Tag: Moore County

Meanwhile, over at the early voting polls …

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

A friend who was working the early voting polls for the GOP checked in with me to share a recent experience at an area polling place. He said

Source: McSwain dodged a bullet Tuesday night

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Moore County commissioners showed up at their Tuesday night meeting expecting to discuss and vote on a resolution calling for a formal investigation into county manager Cary McSwain’s

Moore County manager mumbles his way through some serious CYA

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

One of my county government moles encouraged me to attend the October 16 meeting of the board of commissioners — promising that it would be worth my while. Intrigued, I

Let’s Make A Deal: Pinehurst resort, Moore County seek land swap

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The Moore County commissioners will have a public hearing this month to discuss a possible deal with the Pinehurst Resort in advance of the 2014 U.S

Public education’s solution for boosting graduation rate: Lower the standards

Posted on October 1, 2012October 1, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The edu-crats at Moore County Public Schools have outdone themselves again — putting forth a rather questionable bit of innovation: Struggling students may soon have another

EVEN MORE STUFF Timmy and John Lentz won’t tell you …

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Brant Clifton

If you count on The Pilot as your main source of news in Moore County, I truly feel sorry for you. For the most part, the newsroom’s modus operandi has

Queen Nancy sticks it to NCDOT (DOT chief to “educate” us)

Posted on September 24, 2012September 24, 2012 by Brant Clifton

We here at The Haymaker have to stand up and applaud Her Majesty, The Queen of Pinehurst,(a/k/a Mayor Nancy Fiorillo) for speaking out

The Pilot’s county govt coverage: All Timmy, All the Time

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Brant Clifton

By reading the work of staff writer John Lentz in our Bavarian Goat Farmer Association Award-winning thrice weekly local newspaper, you might think that Tim Lea is the only

District Court race features a super PAC, bare-knuckled rhetoric and verbal combat

Posted on September 23, 2012September 23, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Judicial races in North Carolina tend to be quiet, gentlemanly affairs that occur below the radar. Not this year. Not in our neck of the woods. Randolph County

Tim Lea’s 2012 rhetoric doesn’t match up with his record

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Facts can be an inconvenient thing for politicians. Most like to say whatever will please the crowd right in front of them AT THAT MOMENT. The introduction of