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The Sandhills Files: 1 bad audit, 2 drive-bys, and the fall-out

Posted on June 1, 2025June 7, 2025 by Brant Clifton

It took a week for our award-winning local newspaper (based on Pennsylvania Avenue in Southern Pines) to produce a story on the stinker of an audit the state slapped Sandhills

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Education, Media, Moore County, NC State Government, NCGOP, Pinehurst, Politics, The Pilot, The Sandhills Files
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Dismissal of lawsuit against Team Berger upheld. (Uncle Phil is pleased.)

Posted on May 31, 2025 by Brant Clifton

It must be nice to preside over hearings about your own job performance and to stomp any and all of those complaints into the dirt.  Only in state government.  Only

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campaign 2026, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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No matter how hard as you try, it’s STILL a pig in lipstick

Posted on May 29, 2025May 29, 2025 by Brant Clifton

The competing state spending plans in Raleigh are what we’re talking about.  Majority Republicans in each legislative chamber are beating on each other — trying to paint the other side

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Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics

US DOJ sues NC over inaccurate voter lists

Posted on May 27, 2025 by Brant Clifton

We can’t count on our state political parties, elected state officials or judges to take care of stuff like this. So, Thank God for the diligence of Assistant US Attorney

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Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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Trump aide w/ NC ties heads to TX to save hapless RINO Sen. John Cornyn

Posted on May 27, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Texas polls are showing incumbent US senator John Cornyn down sixteen points to Texas attorney general (and MAGA hero) Ken Paxton in the 2026 GOP primary. The  DC Establishment  —

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Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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Tillis goes to mat to stop Trump cuts to solar+wind energy subsidies

Posted on May 25, 2025May 25, 2025 by Brant Clifton

There are actually a few things our senior US senator will fight for — things that generate larger than average donations to his campaign.  Thom Tillis went to bat early

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campaign 2026, Congress, Media, NCGOP, NCSEN26, Politics, Thom Tillis
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Ex-Mrs. ‘Round Rev’ says ‘Round Rev’ paid her alimony from his nonprofit

Posted on May 24, 2025 by Brant Clifton

(Ruh-roh! *Is THIS that Karma thingie we’ve been reading about?*) The patron saint of the WRAL newsroom  – the personification of the Seven Deadly Sins, himself — appears to have

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Media, NC State Government, Politics
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The long con to eventually debut new casinos in North Carolina

Posted on May 24, 2025May 24, 2025 by Brant Clifton

It’s a bit amusing to watch the – um – *honorables* on Raleigh’s Jones Street beat their chests and compete with each other on who is the biggest and truest

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Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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Charlotte politico indicted for Covid $$$ fraud. (Tip of the iceberg in NC?)

Posted on May 23, 2025May 23, 2025 by Brant Clifton

The US attorney for NC’s Western district has bagged a nice-sized target: A federal grand jury in Charlotte has returned a criminal indictment charging Tiawana Brown, 53, and her daughters,

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Law & Order, Media, Politics

The Sandhills Files: Financial reporting errors worth HOW MUCH ???

Posted on May 23, 2025June 9, 2025 by Brant Clifton

It seems like our local institution of higher learning here in Moore County has some ‘splainin’ to do.  State auditor Dave Boliek’s crew reviewed Sandhills Community College’s financial statements for

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Education, Media, Moore County, NC legislature, NC State Government, Pinehurst, Politics, The Sandhills Files

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