Tag: Kevin Drum

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: ‘Parachute Pat’ and his gang jumping back into court

Posted on September 12, 2023September 12, 2023 by Brant Clifton

John Strickland, ‘Parachute Pat’ Pizzella and their allies got BUSTED using village government resources to perpetrate political vengeance against their political foes just prior to the November 2021 election. Assisted

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Appeals Court overrules Webb, kicks Drum lawsuit back to Superior Court (where it belongs)

Posted on August 1, 2023August 1, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Just when you thought things couldn’t get any more acrimonious under the Pizzella-Strickland-Sanborn cabal, along comes the North Carolina Court of Appeals. The Village’s ruling cabal was all giggly with

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: NC Court of Appeals time!

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Way back in October 2021, mayor John Strickland and his henchmen attempted some dirty tricks against then-councilman Kevin Drum and councilmember Lydia Boesch. Strickland, village manager Jeff Sanborn, and Strickland’s

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Give me a C. Give me a O. Give me a N. Give me a FLICT.

Posted on January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Transparency-in-government activist and former Pinehurst councilman Kevin Drum is sticking to his guns in the effort to block mayor John Strickland from pushing through an exemption to the vacation rentals

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Again, Conflict of Interest ???

Posted on January 20, 2023January 20, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Transparency-in-government activist and former village councilman Kevin Drum is upping the ante in his offensive against the current council’s effort to exempt one certain neighborhood from the village’s ban on

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Conflict of Interest?

Posted on January 13, 2023 by Brant Clifton

We reported at-length on the sketchy efforts by Pinehurst village council to clamp down on vacation rentals. We also brought you word of an attempt to create a special exemption

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Court of Appeals, here we COME!

Posted on October 7, 2022 by Brant Clifton

The unnatural disaster rocking our fair village – aka The Strickland-Pizzella cabal — is continuing to wreak havoc via even more bad publicity and BIG legal bills. We all

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Order In The Court!

Posted on September 8, 2022 by Brant Clifton

The Open Meetings dispute between former councilman Kevin Drum, a nonprofit he chairs, and the Village Council is getting its day in court in Carthage on Friday. Last year, mayor

Pinehurst: Lawyers trying to seize village government e-mails

Posted on March 19, 2022 by Brant Clifton

We’ve told all of you about the hot mess that IS Pinehurst village government. The city manager is openly fighting with a sitting council member. That member, Lydia

Apparently, in Pinehurst, having “relations” with your legislator(s) is a CRIME.

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Brant Clifton

I don’t think we’re talking about the Bill Clinton definition of “having relations,” here. At a Tuesday special meeting, village manager Jeff Sanborn’s hand puppet (aka mayor John Strickland)