Words with the Publisher  

For those who take the opportunity to have a few words with our publisher. This space is reserved for one to explain or entertain, but please do not bore.

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The eleventh hour has passed, and we have reached critical mass regarding the continuance of Liberty. The time for sitting idly by and watching the show has come and gone, we must now all become players in the game.
Okay, we've established that no one wants to pay higher taxes for anything - on income; for goods or services; on capital gains; on estates; and most especially for motor fuel.
Seventy years ago, Americans were recovering from Pearl Harbor and were galvanized to fight for freedom.
Yet he didn't offer thanks to those bravest of settlers who risked it all, including harsh stormy seas, unknown new lands and hostile inhabitants, all in order to establish a colony where they could worship and honor God as they believed they had the natural right to.
Yesterday the famed 101st Airborne returned home to Fort Campbell Ky to a well deserved homecoming with their families after a year of combat in Afghanistan.
As my life progresses, I am more concerned with the way my country is lacking in unity.
Just add a "federal mandate" (aka TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT) to leave EVERY child behind
I have come across a copy of an e mail which appears to have been sent to the members of the EDC and Committee of 100. It is dated June 17, 2011 and represents itself to be a prep sheet sent on the authority of the Executive Director of the EDC and the Chairwoman of the EDC to rehearse supporters.
I am a combat Veteran with two tours in Vietnam and am amazed that what 58 thousand of my friends and fellow comrades demonstrated with their sacrifice has not educated the elected elite one whit. Why are we in Afghanistan?
At last night's open forum on the budget, the Carver spokesman stated that his firm had benefited from the grants Carver had received with EDC's assistance.
During the opening of its coverage of the US Open this past weekend, NBC used the opportunity to make a political statement. It decided to edit the Pledge of Allegiance, taking out the phrase "Under God" (and also the word "indivisible").
We have heard a lot of assumptions about the anticipation of economic growth, and we have heard how perplexed our budget planners are about unanticipated declines.
In the present economy all of us should acknowledge that budget cutting is necessary. We can't afford the proposed 2011-2012 budget. You have done straw voting and made miniscule changes.
Meanwhile, the EDC is a tax payer financed commission competing in land sales with its tax paying neighbors, and vainly trying to rent space in competition with other landlords while neglecting to write a single grant for three and one half years.
The Economic Development Commission's budget and the Industrial Parks have combined to remove $8,494,000 from the available cash balances of Beaufort County government since 2002.
Having recently attended a Beaufort County Board of Commissioners meeting where county manager Paul Spruill presented the budget for the next fiscal year, I came away with more questions than answers.
I'm writing in response to Ms. Winborne's letter which recklessly attacks the Tea Party and the GOP.
What is the Sunshine Law? Every State has a Sunshine Law that provides public access to public records, public meeting minutes, and open meetings.
Please remember that "non profit" never implies a lack of financial self interest or a failure to be motivated by the bottom line. UHS is not the "white knight" its supporters suppose
It seems that the Mainstream media suddenly woke up and determined that Palin should go away and Michelle Bachman should be muted.
Those who complied with N C General Statute 131E-13 are to be commended. They likely prevented a challenge to the contract with UHS being brought.
Businesses of all types are properly run every day and I am sure good self management is not beyond Beaufort Community Hospital's reach.
The Beaufort Observer asked Mr. Richardson to explain why he voted "no" and here is his response.
If UHS is not willing to bid we suggest those in favor of UHS provide them whatever inducement it would take to get them to do so.
Your article insults my intelligence. You provide no evidence to support your "belief", yet you spout ignorant rhetoric.
The following are comments made by Velma Hickman that will be spoken before the Beaufort County Commissioners on January 10, 2011.
I want to commend the Washington Daily News for finally offering to print a balanced version of the hospital controversy. Unfortunately however, at this point in time that is not possible.
Good journalistic reporting is supposed to answer the six basic questions: Who, What, Where, When, How and Why.
Just a thought from the outside looking at this whole process of the take-over of the hospital: I wonder if it is rigged? Have you ever heard of The Hobson Choice?
Along with most of the residents of Beaufort County, I'm glad to see that the BRHS Board of Commissioners is preparing to commence negotiations with all four of the bidders who submitted responses
This is the second entry in our Words with the Publisher category that expresses an opinion from the second public hearing held on the fiscal condition of the Beaufort Regional Health Services.
Velma Hickman schools the crowd, mostly advocates for the medical community, on the process of governing small counties in North Carolina.
Well this day, the Publisher wishes to tender a few thoughts to his readership so we will, in turn, reverse roles, and this time the column will be: Words from the Publisher.
That's right: Hood's comments will stay up on BCN's front-page until the Senator responds in an article of his own choosing.
So the Washington Daily News has jumped on the University Health System bandwagon. Or is it "jumped into bed with" UHS?
Back in August, while being interviewed on another subject, Dick Morris mentioned that "congressional staffers get their student loans written off."
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