Tag: Moore County

#ncpol: Drive-by media dumbness.

Posted on May 12, 2019May 12, 2019 by Brant Clifton

I know they’re all bleeding money and having to cut staff. But sometimes — sometimes — you deserve better than what they’re doling out. Our local paper

#ncga: Moore County leaders blast legislative meddling in local issues

Posted on April 29, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Since the advent of the alleged “conservative revolution” in Raleigh, we’ve gotten a lot of lip-service about “local control” and reducing Raleigh’s influence on people’s lives.

The perils of not paying close attention to your local school board

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Brant Clifton

A board of directors is meant to give direction to an organization’s paid staff. Not to sit back and wait for the paid staff to tell them what is

Moore County commissioners lash out at county’s state legislators

Posted on March 12, 2019March 12, 2019 by Brant Clifton

It’s been rare to see something like this in collegial, get-along Republican Moore County. But here it is, in a prepared statement from Moore County government: Senator Tom McInnis

To replace Cashion in Pinehurst: Berggren OR Campbell

Posted on December 3, 2018December 3, 2018 by Brant Clifton

The local paper says 14 folks have applied to fill out the last year of John Cashion’s unexpired term on The Village Council. (Cashion retired on November 13th due to

The return of Pinehurst’s hollering NIMBYs

Posted on November 24, 2018 by Brant Clifton

I really thought we had turned the corner. It wasn’t long ago that Pinehurst village government consisted of a somnambulant group of 80-somethings who allowed bureaucrats to run willy-nilly on

For Moore County voters …

Posted on October 24, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Here are our thoughts on the races that pretty much just affect the local area. (You other folks? We’ll get to you. Just wait.) NC Senate 25: Tom McInnis (R)

#ncga: Keepin’ it CLASSY.

Posted on September 27, 2018September 27, 2018 by Brant Clifton

We told you earlier about the resignation of a Moore County GOP official over state senator Tom McInnis. The official is not just leaving his party office, according to the

#ncga: Moore GOP official resigns in protest over Tom McInnis

Posted on September 27, 2018 by Brant Clifton

The aftershocks from the nasty May state senate district 25 GOP primary are still being felt here in the North Carolina Sandhills. A well-connected county GOP source supplied us with

#ncga: Hard feelings still lingering among SD-25 GOPers?

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Speaking of Tom McInnis and the Senate GOP caucus …. It appears there hasn’t been much of an effort to kiss and makeup in the wake of the vicious GOP