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HR is an interesting guy.
If the board is the princes, hood is certainly the pea.
Commented: Friday, May 24th, 2024 @ 8:57 am
By: Big Bob
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On this point I agree.... be careful where you build a 52 million dollar building. It's gonna flood. Climate change should be considered.
Commented: Friday, May 24th, 2024 @ 8:36 am
By: Big Bob
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John Valley: Commissioner Richardson and myself proffered that we use what monies that would be needed to enhance schools that already exist, rather than tear down some of those buildings to build a school that is not needed, due to a shrinking student population, to be built on the lowest section of a relatively high tract of property.
Commented: Thursday, May 23rd, 2024 @ 6:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Further reaming the taxpayer for 52 million dollars shouldn't come without consequence. The big issue that nobody's talking about is the fact that our public schools look like internment camps and function like them as well.
Eastern Elementary and JCT are two buildings of many that need serious renovation. 52 million dollars, invested in the right areas, could tighten up our neglected public buildings. It's embarrassing that the turd has been shot this far down the path.
Commented: Thursday, May 23rd, 2024 @ 3:03 pm
By: John Valley
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All Hood is doing is asking the commissioners to do their diligent duty, stop being lazy, and not just sit there as rubber stamps for other agencies. In other words, put in an effort! THINK! Yes, thinking is hard, but that is what you signed up for.
Put in a effort to protect the citizen's money! Plan ahead so that the unforeseen doesnt take you by surprise. STOP embarrassing yourselves by showing your behinds! Would someone move Ed Booth to the other side of the room, I am tired of seeing him rolling his eyes and laughing broadly whenever Hood talks. Beaufort Couty can be great again, when the commissioners start loving the citizens, more than the hate Hood. AND... school board members lets staff do their thinking... I was told, "we have a job, family and a life outside here, that why we have staff."
Commented: Thursday, May 23rd, 2024 @ 3:04 pm
By: Washingtonian
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A clique of political and bureaucratic insiders came up with this plan without proper study, as has too often been the case with our schools. Our school needs should have been both studied by experts and also been submitted to public input. None of that was done. Management in our schools, and also in county government is a bad joke. Politicans and bureaucrats too often seek self-glorification, whether it is Langley with his jail or Cheeseman with his resume-driven school project.
As usual, our pathetic school board majority did little more than sit there as rubberstamps for whatever Boss Cheeseman dictated. We badly need a change on that board.
Commented: Thursday, May 23rd, 2024 @ 11:08 am
By: John Steed
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Firebrand seems to be another woke commissioner who specializes in lying to the public. No part of our form of government ever intended for a few people to strong arm the public by taking control of normal business processes that are set out by statute.
Firebrand, do you have enough courage to identify yourself.
Commented: Thursday, May 23rd, 2024 @ 10:53 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Commissioner Hood Richardson wrote an informative and complete analysis on how to govern Beaufort County in a wise and conservative manner, which is what he has always held himself out to be - a Conservative - no more, no less, always consistently so.
Alternately, the liberal commentator "Firebrand," on this thread, is not smart enough to speak to the wide range of issues that Commissioner Richardson succinctly expressed; but instead "Firebrand" chose only to attack the wisdom of the 7 term conservative Republican Commissioner as Mr. Richardson is a bad man. Additionally, "Firebrand" (which I have just discovered) is not only a contextual idiot in the real terms of their effort as announced, but a fake entity with a fake email sneaking onto this platform, slipping through the monitored wall here on encnow.com , in comment form, and will not be allowed back to this august publication. However, I will leave "Firebrand's" sophistic recently expressed comment up as a relative point, contextually, and as the juxtaposed foil to Commissioner Richardson's well informative words of governing wisdom.
Commented: Thursday, May 23rd, 2024 @ 9:38 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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You're and army of one.
Commented: Thursday, May 23rd, 2024 @ 8:58 am
By: Big Bob
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I have never heard such hogwash in my life. Hood is just grandstanding cause of the upcoming election. The meetings are open to the public. Time for the voters of Beaufort County to realize he doesn’t care about you. Hood is the reason businesses don’t want to move to our County. Time for Hood to retire and let someone who cares about Beaufort County take over.
Commented: Thursday, May 23rd, 2024 @ 12:08 am
By: Firebrand
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This school ought to be named "Cheeseman's Folly" because it is all about building his resume for his next job, not about what our school system needs. The lack of any outside study on school system facility needs and the best way to accomplish those is glaring. This project is all about Cheeseman and nothing else. Many on the school board have not been in the loop, and the leadership who have known about it have been Cheeseman's flunkies. What a boondoggle.
Commented: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024 @ 2:53 pm
By: Concerned Taxpayer
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