Moore County 2017: Comin’ out of the woodwork!
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
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Pinehurst 2015: The smoke clears. Bouldry, Cashion and Fiorillo left standing.
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
Continue readingPinehurst 2015: Ambush!
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
Continue readingPinehurst 2015: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
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
Continue reading#Pinehurst: ”You come at The Queen, you best not miss.”
“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
Continue readingShoot birdies — instead of Bambis — in Pinehurst
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.
Continue readingSave the deer. Cull the politician and busybody herds.
There actually is a down side to living in a great community like Pinehurst. The quality of life is so great that SOME busybodies create problems to, um, tackle. Some
Continue readingNC-02: The Great Debate Post-Game Show
“Mr. Seacrest, can we get a THIRD option?” THAT was the quip texted to me during Monday’s debate between Renee Ellmers and Clay Aiken. Unfortunately, we’re not voting for
Continue readingNC-02: Clay’s Child Support. Renee’s Indignance. (Welcome to The Great Debate Pre-Game Show.)
We’ve got a political debate that’s sure to draw a lot of media attention here in town Monday night. I really hate using something like RadarOnline as a source. But,
Continue readingSOME PEOPLE just can’t be pleased
The NCAE is grumbling over pay raise proposals being offered their members by GOP legislators that are BIGGER than ANYTHING ever offered by past Democrat majorities. The movie crowd in
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