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Preserved about 300 thousand.
Commented: Tuesday, April 1st, 2025 @ 9:34 pm
By: Furrioncly
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We The People dont have any rights. We just THINK we do.
Recall the DOJ, FBI, Mayorkas, etc... thumbing their noses at the U.S. Congress over the last few years. Its all a shell game.
Commented: Tuesday, April 1st, 2025 @ 9:50 am
By: Washingtonian
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What Beaufort County has is 1) a domineering superintendant trying to build a resume for his next job around school consolidation here with no concern about the impact on people here, and 2) and out of touch and totally superintendant-controlled school board majority.
Commented: Tuesday, April 1st, 2025 @ 8:03 am
By: John Steed
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WS: You bring up some wonderful points. Your reference to Superintendent of Beaufort County Schools in South Carolina brought back memories. I remember when Jeff Moss was Superintendent of Beaufort County Schools in North Carolina. Some of our long-term board members have a real talent for questionable hiring practices.
Commented: Tuesday, April 1st, 2025 @ 7:11 am
By: Van Zant
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A few years back, I had an important issue with school board members, which has turned out to be yet another miscue in the management of Beaufort County Schools, so I called all of the school board members.
Incredibly, less than a third of all school board members called me back, and as I dug deeper into this sorry piece of business, none of the current school board members, except T.W Allen (to his credit) called me back. Now, to put a finer point on this matter: Not only am I a large and steady taxpayer here in Beaufort County, I was at that time a 6 term county commissioner, and since I was, at that time embroiled in yet another primary, and then a general election for my seventh term as a county commissioner as a Conservative Republican, I still could not muster a call back any of these faux public servants, accepting T.W. Allen. Now to put an even grander point on my self-supposed gravitas, I am significantly senior to all school board members in offices held, and senior as all of these so-called Republicans, plus, from a categorical position, somewhat senior in intellectual acuity when it comes to all knowledge in all matters regarding proven governing prowess ... and yet, still neary a call back from any of these junior grade politicians relative to what comprises the whole of Stan Deatherage. It was at that point, I lost any and all confidence in the political and governing abilities of these school board members ever getting anything right. In NO way do I consider any those Knockoff Republicans a peer, and therefore questionable in any manner of their effectiveness in dealing with the People's business. In current times here in Beaufort County, there are four new Republican school board members, and I do expect, and will command a more reasonable level of respect from them, and, likewise, they will therefore be treated accordingly with that same respect their office commands.
Commented: Tuesday, April 1st, 2025 @ 4:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Shreve and Carlton did not vote to close SW Snowden. They voted to have public hearings to allow the public to voice their opposition or support for closing SW Snowden. Voting not to hold public hearings would have deprived the public an opportunity provided the NC General Assembly.
What was mentioned that public schools with 100 or less students could be closed. Actually, the statute says that schools with less than 100 students would not have a 12 month principle paid for by the state. There are options to closing and transporting students to Chocowinity, NC. The Snowden school could be classified as an Academy. See the link below. www.ncleg.gov Another option would be to allow the Richland Township students to attend the elementary and middle schools in Pamlico County. The Pamlico County schools are 10-15 miles from Aurora, not 23-35 miles from Chocowinity. The public hearings will allow everyone to explore these options.
Commented: Monday, March 31st, 2025 @ 8:21 pm
By: Ray Leary
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That’s a mess worth digging into. Your local school board’s situation reeks of sloppy planning and questionable decision-making, starting with the superintendent pushing a mega elementary school without any clear evidence it’s needed. No studies? That’s a red flag—sounds like a pet project steamrolling ahead without justification. Then there’s the lottery grant—$42 million, plus a $10 million taxpayer match, already fully budgeted, yet they didn’t even confirm they owned the land? That’s not just incompetence; it’s reckless.
The Hite Associates angle adds another layer of stink. They’ve got a history—tied to a South Carolina scandal where the Beaufort County School District got subpoenaed by the FBI in 2018 over shady school construction deals. The firm worked with a superintendent named Jeff Moss, who had a habit of hiring them across multiple districts, and costs ballooned way beyond initial estimates. If they’re still under investigation, your board’s decision to bring them on is either oblivious or deliberately sketchy. You’d think they’d vet architects with that kind of baggage, especially for a $52 million project. The land snafu is almost comical if it weren’t so infuriating. Four acres owned by the city, and the superintendent just slaps a $500,000 price tag on it—out of thin air, no appraisal, no negotiation? That’s not how you handle public funds. Taxpayers are already on the hook for $10 million, and now they’re expected to cough up more because of this oversight? The fact that the full budget’s already spoken for, yet this wasn’t accounted for, suggests either gross mismanagement or someone’s hiding how the money’s really being spent. Here’s what doesn’t add up: Why no studies to justify the school? Why Hite Associates, given their track record? And how does a superintendent get to unilaterally value land and commit taxpayer dollars without oversight? Sounds like the board’s either asleep at the wheel or complicit.
Commented: Monday, March 31st, 2025 @ 11:11 pm
By: Will Simmons
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Conservative Voter: Sounds like a case of "Hello pot, I'm kettle" to me. Seems like this Jody has been doing this on a regular basis. Aren't Democrats the ones who traditionally refer to name calling when facts can't support their position.
Commented: Monday, March 31st, 2025 @ 12:50 pm
By: John Heermann
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CV: So, you're saying she understands it, but is spinning it for people that do not understand it.
Commented: Monday, March 31st, 2025 @ 12:48 pm
By: Van Zant
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"Member of a PAC" is a Jodyism. While the Republican Party at various levels supports candidates and has to file campaign finance reports, a Political Action Committee (PAC) is formed by some outside group to support candidates. In Beaufort County, the Conservative Republican Club has had a PAC as well as the Citizens for Better Government having a PAC. A PAC is usually a separate entity from the underlying organization and how much influence the underlying organization has on the PAC varies. What Jody does deceitfully is call anyone who has ever attended a meeting of an underlying organization a "member of the PAC" which is just nuts.
Commented: Monday, March 31st, 2025 @ 12:37 pm
By: Conservative Voter
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I wasn't aware that Shreve or Carlton were members of any PAC. Which PAC is that? Is the Beaufort County Republican party a PAC, or the executive committee for that matter? It would appear to me that they believe they are if you look at how the operate. Dreadful. Save Snowden! Vote out the rats!
Commented: Monday, March 31st, 2025 @ 10:29 am
By: John Heermann
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For those of you who do not know, the battle for southeastern Beaufort County is going on at this moment. Who will come to their aid? Save Snowden School.
Commented: Monday, March 31st, 2025 @ 10:17 am
By: Van Zant
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Using your words not mine, once again you left out two of the sniveling rats, Shreve and Carlton. Your own conservative PAC loyalists, or are they really, which one made the motion to close Snowden and the other supported. You just can't stand the truth can you. I may not live south of the river but I watch and pay attention. Maybe you should.
Commented: Monday, March 31st, 2025 @ 6:56 am
By: True Republican
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