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Roy Cooper has never been a moderate. Cooper has always been a flaming liberal. His authoritarian tyranny in useless Covid lockdowns put him in the category of a Stalin or a Hitler. He goosestepping all over our civil liberties. NEVER COOPER
Commented: Tuesday, October 13th, 2026 @ 6:37 pm By: John Steed
I remember that corruption story now involving certain members of the Washington Police Department. There were some other particulars involved as well.

I did not know Harvey at that time, and was heavily involved in siring and raising a young family of millennial children at that time, so busy in my own small world so as not to be caught up in the local news as I am now.

At that time in my life, I wanted to believe the best in people, and did not realize how mendacity breeds more mendacity, and ultimately certain corruption. Harvey's sad tale is one that corrupt fools, and other ignorant Democratic Socialists, like Corrupt Roy Cooper, so easily employ for those folks they have marked to have fear and be feasted upon.

Thanks for jogging the pieces of my memory that I had long forgotten. I reckon Harvey West will not forget the injustice he may have certainly endured.
Commented: Tuesday, October 13th, 2026 @ 5:43 pm By: Stan Deatherage
This guy is a Big Blue City Democratic Socialist, who wants to do what Big Blue City Democratic Socialists do, so: Who could or would be shocked?
Commented: Tuesday, October 13th, 2026 @ 3:41 pm By: Stan Deatherage
That Harvey West case happened a long time ago. If memory serves it was in the late 1980s, perhaps the early 1990s. Several Washington police officers I talked to at the time told me the same thing about it off the record. It was a total setup, and West did not even physically touch the alleged victim.

What happened was the wife of a former police chief got caught at that time doing some of the same type things. In order to get her a sweatheart deal to testify in another case, the charges against West were made up out of thin air. West was indicted for a charge that would have sent him to prison for 20* years and given the alternative to plead to a lesser felony that would only involve a few years. He had to weigh the chances of the jury believing the allegations and the consequences, and elected not to take the risk. The police chief's wife got offered a misdemeanor and a probationary sentence.

There were other convenient reasons to make West the fall guy.
Commented: Tuesday, October 13th, 2026 @ 3:10 pm By: The Shadow
Corruption knows no party. Individuals should be judged on their actions, not because they exist as human beings. Glad to see you apply it to your friends. Try extending to others. It's the right thing to do.
Commented: Tuesday, October 13th, 2026 @ 3:09 pm By: big Bob
The Harvey West Question: Yeah Big Bob, I would give Harvey a second chance, partly because he is a Republican, partly because I know him, partly because I know a little about his case.

Democratic Socialists are suspect because a huge part of their party exists on the largess of corruption. When I see corruption in so-called Republicans, I go real hard on them, and that is proved in my commitment, as I am one of limited number of honest /smart politicians here locally.

That is my record now, as it has always been to do so; I can't hide from it; I embrace it even to my political detriment with those that are corrupt, and still sadly in our midst.
Commented: Tuesday, October 13th, 2026 @ 9:59 am By: Stan Deatherage
Bubba, the bar will have a field day with this! Maybe they can bring in Shannon Russell with this complaint!
Commented: Monday, October 12th, 2026 @ 9:45 pm By: Washington Native
He already has a disciplinary action on file with the NCBAR

FRANZ F. HOLSCHER, ATTORNEY AT LAW ...

NCBAR Disciplinary action found at this link:
www.ncbar.gov

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*County Attorney for Hyde County AND City Attorney for Washington,NC.*

Link to Hyde County,NC Administration.
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Commented: Monday, October 12th, 2026 @ 10:19 pm By: Washingtonian
I wonder if anyone is going to file an ethics complaint about the city attorney with the Bar Association?
Commented: Monday, October 12th, 2026 @ 5:41 pm By: Bubba
The problem is the guilt by association. Candidates attend an event sponsored by two major GOP organizations and one minor one and it happens to be held in Harvey's back yard. That is the Democrats connection between Harvey and these judicial candidates and it is mighty thin.
Commented: Monday, October 12th, 2026 @ 4:08 pm By: Rino Hunter
The way the city of Washington operates is if there is no paper trail, then it didnt happen. Do you realize how many dishonest people in our govt it takes to make that culture a reality? To treat us this way, they must believe that we citizens are the enemy.
Who teaches these little govts to think this way?
IN Washington,NC, The elected people do not set policy...the indoctrinated bureaucrats do... along with some NGO types that exist in NC. Its a huge WAKE-UP call.

Who do you think sets policy for the city police? I've got a clue that its not the elected ones.
Commented: Monday, October 12th, 2026 @ 4:00 pm By: Washingtonian
He was not. The Ohio hospital in question put out a statement today saying JT has never been to the hospital.

