The Pinehurst Hot Mess: “Sanborn, we have a problem.”
We’ve done our best to keep you up-to-date on the antics of The Terrible Trio and their pal Jeff. They’ve played havoc with property rights. They’ve thumbed their noses at
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The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Tattle-palooza
As predicted, efforts led by comrade-mayor Strickland and comrade-mayor-pro-tem Pizzella to crack down on vacation rentals inside The People’s Republic of Pinehurst (PRP) have brought about a significant spike
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The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Empowering Tattletales
The Pinehurst Village Council dangled their threats to vacation rentals in front of us for nearly a year. This week, they finally made their move. Comrade mayor Strickland, comrade mayor
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The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Dismissed, but NOT done.
It’s really sad to see the crowing from the senior village staff, the Strickland-Pizzella gang, and The Friday Group over a Moore County judge’s decision to dismiss an open
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The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Running Out The Clock
There’s a public hearing at village hall on Tuesday. All indications are that the Strickland-Pizzella mob will iron out their strategy in an illegal closed session to go ahead
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The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Hypocrisy ALERT !!!
Suggest cutting down a pine tree in Pinehurst, and you’d think you proposed euthanizing grandma. Building projects get delayed or killed outright by bureaucrats and politicians and loud, obnoxious
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The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Illegal short term rental ordinances cost Wilmington taxpayers over $300K
Events down in Wilmington could very well foreshadow Pinehurst’s future: The legal battle set in motion against the City of Wilmington more than two years ago has come to
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The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Order In The Court!
The Open Meetings dispute between former councilman Kevin Drum, a nonprofit he chairs, and the Village Council is getting its day in court in Carthage on Friday. Last year, mayor
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The Pinehurst Hot Mess: And the vote is Nooooooo ….
On Tuesday evening, a ray of common sense happened to shine on Pinehurst village government. The Planning and Zoning Board voted to swat down John Strickland & The Friday
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The Pinehurst Hot Mess: FOUR LAWYERS. ONE CASE. PAID FOR WITH TAX DOLLARS.
For more than a year, it appears the Village of Pinehurst has been. paying FOUR lawyers to represent it in ONE complaint alleging violations of the state Open Meetings
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