Category: The Pilot

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

An interesting tactic for the fight against critical race theory in the schools

Posted on October 3, 2021 by Brant Clifton

It’s not that often that I tell people to look to Johnston County for guidance. But HERE is one of those times: A North Carolina county is insisting that

Why Ban Critical Race Theory from the schools? Just listen to Libby Carter.

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Moore County Board of Education member Libby Carter has apparently decided to go down with Ed Dennison on that sinking ship known as Critical Race Theory. The Congress is

Ed Dennison + Critical Race Theory: ALL over the map

Posted on May 16, 2021May 16, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Alleged Republican Ed Dennison, an incumbent on the Moore County Board of Education, is really mastering this politics stuff. During the current debate over the teaching of critical race

Edu-crats, local drive-bys bemoan decrease in sycophancy on Moore school board

Posted on April 6, 2021 by Brant Clifton

We had a bit of a revolt in Moore County last November. A Democrat majority (7-0) had taken over the county school board and was rubber-stamping everything the

Moore County’s WOKE, social justice warrior public school system

Posted on February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 by Brant Clifton

Moore County is arguably one of the most loyal Republican counties in the state. Democrats have managed, thanks to non-partisan school board races, to take over the county board

Oh, look. A contract extension.

Posted on July 7, 2019July 7, 2019 by Brant Clifton

I was examining the agenda for Monday night’s Moore County Board of Education meeting (3PM work session, 5pm closed session, 6 PM open session) when I came across something

Public Schools eat up HALF of the county budget. (And they’re demanding MORE.)

Posted on July 4, 2019July 4, 2019 by Brant Clifton

It’s like a broken record. Every year, Moore county public school officials and their puppets on the school board go to the media , and before the county board

#ncpol: Drive-by media dumbness.

Posted on May 12, 2019May 12, 2019 by Brant Clifton

I know they’re all bleeding money and having to cut staff. But sometimes — sometimes — you deserve better than what they’re doling out. Our local paper

To replace Cashion in Pinehurst: Berggren OR Campbell

Posted on December 3, 2018December 3, 2018 by Brant Clifton

The local paper says 14 folks have applied to fill out the last year of John Cashion’s unexpired term on The Village Council. (Cashion retired on November 13th due to