Category: Pinehurst

Pinehurst-based firm hit with federal class action suit

Posted on September 7, 2023September 7, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Before we get started, please remember that getting sued is not indicative of guilt or liability. Just like being charged does not mean you are guilty. We have courts, judges,

The SCC Files: Big-time lawyer targets Sandhills Community College

Posted on August 24, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Meet Raleigh-area attorney James Lawrence: Lawrence has worked with conservative legal superstar Harmeet Dhillon. He’s gone after Twitter and Google AND WON. He’s also the counsel for some

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Moore County GOP thinks having a job is BAD.

Posted on August 24, 2023August 24, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Believe it or not, folks. Laura Sumrall, a relatively recent arrival in Pinehurst from The Village of Annoyingville in the great state of Yankeeland, really has inserted herself into local

The SCC Files: The roar of the leftist faculty

Posted on August 18, 2023August 18, 2023 by Brant Clifton

The comrades over on the Airport Road campus are quite flabbergasted and lost now that their Dear Leader, John Dempsey, has departed for the greener pastures of the Worker’s Paradise.

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

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

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