Tag: village council

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: Give me a C. Give me a O. Give me a N. Give me a FLICT.

Posted on January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Transparency-in-government activist and former Pinehurst councilman Kevin Drum is sticking to his guns in the effort to block mayor John Strickland from pushing through an exemption to the vacation rentals

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: A hotbed of harassment, disrespect, and intimidation

Posted on December 28, 2022December 28, 2022 by Brant Clifton

THAT is how life at Pinehurst Village Hall is being described by sources currently in village government, as well as some recently departed from village government. (This post is a

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Farting around while the traffic jams

Posted on December 14, 2022December 14, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Mention Highway 5 or the Pinehurst traffic circle and you are bound to start a few heated discussions around Pinehurst these days. You would think village leaders would be ALL

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: “Light Pollution”

Posted on October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Apparently, the next item on the Village of Pinehurst’s cram-it-down-their-throats agenda is a crackdown on something called “light pollution.” I saw the draft ordinance in a recent council agenda

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Battle Stations!

Posted on August 30, 2022 by Brant Clifton

A meeting at Village Hall on September 1 at 4PM is likely to be a seminal moment in Pinehurst’s history. The Pinehurst Planning Board will be hosting a public

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: A Court Date!

Posted on July 12, 2022July 13, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Attention, Pinehurst residents! Grab those wallets and bend over! Your village government has refused three offers of mediation, pushed for a jury trial, and hired an extra expensive attorney

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Baffling Us with B.S.

Posted on July 11, 2022 by Brant Clifton

“If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.” — W.C. Fields The legendary American comic sure got it right. When you follow politics like we do at

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Out-of-Control (and getting worse)

Posted on June 30, 2022 by Brant Clifton

The lawsuits and threats of lawsuits are piling up. Asinine comments are flowing more and more freely from the mouths of Village Hall dwellers. The manager is reportedly berating

Pinehurst Party Poopers: Cracking Down on Cocktail Parties

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

Village-manager-from-hell Jeff Sanborn and his incompetent sidekick, mayor John Strickland cannot let go of this short-term rentals thing. Both want a new bureaucracy to basically wipe the practice out