Tag: ethics

When the heat is on, look to Chappelle (and plead the FiF).

Posted on August 3, 2026August 4, 2026 by Brant Clifton

If Chuck Edwards listened to me – and I know he DOES NOT – I’d have him following the path of one Mr. David Chappelle. That’s right: *Plead the fizz-iff.*

Robinson vows to fix ‘mistake’ on ethics forms

Posted on October 4, 2023 by Brant Clifton

No, he’s not talking about Balanced Nutrition. THIS is something much different: North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson said this week that he would amend his 2023 Statement of Economic

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Intimidation Time!

Posted on June 8, 2022 by Brant Clifton

When all else fails — when you’re caught dead to rights — try to paint your accusers as the villains. That appears to be the strategy at Village Hall

Pinehurst: A hot mess at Village Hall

Posted on December 12, 2021December 12, 2021 by Brant Clifton

We’ve made it through two years and a month of the Strickland era in Pinehurst government. The reports coming out of the village’s halls of government evoke memories of

Folwell, Wood back state-like ethics rules for local officials

Posted on December 6, 2021 by Brant Clifton

The state legislature has got a bill in its possession that would bring local government officials under very similar ethical standards to those state officials have to live by.

Lydia lawyers up, unloads with both barrels at Village government

Posted on October 24, 2021October 24, 2021 by Brant Clifton

You really didn’t believe that Lydia Boesch would just run off, with her tail tucked between her legs, after being ambushed during a streamed, open-to-the-public Pinehurst Village Council meeting,

The political class CANNOT police itself.

Posted on October 25, 2019October 25, 2019 by Brant Clifton

The state board of elections says its A-OK for Democrats on local boards (like inRobeson and Bladen counties) to donate to Democratic candidates and campaign for (and with) them.

Do what you were elected to do, and the sharks come for you

Posted on September 28, 2019September 28, 2019 by Brant Clifton

It’s a sad state of affairs that the three most likely folks to draw well-funded opponents in 2020 are treasurer Dale Folwell, insurance commissioner Mike Causey, and auditor

Will complaint against Robeson elections chairman disappear down that same Raleigh ‘black hole’ that ate 2015 ethics complaint against David Lewis?

Posted on September 18, 2019September 18, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Inquiring minds want to know. It’s easy to say: “We got Dan Bishop elected, now move on.” But is it about more than that? Do we really

Report: Pay-to-play, the Jason Saine way.

Posted on April 25, 2019April 25, 2019 by Brant Clifton

A non-profit watchdog that has bedeviled Speaker Timmy in recent months and years has now set its sights on a certain tubby little parasite from Lincoln County. The Campaign