Just sayin
Commented: Monday, October 12th, 2026 @ 2:54 pm By: big Bob
While I appreciate the willingness to give Harvey a second chance, would you do it for a democrat if the situation was reversed.
Commented: Monday, October 12th, 2026 @ 2:59 pm By: big Bob
Voters expect our elected officials, mayor and council, to be in control. They set policy, and then the city manager carries it out. This contract turns that relationship upside down. The city council loses control over the city manager. The city council is supposed to be the boss and the city manager the employee. In what world can a boss not criticize an employee? In what world can a boss not fire an employee for poor performance? Under this proposed contract, it would cost the city a wad of money if the new manager turned out to be a dud and they had to fire her. The last one turned out to be a dud and was unanimously fired after a few months. That is not serving the taxpayers. This is a terrible contract for the people of Washington and needs to be rejected.
Commented: Monday, October 12th, 2026 @ 2:26 pm By: Victoria
This is a big reason why the Alternativ fur Deutschland is surging in Germany, calling for mass deportation. A new poll in the state of Brandenburg finds anti-immigration right Alternativ fur Deutschland has surged to 40% while anti-immigration left BSW is at 7% and traditional parties are dropping like stones.
Commented: Monday, October 12th, 2026 @ 11:06 am By: borderhawk
Shadow, this evidence is damming. Thank you for sharing. We have a serious inflammation in good governance.
Commented: Monday, October 12th, 2026 @ 10:31 am By: Washington Native
The socialist Democrat running against Paxton, James Tallarico, AKA TallaFREAKo, went missing from the campaign trail for 11 days, claiming to have the flu. It turns out he was actually in a mental hospital in Ohio during that time. Since nutjob TallaFREAKo claims there are 6 genders and that God is "non-binary" maybe that mental health hospital should have just kept him.
Commented: Monday, October 12th, 2026 @ 10:38 am By: Rino Hunter
Ken’s talking points are about as reliable as his married side chick. Did I mention she was married too? Anyway you are correct about his wife suggesting people should vote for him.

I ask you ladies, is that the kind of guy you would vote for?
Commented: Monday, October 12th, 2026 @ 9:50 am By: Big Bob
(continued from first comment)

Surely, the city attorney must have known that law, yet the golden handshake was paid out to Russell. But it gets worse. I am also told by attorneys that North Carolina law prohibits personnel changes by local government bodies during the period between an election and when the newly elected local government body comes into office. A request to resign would be such a personnel change, and this vote occurred during the period when it is by law not allowed.

Surely, the city attorney must have known that law, too. So, the question is - Why did he allow this clear breach of NC law? As Shakespeare would say, something is rotten in the state of Washington, NC.

Nick Fritz was talking about trying to claw this golden handshake back. Is that why thugs were sent to harass first his business and then his family, leading to his resignation to protect his family?

As to this new contract, it is an insult to citzens, voters, taxpayers, and city elected officials
Commented: Monday, October 12th, 2026 @ 9:29 am By: The Shadow
The saga of this city attorney and shady dealings with city managers just gets worse from what I have heard from two attorneys.

When Jonathan Russell decided he did not like the results of the last city election and wanted to leave, some of his buds on the council wanted to give him a huge golden handshake with the taxpayers money on the way out. They wanted to use the provision in his contract that said he got the golden handshake if the council voted to ask him to resign. Never mind that he had already said he intended to leave. The council, with the city attorney present apparently voted in executive session to ask him to resign, and he was paid the huge golden handshake.

This was sleazy enough on the surface, but it gets worse from what I am told be two attorneys. First is that local government actions in executive session are not valid unless the government body repeats the motion in open session afterward. That did NOT happen in the Russell golden handshake case.
Commented: Monday, October 12th, 2026 @ 9:15 am By: The Shadow
Rip up this contract and send the city attorney packing
Commented: Sunday, October 11th, 2026 @ 7:04 pm By: Washington Native
Voting for school board this year is a challenge for conservatives. South of the river, it is fine, Charles Hickman is a solid conservative, and Terry Williams is a swing voter. North of the river is a different story, where liberals captured both GOP nominations.

In the 6th district, there is Monica Davis, a liberal Republican facing a liberal Democrat. Somr conservatives may say that at least Davis wears the GOP brand, and vote for her in spite of her liberalism. Some conservatives may see the Democrat as the lesser of the evils as she at least is not part of that Carolyn Walker clique. Some may look at both as just very unappealing, and not vote in the race. In the 8th district only Cornelius is on the ballot, so she is going to win. To protest, conservative can just not vote in that race, but they can also write in, perhaps for the previous conservaitve Donald Shreve.
Commented: Sunday, October 11th, 2026 @ 7:54 pm By: Conservative Voter
In government, it is the elected officials, not the bureaucrats that should be in control. This horrible contract stands that on its head. It makes the bureaucrat, the city manager, in control, and leaves the elected officials as bystanders. Any city council member who votes for this excrement sandwich called a contract should have their head examined. And, yes. it is LONG past time for a new city attorney.

If the city manager is going to be a little local king, like this contract does, then it is time to make the office elected by the voters of the city.
Commented: Sunday, October 11th, 2026 @ 6:57 pm By: Conservative Voter
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