Category: Pinehurst

District Attorney Mike Hardin: Taking Care of Business

Posted on December 27, 2021December 27, 2021 by Brant Clifton

We got quite a few profane, yet anonymous, emails about our story on the election of former prosecutor Maureen Krueger as the new president of Moore Republican Women. We

Pinehurst: TRYING to walk it all back

Posted on November 27, 2021November 30, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Before the November elections for Pinehurst Village Council, “ethics” was a very very very very important matter that needed to be discussed loudly and openly in every nook and

Pinehurst: I Sue You — (Um, you sue Me ?)

Posted on November 12, 2021 by Brant Clifton

The cabal currently running Pinehurst village government is about to help the village break new legal ground. I’ve talked with some area attorneys, and NONE of them can recall

Pinehurst’s Pizzella : Bill Clinton, too ???

Posted on October 29, 2021October 29, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Wow. Talk about a rogue’s gallery. Pinehurst Village Council candidate Patrick Pizzella’s campaign team doesn’t want to talk about much of his DC background. (Especially his lobbying activities.)

Apparently, in Pinehurst, having “relations” with your legislator(s) is a CRIME.

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Brant Clifton

I don’t think we’re talking about the Bill Clinton definition of “having relations,” here. At a Tuesday special meeting, village manager Jeff Sanborn’s hand puppet (aka mayor John Strickland)

DC’s sleaze king endorsed Pizzella for presidential appointment

Posted on October 25, 2021October 25, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Talk about an unhelpful endorsement: Incoming acting Labor Secretary Patrick Pizzella will take the helm of the department following the resignation Friday of Alex Acosta, who faced scrutiny over

Pinehurst candidate worked for Obama, Russians AND King of DC sleaze

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Brant Clifton

You can’t make this up. The more you look into Patrick Pizzella’s time in DC, the more troubling things appear. Here’s the word from Open Secrets: Patrick Pizzella will

Lydia lawyers up, unloads with both barrels at Village government

Posted on October 24, 2021October 24, 2021 by Brant Clifton

You really didn’t believe that Lydia Boesch would just run off, with her tail tucked between her legs, after being ambushed during a streamed, open-to-the-public Pinehurst Village Council meeting,

Pinehurst Council eating their own

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Brant Clifton

If you’ve ever wondered why Pinehurst is the most-hated municipality in Moore County, I invite you to take a gander at Exhibit A: video of the October 12 meeting

“Putting Pinehurst FIRST”? (Actually, he’s putting it 3rd.)

Posted on October 13, 2021 by Brant Clifton

As I told you before, Patrick Pizzella, who won an appointment by former President Barack Obama and fast confirmation by a Democrat-controlled Senate, is seeking local office in Pinehurst.