Tag: board of commissioners

Monkey Business Report: Welcome to Madison County!

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The politicians in Madison County are showing that they can hold their own with their neighbors in Haywood County. We’ve received word of some antics during a recent meeting of the

Moore County to follow Brunswick, Pitt lead on amnesty resistance?

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Sources within county government tell me that the Moore County board of commissioners is preparing a resolution mandating that county authorities (1) refuse to cooperate with resettlement of the border-crashing

Chatham Democrats: Get THOSE capitalists OUT of government !!!

Posted on July 23, 2014July 23, 2014 by Brant Clifton

For a long time, Chatham County has been an overflow containment area for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro crowd. Apparently, they were so satisfied with the job they did in ruining neighboring

Brunswick County leaders say NO to Barry Obama’s amnesty games

Posted on July 23, 2014July 23, 2014 by Brant Clifton

We’ve got a full-blown crisis at the Mexican border. People are pouring into our country from the south — bringing poverty, sickness and God knows what else with them. Barry

Ritter replacing Kennedy on Moore County board of commissioners

Posted on May 15, 2013May 15, 2013 by Brant Clifton

The resignation of Moore County commissioner Craig Kennedy, a few weeks back, has added a little bit of drama to Moore County politics. Kennedy, in 2010, came out of

Power & Arrogance: Robeson pols living large on taxpayers’ dime despite county’s dismal economy

Posted on March 9, 2013March 12, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Robeson County, in southeastern North Carolina, has officially become the state’s poorest jurisdiction. It leads — or is near the top in all of the worst

Timmy and his fertile imagination keep stirring up trouble

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Brant Clifton

A local politico — and faithful reader of this site — forwarded to me an email Moore County commissioner Tim Lea sent to him and several other

A few things you might have missed if The Pilot is your primary news source

Posted on June 19, 2012June 19, 2012 by Brant Clifton

If you depend on The Southern Pines Pilot to keep you informed on Moore County government, you MIGHT think commissioner Tim Lea is the ONLY one who ever

Tim Lea throws a tantrum, and The Pilot dutifully takes dictation

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Brant Clifton

If you read The Pilot, you would think that county commissioner Tim Lea was little more than a crusading, good-government, of-the-people, by-the-people kind of guy. He regularly throws tantrums