Tag: Moore County

The Pilot’s op-ed page keeps up the scare tactics

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Our thrice weekly local paper — whose first edition was reportedly brought down the mountain on stone tablets by Moses — does a nice job of scaring its readers

Four hours to go: Get OUT AND VOTE !!!!

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It’s too bad that I have to step in and fill the void left by our lazy local newspaper and equally somnambulant county GOP organization. Our

Moore GOP chairman out in left field on runoff elections

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Bob Levy is one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet. He’s been a real peacemaker here in Moore County since Richard Morgan and his cronies were pretty much deposed

Clarifying and Correcting The Pilot

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It appears our local Pulitzer Prize-winning paper is throwing up its hands and giving up on Lame Duck Bev. Today’s op-ed focused on the current McScandal in Raleigh —

Another Great Moment in Local Government: Tim Lea vs. The Airport

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Judging from the coverage in our local Pulitzer Prize-nominated paper of this week’s Moore County board of commissioners meeting — and input from my sources present at

A few things you might have missed if The Pilot is your primary news source

Posted on June 19, 2012June 19, 2012 by Brant Clifton

If you depend on The Southern Pines Pilot to keep you informed on Moore County government, you MIGHT think commissioner Tim Lea is the ONLY one who ever

The Pilot sings Tammy Wynette’s greatest hit

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Sometimes its hard to be a woman Giving all your love to just one man You’ll have bad times And he’ll have good times Doing things that you don’t understand

Property rights, economic development questions for Southern Pines, Pinehurst councils

Posted on May 31, 2012May 31, 2012 by Brant Clifton

There was an interesting line in a recent Pilot story about Pinehurst’s new budget: […] Another $252,000 is in the budget for the construction

Tim Lea throws a tantrum, and The Pilot dutifully takes dictation

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Brant Clifton

If you read The Pilot, you would think that county commissioner Tim Lea was little more than a crusading, good-government, of-the-people, by-the-people kind of guy. He regularly throws tantrums

The media and “moderation”

Posted on May 4, 2012May 4, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I recently read something from a columnist (on my side of the political street) lamenting how leftist politicians and media figures describe themselves as “moderates” and EVERYONE