Tag: Fayetteville Observer

Hagan: If we only took time to understand, we’d see there is a lot of GOOD about ObamaCare

Posted on August 10, 2013August 10, 2013 by Brant Clifton

US Senator Kay Hagan — affectionately known in some parts as Chuck Schumer’s Sock Puppet™ — found her way out of the sock drawer this week to meet with the

Campaign 2012: Picerno REALLY gets to ‘Meet The Press’

Posted on March 22, 2012April 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

County Commissioner Nick Picerno, as a conservative Republican officeholder, knew coming into the job that he’d be engaging in combat with the mainstream media. I’m sure he

‘Government Gone Wild’ in Fayetteville

Posted on January 22, 2012January 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Fayetteville businesswoman Jackie Pfendler thought she was doing something good for her community. She bought an old abandoned building in 2009 in a troubled part of town, spent $1

Meet the puppetmasters pulling the strings of the ‘Occupy’ movement

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The allegedly mainstream media has been trying to paint the Occupy Wall Street, Occupy DC, Occupy Raleigh, etc. movements as spontaneous acts of taxpayer frustration. The Fayetteville Observer

Pinehurst 2011: The Village Green

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Plans to update or revamp the village’s historic downtown area have been a hot topic for the last couple of years. Controversies have grown from village government’s consideration of

NCDOT board: More trouble than it’s worth

Posted on October 8, 2011October 8, 2011 by Brant Clifton

In this age of dwindling tax revenue and budgets drowning in red ink, I have a few questions for the new conservative majority in the legislature. Why are we still

Signs, signs, everywhere signs …

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Brant Clifton

You can tell it’s campaign season throughout the Sandhills. Signs are starting to pop up on the landscape, and people are starting to complain about them. In today’s

A drive-by sliming, courtesy of the N&O and Politico ….

Posted on August 18, 2011August 18, 2011 by Brant Clifton

It is astounding how much more press coverage and scrutiny the current occupant of the 2nd congressional district seat, Renee Ellmers (R), is getting than her predecessor, Bob (Who are

So, Mr. reporter, tell us simple readers about capitalists ….

Posted on July 31, 2011July 31, 2011 by Brant Clifton

I have to admit that I nearly spit out my coffee this morning after reading this “gem” from Fayetteville Observer reporter Michael Futch: Count Billy Ray

Public school shortcomings blamed on everyone BUT the true culprits

Posted on July 18, 2011July 20, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Reports have been all over the mainstream media lately about teachers in Atlanta public schools being caught helping their kids CHEAT on system-wide standardized tests meant to measure students’ progress: