Category: Moore County

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: All Hail The Litigation Committee!

Posted on August 11, 2023 by Brant Clifton

You have to KNOW things aren’t going so well if you have to maintain a standing ‘Litigation Committee.’ You’re apparently getting sued a lot, and that’s not a nice place

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: The 4-1-1 on the ’23 election campaign

Posted on August 5, 2023 by Brant Clifton

The ‘You don’t like it? SUE US’ mentality. Councils regularly populated with the worst stereotypes of what outsiders think Pinehurst people are like. Catering to tattletales with a taxpayer-funded message

Opposing ‘Gentrification’ vs. Fighting ‘Desegregation’

Posted on August 5, 2023 by Brant Clifton

What’s the difference, you ask? Desegregation involves opening up opportunities to people who have been denied access to said opportunities due to race, gender, or religion. People have different ideas

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Appeals Court overrules Webb, kicks Drum lawsuit back to Superior Court (where it belongs)

Posted on August 1, 2023August 1, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Just when you thought things couldn’t get any more acrimonious under the Pizzella-Strickland-Sanborn cabal, along comes the North Carolina Court of Appeals. The Village’s ruling cabal was all giggly with

FIRE THEM ALL: “Back-Stabbin’ Bob”, the “green-eyed monster,” and the collapse of a grand opportunity

Posted on July 19, 2023 by Brant Clifton

If your only sources of news were The Pilot or WRAL, you’d think Moore County school board member David Hensley was an out-of-control maniac. The truth? He’s the only

Condemn “hatred”? The Pilot’s owners NEED TO GO FIRST!

Posted on July 19, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Again, regular readers know we are not exactly cheerleaders for the Village of Pinehurst governing body. They’ve got a lot of issues that need working out. But one area where

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Parachute Pat’s War on Trucks

Posted on July 8, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Here’s a special piece of information for all of you downtown Pinehurst merchants who fell all over yourselves in 2021 to raise money and get-out-the-vote for political influence peddler “Parachute

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: “Parachute Pat” zeroes in on a new target

Posted on July 7, 2023 by Brant Clifton

First, let’s get a few things straight. Some of Pat Pizzella’s chablis-sipping, pinkie-in-the-air downtown pals have been contacting me about what they see as “disrespecting” their guy. They claim “Parachute

Prayers and sympathy for a Pinehurst leader and her family

Posted on July 2, 2023 by Brant Clifton

This site has been at odds with Jane Hogeman for as long as she’s been on the Pinehurst Village Council. It’s one thing to have political disagreements. It’s another altogether

The SCC Files: A faculty mutiny (organized via school resources) underway?

Posted on June 24, 2023 by Brant Clifton

We gave the “new” Board of Trustees at Sandhills Community College an “attaboy” for taking a slap at the DEI / CRT “beast” unleashed on the campus by the beloved