Moral Monday meets the Moore County School Board
It’s a sad statement about the current state of public education when the person responsible for administering our local school system has such a poor grasp on reality. Moore County
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TWO more years ? (sigh)
Well, congresswoman Renee Ellmers (R-NC) has sent out an email to constituents announcing that she’s going to forego a run for the Senate and bless
Continue readingSouthern Pines paper’s op-ed editor upset about presence of so many military in the area
Steve Bouser, editor of our world-class, multiple Nobel Prize and Lambda Award-winning thrice twice-weekly local newspaper here in Moore County recently had a meltdown, which he
Continue readingFOR THE CHILDREN: In Moore County, school board wages political disinformation war to gouge the taxpayers
Facts can be inconvenient things. Especially when your own in-house records contradict the spin you are peddling to the public. Moore County schools superintendent Aaron Spence and the members
Continue readingRitter replacing Kennedy on Moore County board of commissioners
The resignation of Moore County commissioner Craig Kennedy, a few weeks back, has added a little bit of drama to Moore County politics. Kennedy, in 2010, came out of
Continue readingEllmers enjoys her moment in the sun, as the long knives start to come out
Will she or won’t she? North Carolina politicos are wondering if congresswoman Renee Ellmers will step up and challenge incumbent Democrat Kay Hagan for reelection in 2014. Attendees
Continue readingAn audience with “The Pope”
Most people who want an audience with The Pope on Easter weekend have to go to Rome. I got mine at the Moore County GOP convention this
Continue readingPilot owner at odds with his op-ed page on “corporate welfare”
Frank Daniels III, a minority owner (and son of the majority owner) of our thrice-weekly Al-Jazeera Award winning local paper, is upset about the whole idea of corporate welfare.
Continue readingEconomic development or merely re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic?
Politicians LOVE to talk about — and pat themselves on the back about — job creation and economic development. Though, most rational people know the only sources for job
Continue readingTillman Time: WEEB radio shows The Pilot how this news reportin’ stuff is DONE
We’ve got an interesting dilemma here in Moore County. Our local paper is owned and operated by veteran Democrat Party fundraisers and strategists. This ownership group perfected its, ahem,
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