Tag: Tom McInnis

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Leadership 101

Posted on March 1, 2023March 2, 2023 by Brant Clifton

It’s pretty sad when folks have to come in to town to educate your elected leaders on how to run stuff. But THAT, my friends, is what state senator Tom

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: McInnis bill smacks Village govt tyrants

Posted on February 22, 2023February 22, 2023 by Brant Clifton

It appears a grownup has finally stepped in to put the brakes on Pinehurst’s Strickland-Sanborn charlie-foxtrot. State senator Tom McInnis (R-Moore) has filed a bill entitled AN ACT TO LIMIT THE

Sen. Tom McInnis v. NC high school sports: vengeful power trip or wise move?

Posted on September 22, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Some folks across the state have a feeling they know WHY there is an effort afoot on Jones Street to take over high school sports: It’s hard enough getting

Moore County commissioners lash out at county’s state legislators

Posted on March 12, 2019March 12, 2019 by Brant Clifton

It’s been rare to see something like this in collegial, get-along Republican Moore County. But here it is, in a prepared statement from Moore County government: Senator Tom McInnis

#ncga: Keepin’ it CLASSY.

Posted on September 27, 2018September 27, 2018 by Brant Clifton

We told you earlier about the resignation of a Moore County GOP official over state senator Tom McInnis. The official is not just leaving his party office, according to the

#ncga: Moore GOP official resigns in protest over Tom McInnis

Posted on September 27, 2018 by Brant Clifton

The aftershocks from the nasty May state senate district 25 GOP primary are still being felt here in the North Carolina Sandhills. A well-connected county GOP source supplied us with

#ncga SD-25: Lexo strikes back. McInnis, confused. Dallas practicing law without a license. (Film at 11.)

Posted on July 31, 2018July 31, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Just four months in front of an election, it sounds like things are not so hunky-dory and lovey-dovey here in the Sandhills: Demonstrating just how rankled local Republicans still are

#ncga: Hard feelings still lingering among SD-25 GOPers?

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Speaking of Tom McInnis and the Senate GOP caucus …. It appears there hasn’t been much of an effort to kiss and makeup in the wake of the vicious GOP

#ncpol: Did Red Dome Group play both sides in SD-25 GOP primary?

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Brant Clifton

It appears that way. Incumbent state senator Tom McInnis (R) waged a vicious primary fight against Whispering Pines mayor Michelle Lexo (R) earlier this year. The Lexo campaign’s main consultant

#ncga: In SD-25, Mills(D) outrai$ed incumbent McInnis (R) in Q2

Posted on July 15, 2018 by Brant Clifton

It took a vicious slander campaign courtesy of Phil Berger and the boys to get him through the May primary. Tom McInnis might need even more of the same if he’s