Tag: Village of Pinehurst

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Open Meetings, The Court of Appeals, and a growing crowd of candidates

Posted on April 26, 2023 by Brant Clifton

The on-going Open Meetings Law debate goes on. Pinehurst has Mike Newman plus a gaggle of outside lawyers defending it against a lawsuit brought by former councilman Kevin Drum. Drum

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Ready To Rumble!

Posted on March 28, 2023 by Brant Clifton

If you’re going to announce your candidacy, the best way to do it is TO YOUR OPPONENT’S FACE and IN AN OPEN, GOVERNMENT MEETING. That’s what went down Tuesday night

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: NC Court of Appeals time!

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Way back in October 2021, mayor John Strickland and his henchmen attempted some dirty tricks against then-councilman Kevin Drum and councilmember Lydia Boesch. Strickland, village manager Jeff Sanborn, and Strickland’s

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Shut The Hell Up.

Posted on January 30, 2023 by Brant Clifton

A study from The UNC School of Government finds that The Village of Pinehurst has some serious flaws in its conflict resolution procedures. According to the study, there are few

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: Again, Conflict of Interest ???

Posted on January 20, 2023January 20, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Transparency-in-government activist and former village councilman Kevin Drum is upping the ante in his offensive against the current council’s effort to exempt one certain neighborhood from the village’s ban on

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: NCDOT board member unloads on Pinehurst council

Posted on January 20, 2023January 20, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Pat Molamphy is well-known around Moore County as a respected businessman who cares a lot about this community. He serves on the state Transportation Department’s governing board and often finds

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Conflict of Interest?

Posted on January 13, 2023 by Brant Clifton

We reported at-length on the sketchy efforts by Pinehurst village council to clamp down on vacation rentals. We also brought you word of an attempt to create a special exemption

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: The tale of Sanborn’s e-mail

Posted on December 29, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Our recent post about the turmoil at Pinehurst Village Hall has evoked quite a bit of commentary from around the community. A few friends slipped us copies of an email

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: A real Circle jerk

Posted on December 20, 2022 by Brant Clifton

We told you recently about all the traffic problems in Pinehurst that village leaders are setting aside to focus on *really important* crap like vacation rentals. We also told you