Tag: Campaign 2011

One out of every FIVE NC drivers has No license ???

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Yep. That’s what AAA says: UNC Charlotte student Lauren Brown says driving without a license is no good, “It’s scary though, if anything.” The

DEE-NIED! Feds reject appeal of downtown Pinehurst post office closure

Posted on December 14, 2011December 19, 2011 by Brant Clifton

In a December 12 order, The federal government’s Postal Regulatory Commission has rejected Pinehurst mayoral candidate John Marcum’s appeal of the decision by The U.S.

Back to the Future for Southern Pines: Mike Fields BACK on Town Council?

Posted on December 7, 2011December 7, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Pinehurst recently tapped a familiar face to fill out the remainder of a term for an incumbent council member who had been elected mayor. Southern Pines may be

Going along to get along is not always the way to go …

Posted on December 2, 2011December 2, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Concerned Citizens of Pinehurst, and others, have expressed concern about the reappointment of appointed incumbent Mark Parson to the Pinehurst Village Council. Newly-elected councilman John Strickland expressed concern about

Pinehurst Village Council: They’re not as old as they look

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Brant Clifton

I may have overreached in my quip about Tuesday’s election knocking up the average age of Pinehurst’s governing body. I was thinking mainly about the replacement of that young whippersnapper

Pinehurst 2011: All hail the queen!

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Pinehurst voters made history Tuesday evening by electing the village’s first female mayor (Ginsey was appointed) and the first council member from Pinewild. From the beginning, mayoral candidate

Southern Pines 2011: Progress Energy, Food Lion and Bo’s can breathe a little easier …

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The NIMBY ticket — and potential startup law firm — of Smith, Smithson and Woodruff went down in flames like the Hindenberg zeppelin on Tuesday. Southern Pines voters rejected

Campaign 2011: IS IT OVER YET ??????

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Ah, yes. This wonderful expression of democracy we’ve been treated to here in the county of Moore for the last few months will mercifully come to an end

Pinehurst 2011: Is the V-A-T a B-U-S-T?

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The Village Action Team took to the stage at the beginning of the campaign like a storm. It pushed a specific agenda and endorsed the candidacies of Nancy Fiorillo, Mark

Former S.C. First Lady speaks out on Herman Cain and media’s scandal fixation

Posted on November 6, 2011November 19, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Jenny Sanford was speaking from experience when she penned her op-ed that appeared Thursday in Columbia’s State newspaper. She was The Palmetto State’s first lady when her now