Tag: politics

‘Maserati Timmy’ and his slush fund

Posted on June 11, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Seriously. WHO is surprised by another story about the tubby little guy from Kings Mountain using taxpayer-funded resources to benefit HIMSELF? (He’ll fit in sooooo well with those pikers in

The SCC Files: And NOW a word from El Presidente

Posted on June 10, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Quite a kerfuffle has erupted on the campus of Sandhills Community College here in beautiful Moore County at the onset of the 124th US Open. Fliers suggesting that the

The SCC Files: No one wants to claim ownership of DEI “training” event at the college.

Posted on June 9, 2024June 9, 2024 by Brant Clifton

It’s amazing how the politicos and the apparatchiks scatter when someone turns the lights on. We already told you about a DEI propaganda event, thinly disguised as “workforce training”, has

The SCC Files: Sandhills Community College & Moore County Chamber sponsoring DEI training for all

Posted on June 8, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Our beloved local college — snuggled deep in the heart of bright-red Moore County — appears to be working overtime to make DEI (“Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion”) the new official

Democrats stealing government transparency issue from GOP?

Posted on June 6, 2024 by Brant Clifton

That’s what a bill introduced in the North Carolina House this week appears to indicate. State Rep. Pricey Harrison (D-Guilford) has proposed taking what is basically the language of existing state

Relax. Take a seat. Take a few deep breaths.

Posted on June 4, 2024June 4, 2024 by Brant Clifton

We’ve all had some time to mull over the horrible travesty handed down last week by a New York Court against former president Donald Trump. It has the kind of

What constituent service actually looks like

Posted on May 28, 2024May 28, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Moore County delegation to the NC General Assembly — pay close attention. State Rep. Charlie Miller (R-Brunswick) has introduced a bill doing away with The City of Southport‘s extraterritorial jurisdiction

Zero-based budgeting for the State of NC? (It’s ABOUT TIME.)

Posted on May 28, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Actually, I thought we were already doing some of this. Zero-based budgeting involves putting serious thought into your needs for the upcoming budget year and calculating their costs as close

NCGA GOPers trying to water down sheriff-ICE cooperation bill?

Posted on May 26, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Here we are with another example of talking tough, but then delivering something weak and spineless to appease campaign donors. Remember when sheriffs elected in liberal enclaves Wake and Mecklenburg

Pass it, THEN figure out how to pay for it and launch it. A really bad bipartisan habit Raleigh needs to break.

Posted on May 25, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Silly me. I thought representative government was all about our elected folks getting together to publicly make decisions for the greater good. Too many big decisions in our capital city