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Pinehurst govt by the numbers

Posted on October 22, 2011October 23, 2011 by Brant Clifton

  There’s been  a lot of talk about village government finances during this year’s campaign for village government offices.  I thought it might be interesting to compare some of the

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Campaign 2011, Moore County, Politics

Pinehurst 2011: The Return of NewCore

Posted on October 22, 2011October 22, 2011 by Brant Clifton

    The elections for local village offices will be here soon.  Two candidates,  Nancy Fiorillo for mayor and John Cashion for council, have publicly endorsed the idea of  pushing

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Campaign 2011, Moore County, Politics

Pinehurst 2011: Candidate Forum Follies

Posted on October 22, 2011October 22, 2011 by Brant Clifton

    The League of Women Voters held a forum this week for ALL EIGHT candidates for Pinehurst village offices.  It was quite  dog-and-pony show.  It was a dream for

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Campaign 2011, Moore County, Politics

BarryO’s appalling VP

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Brant Clifton

    Late night comedians and the alleged mainstream media have tried to tell us that Republicans Sarah Palin, Dan Quayle, and George Bush are the biggest idiots to ever

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Campaign 2012, Congress, Media, Politics

Democrat U.S. Senate kingpin “Dingy” Harry Reid: govt jobs more important than private sector

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Brant Clifton

        Yep, that’s what the genius said on the floor of the United States Senate — the world’s greatest deliberative body.   (No word yet on how

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Campaign 2012, Congress, Democrats, Politics

Pinehurst 2011: Council meetings

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Brant Clifton

    Why does the village council insist on meeting at times during the week when most people under 65 are working, and are unable to attend?  Southern Pines has

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Campaign 2011, Moore County, Politics

Two great weapons for debating economics with lefties

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Brant Clifton

        I’ve stumbled across two great resources — both available for free online — that provide great info, in layman’s terms, for defending capitalism and the free

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Campaign 2012, Congress, Economy, NC legislature, Politics

Dems & media pals tossing Bev under the bus?

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Brant Clifton

        The N&O has been salivating lately over the possibility of state Rep. Bill Faison(D), who represents the Chapel Hill-Carrboro crowd in the House, challenging Boss Bev’s

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Bev Perdue, Campaign 2012, Economy, NC legislature, NC State Government, Politics

In defense of 9-9-9 and other like-minded tax reform

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Brant Clifton

      Dr. Arthur Laffer, the brains behind supply-side economics and many of the policies that led to the boom of the Reagan era, has an interesting piece in

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Campaign 2012, Economy, Politics

Lay off Small Business

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Brant Clifton

        The title of this post is the same as the title for an excellent, thought-provoking  op-ed a Moore County small business owner penned in a recent

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Campaign 2012, Congress, Economy, NC legislature, Politics

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