasting Kay Hagan about this video — where she kicks someone with a video camera out of a meeting she was leading. Apparently, this

Moore County joins Brunswick, Beaufort, and Pitt in opposing illegal alien relocation

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Moore County’s board of commissioners made it official last night — passing a resolution very similar to one recently passed by Brunswick County leaders. Our quadruple Dingleberry Award-winning twice weekly