Bloodless Warfare: Politics  

The mechanism for the orderly operation of a transitional government of the people is politics. Whether you like, or understand politics is not the issue: The issue is that it initiates change.

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Speciale has a background of service to his country as well as to his State and community.
Beaufort County Schools has been notified the redistricting plan for our Board of Education districts has been given pre-clearance by the United States Department of Justice under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act.
Governor Beverly Perdue Tuesday proposed to raise the state sales tax rate by almost 16 percent in the midst of our state's worst recession in decades.
Beaufort's Director of Elections, Kellie Harris Hopkins, has jumped into the highly partisan charged lawsuit against the Legislature's new redistricting process.
Newt Gingrich, who has said many things that have inspired, and similarly, dismayed many prospective supporters, found a way to win in South Carolina, and win big as well.
When pressed to either make cuts in spending, and making better decisions to make wiser decisions in the allocation of our People's scarce resources, Democrats will evoke certain images to assuage any brief consideration of a more practical path.
Bill Cook, current representative from the Sixth House district, announced today that he will not run again for the House but will, instead, run for the N. C. Senate from District One.
Beaufort County GOP vice-chairman Tony "TJ" Keech will launch his run for County Commissioner at the monthly meeting of the Conservative Republican Club, Thursday January 12th at Mount Olive College in Washington.
In early New Hampshire Primary results, Mitt Romney is projected to win the New Hampshire Republican Primary, with Ron Paul running a distant second.
The political season is heating up. Bill Cook confirmed today that he is not running to retain his seat in the N. C. House but will run instead for the state Senate.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 2 o'clock PM Representative Bill Cook will hold a Press Conference to announce his decision regarding whether he will run for the NC House or the NC Senate next term.
It has been a "photo finish" in the Republican Caucuses in Iowa, with Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum jockeying for 1st or 2nd in this race that launches the Republican primary season.
One of the most important yardsticks to determine the effectiveness of a politician, and ultimately the electorate that put he/she in office, is an accumulative compilation of their votes when they had their one chance to make a difference - the representative voting process.
"As of today, I am suspending my presidential campaign ... however, I am not going to be silenced, and I am not going away!"
Beaufort County Republican Party Chairman will run for the Republican nomination for the office of North Candidate for North Carolina Secretary of State.
If a school board once discriminated against blacks in electing the board, does it still have to use race-based criteria even after there is no longer any discrimination?
The article contained a rating from the Citizens Against Government Waste, a Washington 'watchdog' organization. It rated and ranked all 535 members of Congress on their voting records to reduce government spending by cutting out waste. Walter Jones scored 61% in that assessment.
By now, most everyone has seen something about the "Occupy Wall Street" or wherever. About 400 people demonstrated in Raleigh Saturday (10-15-11) and half that number were reported in Chapel Hill.
After much prayer and serious consideration, I have decided that I will not be seeking the 2012 GOP nomination for President of the United States.
As the General Assembly approaches "final" decisions on redistricting, Beaufort County on Wednesday became one of the district to be rather radically changed from what had been proposed.
They've changed Congressional District 1, represented by Congressman G. K. Butterfield again. This time it was in response to complaints from Butterfield himself and a number of speakers at the recent public hearings on the plan.
The N. C. Senate Redistricting Committee has released its proposed plan. Beaufort County remains in the First Senatorial District without being split.
The 9th House district will be revised to exclude much/all of Beaufort County from that district.
The WDN persists in its whining about Beaufort County being split in the proposed House districting plan. We pointed out that the plan does so because of the requirements of the Voting Rights Act.
Municipal Elections will take place in North Carolina this autumn, and candidates who wish to change the path of their communities will run, but first they must file.
We never cease to be amazed at how hypocritical liberals are. And that includes our friends down the street at the Washington Daily News, or more precisely, Jonathan Clayborne.
Former Senator Edwards has been indicted on six felony counts that he violated campaign finance laws in a desperate bid to protect both his White House hopes and his image as a devoted family man.
The Democratic Party is in need of a new source of inspiration and hope, after sustaining political losses in 2010; but following Saturday's convention, the Party walked out divided and weak.
After being suggested for the post by Ashley Woolard, recurring candidate for U.S. Congress Greg Dority easily secured his Party's chairmanship with a resounding "Yea!" from the delegates.
Eastern North Carolina Tea Party groups are coordinating efforts to have a presence in the halls and hearing sessions of the General Assembly every day it is in session.
It may become a landmark Supreme Court decision and if so could have a major impact on Beaufort County's "limited voting" system and the Beaufort County School Board electoral system.
For the second time in one month, Beaufort County has received State representatives bearing gifted incentives to persuade multi-state companies with a local presence to favor expansion here.
Confrontational? Sure, but that is local politics as the forces of political proponents collide, as they struggle to protect what they hold dear, what they hold sacred.
We will be reporting from the Beaufort County Board of Elections starting at 7:30 pm Eastern Standard Time. We intend to keep our readership informed as to who the leaders are in these very important
One Beaufort County commissioner candidate, Jerry Evans, has consistently and single-mindedly promoted himself as a supporter of Beaufort Regional Health Systems' quick merger with UHS.
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