Tag: The Pilot

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: ‘Fabricated’ Emails ???

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Brant Clifton

This one ranks right there with ‘the dog ate my homework.’ You’ve all heard bad excuses from kids who have been caught red-handed misbehaving. You expect this stuff from kids,

State Rep. Neal Jackson stands up for COVID shot skeptics

Posted on February 13, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Moore County’s newest legislator is co-sponsoring legislation that forbids government entities from discriminating against or harassing people who refuse to (a) get vaccinated against COVID, or (b) provide evidence of

Moore County’s award-winning fishwrap still smearing COVID shot skeptic

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Horrible John Nagy just will not leave this old man alone: […] Double Bogey, by the Moore County Board of Commissioners, for its recent appointment of an outright COVID vaccine

FBI busting loons for substation attacks nationwide

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Brant Clifton

There have been dozens upon dozens of attacks outside of Moore County in recent months. And nary a one of them has had a drag queen show in the vicinity.

From “Montezuma’s Revenge” to “Nagy’s Revenge”

Posted on December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 by Brant Clifton

If you’re still reading The Pilot, you’re in for some looooooooooong years. We recently disclosed that The Pilot’s managing editor and the school system’s chief propagandist are married and

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: The Pilot and ‘deign’-ing

Posted on December 16, 2022December 16, 2022 by Brant Clifton

That’s tonight’s headline on our local Pulitzer-Prize-winning two-days-a-week drive-by paper’s web site. Deign? What exactly is Pinehurst planning to do to the library? I checked the dictionary: So, Pizzella, Strickland

The Nagy Connection: A Time For Transparency at The Pilot

Posted on December 13, 2022December 13, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Drive-by media types love to blast politicians and business-types for “conflicts of interest.” But what happens when professional drive-bys have potential conflicts of their own? What happens when a

Meet the New Boss. Different from the old boss …

Posted on November 15, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Hopefully, like The Who sang, we WON’T get fooled again. If Moore County school board member David Hensley has anything to say about the matter, we won’t. Hensley has

Campaign 2017: Golf gloves are coming OFF in Pinehurst

Posted on October 25, 2017October 25, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Things are generally very cordial here in our little corner of paradise. Rolling green fairways. Mild weather. Little to no crime. Neighbors that offer a friendly ‘how-do’ when you pass

Moore media’s hard sell of “Moral Monday”

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Brant Clifton

We’ve got a unique situation here in Moore County. We are one of the most reliably Republican counties in the state. Yet, our only local paper is owned and operated