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The Pilot: putting the cart BEFORE the horse

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Brant Clifton

For months, The Pilot beat us over the head with exaggerations, half-truths and outright lies generated from the propaganda machine fighting the proposed marriage amendment to the state constitution.  We

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Look, Mom. I made The N&O!

Posted on May 4, 2012May 4, 2012 by Brant Clifton

  (And it’s NOT the police blotter!) *Sigh.*  I guess you’re right.  THAT is not much of a big deal. Anyway, The N&O newsroom is pouncing on the gift Tom-with-an-H

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Campaign 2012, Media, Moore County, Politics

Heritage Foundation paints less conservative picture of Ellmers

Posted on May 3, 2012May 3, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Some time back, National Journal released rankings showing congresswoman Renee Ellmers as the most conservative U.S. House member from North Carolina.  (She has been touting that news in her campaign

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Campaign 2012, Congress, Media, Moore County, Politics, South Carolina

A prime candidate for a budget cut

Posted on May 3, 2012May 4, 2012 by Brant Clifton

    A county government mole tells me various county officials’ sights have been set on a budget line item entitled: “Non-Profit:  Grants & Contingency.” In some circles, this is

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Campaign 2012, Media, Moore County, Politics
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About those ALLEGED drastic education spending cuts …

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Brant Clifton

      Some rather duplicitous candidates and granola-munching activists are bemoaning an alleged lack of funding for education needs in Moore County.  The problem with their harrangue is —

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Campaign 2012, Media, Moore County, Politics

Around the world with Renee (and the lobbyists)

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Government records show that lobbyists paid for congresswoman Renee Ellmers, her husband, and her chief of staff to visit Turkey and Israel in August and October of 2011. From 8/13/11

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Campaign 2012, Congress, Economy, Media, Moore County, Politics

What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas

Posted on May 3, 2012May 3, 2012 by Brant Clifton

    I’ve continued my perusal of Renee Ellmers’s campaign finance report.   Check it out HERE (specifically p.94).  It appears that her reelection campaign fund picked up the tab

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Campaign 2012, Congress, Media, Politics, Renee Ellmers
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Guilty conscience wreaking havoc in The Pilot’s newsroom?

Posted on May 3, 2012May 3, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I guess South Carolina congressman Joe Wilson finally got to the fiction-peddlers in The Pilot’s newsroom. Here we are — one week before the vote — and we finally get

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Campaign 2012, Media, Moore County, Politics
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Southern Pines, Pinehurst mull economic development

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It’s being reported that Pinehurst, Southern Pines, and Aberdeen are each being asked to pony up $2,500 for the opportunity to have a movie or two shot within their borders.

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Economy, Moore County

Thom’s Team LUVs lobbyists

Posted on May 2, 2012May 2, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The other –um, high-heeled — shoe has dropped. It’s been learned that state House Speaker Thom Tillis has discovered ANOTHER of his employees having a romantic relationship with a registered

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Campaign 2012, Media, NC legislature, Politics, Thom Tillis

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