Category: Moore County

John Marcum for NC Senate

Posted on February 29, 2012February 29, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Surprahz! Surprahz! Surprahz! — Private Gomer Pyle, USMC I’ll have to admit that NOT many people saw this coming. I think it must have been a spur-of-the-moment thing for

TimmyWatch: Lea for NC Senate?

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Moore County political insiders tell me to not be surprised if retiring Moore County Commissioner Tim Lea files at the last minute for the NC Senate seat held by Republican

Pinehurst: “ambience” & selective indignation

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Brant Clifton

When you think of Pinehurst, North Carolina, you think of pristine, well-manicured championship golf courses, the quaint downtown area, and The Carolina Hotel. You certainly don’t think of locales like

NCDOT: Plenty of $$$$ for Moore County Airport, but not for I-95

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It’s recently hit the news that the “wise” persons in our state government are going to set up tolls on I-95 to pay for much-needed renovations. So, in

Campaign 2012: Confused? Lost?

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Our local paper reported the other day that Congresswoman Renee Ellmers was campaigning in Moore County. However, according to her official web site, neither Southern Pines nor Moore

Potomac Fever sweeping Moore County?

Posted on February 25, 2012February 25, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It is looking like we in Moore County could have TWO to THREE of our fellow residents on this year’s Second Congressional District ballot. Democrat Steve Wilkins

National Journal: Ellmers is NC’s most conservative Member of Congress

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Brant Clifton

National Journal, the non-partisan national publication dedicated to daily coverage of the U.S. Congress, has released its annual ideological rankings of Members of Congress. It appears that the Tar

Renee Ellmers: throwing the Tea Party under the bus, mastering the art of DC double-talk

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Brant Clifton

You need radar to track the movement of Renee Ellmers’s positions on the issues. Elected in 2010 as a grassroots Tea Party populist, the 2nd district

Bring back Blue Laws? No, thanks.

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I had to pinch myself — to make sure I was not dreaming — when I read a column in our local paper, by Moore County GOP chairman

John Edwards: STILL a sleazeball

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Brant Clifton

We’ve been hit with a lot of sympathetic coverage of former US senator and presidential candidate John Edwards lately. Our local paper has been cooing over