Category: Pinehurst

For Pinehurst Village Council: Berggren & Drum

Posted on November 4, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Election Day is Tuesday. We have big decisions to make. In Pinehurst, there are EIGHT candidates fighting for TWO seats on the village council. Someone can win four years on

Pinehurst Matters? (Yeah, but so does THE TRUTH.)

Posted on November 3, 2017 by Brant Clifton

There’s a small, but loud group of people making quite a commotion about this year’s village council races in Pinehurst. They really, really, really don’t like Mayor Fiorillo (aka Queen

Campaign 2017: Golf gloves are coming OFF in Pinehurst

Posted on October 25, 2017October 25, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Things are generally very cordial here in our little corner of paradise. Rolling green fairways. Mild weather. Little to no crime. Neighbors that offer a friendly ‘how-do’ when you pass

Campaign 2017: Moore County

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Election Day will be here before we know it. There are some important decisions to be made at the ballot box on November 7. Here’s our two cents on some

Moore County 2017: Comin’ out of the woodwork!

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Brant Clifton

It’s always nice to see folks interested in public service. Filing closed today on 2017’s local races, and it appears Moore County’s voters are going to have loads of candidates

Pinehurst 2015: The smoke clears. Bouldry, Cashion and Fiorillo left standing.

Posted on November 4, 2015November 4, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It’s over. (Thank God.) It’s been a strange campaign. From our standpoint here at Haymaker HQ, things have been going well in the Village of Pinehurst. This current council

Pinehurst 2015: Ambush!

Posted on October 31, 2015October 31, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Pinehurst voters are heading to the polls Tuesday to fill the mayor’s seat and two council seats. Incumbent mayor Nancy Fiorillo has three challengers trying to replace her. One of

Pinehurst 2015: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We’ve got elections locally on Tuesday, Nov. 3. At least that’s what the board of elections web site tells us. Mayors and city council members across the state are standing

#Pinehurst: ”You come at The Queen, you best not miss.”

Posted on June 18, 2015June 18, 2015 by Brant Clifton

“You come at the king, you best not miss.” — Omar Little, HBO’s The Wire ____________________________ We’ve been hearing all kinds of off-the-record rumblings about this year’s mayoral race for

Shoot birdies — instead of Bambis — in Pinehurst

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We’ve got it pretty good here. The village regularly has been recognized as one of the safest places to live in North Carolina. We’ve got a very reasonable tax rate.