Category: Moore County

Moore GOP chairman out in left field on runoff elections

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Bob Levy is one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet. He’s been a real peacemaker here in Moore County since Richard Morgan and his cronies were pretty much deposed

More on AFP & Renee

Posted on July 2, 2012July 2, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Apparently, some well-connected readers of this site voiced their displeasure to Americans For Prosperity’s North Carolina state chapter for their embrace of congresswoman Marie Antoinette Ellmers.™ AFP-NC had a big

John Locke, AFP, and NCGOP: Devaluing conservatism in North Carolina

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Brant Clifton

There are an awful lot of people who make the mistake of equating being “Republican” with being “conservative.” Look at our alleged conservative majority in the North

Morgan vs. Causey: A Tale of Two campaign finance reports

Posted on June 27, 2012June 27, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The North Carolina Insurance Law blog does a great job of giving us the story behind the numbers in the GOP runoff for NC commissioner of

Clarifying and Correcting The Pilot

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It appears our local Pulitzer Prize-winning paper is throwing up its hands and giving up on Lame Duck Bev. Today’s op-ed focused on the current McScandal in Raleigh —

Another Great Moment in Local Government: Tim Lea vs. The Airport

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Judging from the coverage in our local Pulitzer Prize-nominated paper of this week’s Moore County board of commissioners meeting — and input from my sources present at

Trickle-down bias: NPR & our local media

Posted on June 21, 2012June 21, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Steve Bouser, the op-ed page editor at the Southern Pines Pilot, has been listening to NPR again (and the kookiness is a-flowing from the pages of

A few things you might have missed if The Pilot is your primary news source

Posted on June 19, 2012June 19, 2012 by Brant Clifton

If you depend on The Southern Pines Pilot to keep you informed on Moore County government, you MIGHT think commissioner Tim Lea is the ONLY one who ever

The Pilot: $pend more money! Who care$ if you actually HAVE it?

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

News flash! The management at the Southern Pines Pilot is outraged — OUTRAGED — by the GOP led General Assembly in Raleigh: It is unconscionable

The Pilot sings Tammy Wynette’s greatest hit

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Sometimes its hard to be a woman Giving all your love to just one man You’ll have bad times And he’ll have good times Doing things that you don’t understand