Tag: Moore County

#ncpol: A straw poll ???? (You don’t say.)

Posted on March 6, 2016March 6, 2016 by Brant Clifton

You know what straw polls are like. EVERYBODY’S got one. Sometimes, they can be an interesting way to take the temperature of the electorate during a primary. The good

#ncga: David Lewis took OUR money!

Posted on March 2, 2016March 2, 2016 by Brant Clifton

At least THAT is what John Zumwalt, Republican challenger to incumbent Jamie Boles in NC House District 52, is claiming: Hmmm. Lewis is quite a powerful person in Raleigh

A Christian-hunt in Moore County Schools?

Posted on February 22, 2016February 22, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Our pal Lady Liberty clued us in on this one: Apparently, in March of 2015, a letter was sent from staff board attorney Neal Ramee to Superintendent Grimesey. The topic of

#ncga: Boles v. Zumwalt heating up in House District 52

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Richard Morgan has been gone from this seat for TEN YEARS now. Just as we were getting use to the quiet and civility, things had to BLOW UP. Republican state Rep.

#ncpol: A Little Moore scandal?

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Brant Clifton

McClatchy’s Insider has some reporting today that may be of special interest to some of our readers here in Moore County: […] DMV Employee The Division of Motor Vehicles still

#ncga: Last (political) rites for Jamie Boles?

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Some well-plugged in observers in this yellow-dog Republican county say state Rep. Jamie Boles (R) is an incumbent who very well can lose his renomination bid in March. Boles is

#NCSEN: Moore County GOPe ALL IN for Richard Burr

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Brant Clifton

We’ve got a four-candidate primary race coming up on March 15th for the GOP nomination for US Senate. But, in some quarters, we’re being led to believe all we have

Moore, Montgomery taxpayers to EAT $100K in economic development #FAIL?

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Brant Clifton

That’s what we’re hearing. Influential folks in high places are telling us that Moore County Partners in Progress — the county’s economic development group — and Montgomery County are planning

Moore County’s Picerno rips local NCGA delegation a new one

Posted on September 22, 2015September 23, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Nick Picerno is a lot like EF Hutton in Moore County. When the chairman of the county board of commissioners speaks, people sit up and listen. What he had to tell

2015: The Year of The Woman. (And her name is Ashley Madison.)

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Brant Clifton

If you’ve ever watched any late-night TV, you’ve seen the ads for the Ashley Madison web site. It facilitates adultery. It’s kind of a Match.com or JDate for married people.