Tag: NC Senate

Is the NC Senate large enough to accommodate Tim Lea AND his ego?

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Brant Clifton

A smattering of politicos showed up in Carthage Tuesday night to say goodbye to county commissioner Tim Lea at his last board meeting. Lea is retiring

Campaign 2012: What’s cooking in Deb Butler’s kitchen?

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Brant Clifton

*I am sure that the voters of one New Hanover County-based state senate district were looking for a deep, detailed discussion of gynecological practices during this

The Pilot: pushing far-left talking points, telling half of the story, and mocking the few readers it has left

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Brant Clifton

You have to just LOVE Yankees who move down here and chastise us for not being more like the morally and fiscally-bankrupt blue states they fled. Steve Bouser, The Pilot’s

Tillman’s chicken nugget bill has good intentions, but misses the mark

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Brant Clifton

State senator Jerry Tillman (R) — that body’s majority whip, who also represents Moore and Randolph counties — has pushed through legislation targeting a policy that gave North Carolina

Marcum vs. Tillman: Pot, meet kettle. (Kettle is black.)

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Brant Clifton

One of our loyal readers — who happens to work in Southern Pines town government — offered up an interesting comment on state Senate candidate John

Retiring NC Senator Blake says Tillman best choice to represent Moore County in Raleigh

Posted on April 20, 2012April 20, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Senator Harris Blake has won a lot of friends and supporters during his long tenure representing Moore County in the state Senate. Retiring this year,

State senate candidate cuffed, detained by Moore deputies

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Tommy Davis has been a long-standing fixture on our local paper’s web site message boards. Today, he moves to the front pages of the paper. (I’m not so sure that

NC Senate GOP candidate Marcum publicly endorsed a Democrat in 2010

Posted on March 15, 2012March 15, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Pinehurst’s John Marcum is one of three GOP candidates seeking the district 29 NC Senate seat this year. Marcum is working hard to convince

Marcum vs. Moore Republican Women: Is The Fix IN on NC Senate race?

Posted on March 15, 2012March 18, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Pinehurst’s John Marcum is taking the Moore County Republican establishment to task. Marcum, a GOP candidate in the May primary for the NC Senate district 29

John Marcum now a Fiorillo Fan

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I ran into John Marcum, two-time Pinehurst mayoral candidate and 2012 GOP candidate for NC Senate, at Saturday’s Moore County GOP candidate meet-and-greet in Southern