Category: Moore County

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

Our local newspaper, printed on dead trees, condemns Republicans for tree murder

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Our Nobel Prize-winning local paper — owned and operated by the same folks who, for over a century, owned and operated The N&O

Campaign 2012 @ Moore County: Lea OUT, Picerno IN

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Moore County commissioner Tim Lea — the wisest and most intelligent man within the confines of this fine county’s geographic boundaries — has informed our thrice-weekly, Nobel Prize

You GO, girl !!! …

Posted on February 8, 2012February 8, 2012 by Brant Clifton

(That’s what they say on Jerry Springer when offering enthusiastic encouragement to a female.) I’m having second thoughts on U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers. We’ve been a little tough on

Pinehurst: A welcome-aboard briefing for the new police chief

Posted on February 5, 2012February 5, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Our thrice-weekly Nobel Prize-contending, Pulitzer Prize-winning local newspaper ran a nice article this week on new Pinehurst police chief Earl Phipps. Change was really needed at the PPD.

Coble going for term #15

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The Greensboro News & Record reported today that Congressman Howard Coble (R) will seek reelection to the U.S. House seat he has held since 1985. Coble, 80, is the