Category: Moore County

I owe HOW MUCH ???

Posted on November 13, 2011November 13, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Many Moore County Public Utilities customers got quite a shock in their latest bills — charges two to four times as much as the normal amount. My bill was

Wake County GOP fires back at Raleigh News & Observer

Posted on November 12, 2011November 12, 2011 by Brant Clifton

In a recent newsletter, Wake County Republican Party chairman Susan Bryant lashed out at her local paper: SAY NO TO THE RACIST N&O As I sit

Why is THIS in the Moore County budget?

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Speaking of political fights, a doozy is getting ready to break loose in Carthage at the highest levels of county government. One of our faithful readers, who happens to

As the dust settles in Moore County, a new political fight brews

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Brant Clifton

I was browsing through Friday’s edition of our thrice-weekly Pulitzer Prize-winning local paper, when an ad caught my eye. (The ads are usually more interesting than the

Pinehurst Village Council: They’re not as old as they look

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Brant Clifton

I may have overreached in my quip about Tuesday’s election knocking up the average age of Pinehurst’s governing body. I was thinking mainly about the replacement of that young whippersnapper

Occupy Broad Street ??? The freak show comes to Southern Pines

Posted on November 9, 2011November 19, 2011 by Brant Clifton

If you are bored on Saturday, November 19, and are looking for something to do, bring the family to downtown Southern Pines to witness a traveling circus-type event calling itself

Pinehurst 2011: All hail the queen!

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Pinehurst voters made history Tuesday evening by electing the village’s first female mayor (Ginsey was appointed) and the first council member from Pinewild. From the beginning, mayoral candidate

Southern Pines 2011: Progress Energy, Food Lion and Bo’s can breathe a little easier …

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The NIMBY ticket — and potential startup law firm — of Smith, Smithson and Woodruff went down in flames like the Hindenberg zeppelin on Tuesday. Southern Pines voters rejected

Campaign 2011: IS IT OVER YET ??????

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Ah, yes. This wonderful expression of democracy we’ve been treated to here in the county of Moore for the last few months will mercifully come to an end

Pinehurst 2011: Is the V-A-T a B-U-S-T?

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The Village Action Team took to the stage at the beginning of the campaign like a storm. It pushed a specific agenda and endorsed the candidacies of Nancy Fiorillo, Mark