Government


Governing Beaufort County

Publisher's Note: This article originally appeared in the Beaufort Observer.

Beaufort County Commissioners held a planning retreat Friday (February 17, 2012). It was both encouraging and disheartening.

It was encouraging because for the first time in recent memory we saw the board getting good solid information....data if you will. Much of that data centered on building a new jail and we will have more on that later after we complete our research. An expert from the School of Government rev... (read more)
Beaufort County Commissioners will hold a retreat at the Estuarium of North Carolina to discuss a variety of issues important to the citizens of Beaufort County. The meeting will last all day during normal business hours. The public is invited.
Estuarium of North Carolina, Spring, 2011 photo by Stan Deatherage
Here below is the agenda for Beaufort County's government:

Beaufort County Board of Commissioners Retreat
Friday, February 17, 2012
Estuarium of North Carolina
223 Water Street, Washi... (read more)
Publisher's Note: This article originally appeared in the Beaufort Observer.

McRoy reveals astounding ignorance or deception

At their regular monthly meeting Monday (2-6-12) the Beaufort County Commissioners discussed an interim property tax revaluation. State law requires revaluation of all real property at least every eight years. Commissioner Stan Deatherage has proposed that the Commission consider moving that up to a four or five year cycle this time.

His reasoning is that property v... (read more)
Publisher's Note: This article originally appeared in the Beaufort Observer.

At their regular monthly meeting February 6, 2012 the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to support a resolution offered by Robert Cayton opposing the imposition of ferry tolls on the Bayview/Aurora ferry.

As an expense cutting item, the N. C. Legislature passed a budget which called for the Ferry Division to raise five million in revenue from tolls. The Division has been holding public hearings... (read more)

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State and Federal

Publisher's Note: This article originally appeared in the Beaufort Observer.

Judge Wilton "Rusty" Duke, Senior Resident Superior Court Judge for District 3A, was the keynote speaker at the Beaufort Patriot TEA Party Thursday (2-16-12). About 60 people braved bad weather to assemble in the Mt. Olive College building on U. S. 264 to hear the Pitt County jurist.

Judge Duke spoke on the importance and characteristics of the U. S. Constitution. He received a standing ovation at the conclusion of ... (read more)
Publisher's Note: This article originally appeared in the Beaufort Observer.

Jane Stancill, writing in the News & Observer has an excellent summary of the UNC Board of Governors' pending decision on raising tuition. The board is meeting today (2-9-12) and tomorrow to decide. As Stancill reports, UNC President Tom Ross is recommending a 8.8 percent increase but the board is split and coming under unusual pressure to deny the proposal.

Stancill then goes on to focus on the harmful impact an i... (read more)
Publisher's Note: This article originally appeared in the Beaufort Observer.

Helps protect our right to privacy and not being intimidated by police

The Fourth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution provides: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searche... (read more)
Publisher's Note: This article originally appeared in the Beaufort Observer.

If you think so, think again. They are years behind the times.

Those who are students of the law (a.k.a legal scholars—as opposed to practitioners) know full well that the law lags behind society and culture. That is not to say such is a bad thing. But what teachers of the law try to instill in their students is that to really understanding the meaning of a major legal ruling, such as we saw last week on the Fourth... (read more)

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City Governments

Publisher's Note: This article originally appeared in the Beaufort Observer.

The "Godfather of the Chocowinity Recreation Program," Jeff Haddock tendered notice of his resignation as Director of Recreation at the regular monthly meeting of the Chocowinity Town Board. But it was not accepted. Commissioner Billy Albritton made a motion to accept the resignation but the motion died for lack of a second.

Other town board members then express regret that Haddock had decided to resign and assured... (read more)
Publisher's note: Washington City Manager, Josh Kay, has submitted this press release below, which states that Washington Police Chief Mick Reed has resigned. No reason was given for his departure. ... (read more)
Publisher's Note: This article originally appeared in the Beaufort Observer.

The Washington City Council, meeting in its regular monthly meeting Monday night (1-9-12) declined the offer of Landex to participate in the re-development of the Hotel Louise and the Belk Building in downtown Washington. You can read an earlier article for background by clicking here.

You can also review the agenda background material on the project by clicking here beginning on page 41.

The numbers had changed... (read more)
Publisher's Note: This article originally appeared in the Beaufort Observer.

The Washington City Council held a marathon session Monday night (12-12-11), devoted mostly to strategic planning. After honoring out-going councilman Gil Davis, the mayor was re-installed, having been elected without opposition and the remainder of the council was reinstalled. Richard Brooks returned to the council after a term in hiatus. The Council then recessed to the Civic Center where it spent most of the remai... (read more)

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World Governments

North Korean state television has reported that the 69 year North Korea Leader had passed on. The domineering dictator of a poor, pathetic nation, who could not feed its people, but found the resources to struggle to acquire nuclear weapons, suffered a stroke in 2008. Today, after 13 years of serving in a position of North Korea's supreme leader, Kim Jong Il is finished.

The North Korean government is one of the few true Communist / Dictator governing models remaining in this modern world,... (read more)





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