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Thanks Van Zant; I am an advocate and a facilitator of the Homesteading concept, where there will be solitude, safety, and self-sufficiency within a community of like minded folks.

Commented: Monday, November 17th, 2025 @ 11:13 am By: Stan Deatherage

Van Zant: What does the symbolic letters WEF stand for?

Commented: Monday, November 17th, 2025 @ 12:01 am By: Stan Deatherage

Speaking of Uncle Frankie, has anybody heard anything about the megaschools?

I haven't heard a peep from anyone of position, have y'all?

There're "rumblings" that the Greater BOCO Metropolis project may have run into issues and that there's a damage control plan being rolled around. Again, this isn't coming from me; this is coming from what I've heard in talking with people who have a good pulse on things throughout the county.

When Unca Stan, point blank, asked Randy Walker about the current numbers of enrollment some months back, Randy spouted off that "test scores are better than ever and people are coming to Beaufort County."

I think there's some truth to these "rumblings" and they might have some connection to why Uncle Frankie is allegedly not running next time around.

We'll see.......

Commented: Saturday, November 15th, 2025 @ 7:27 pm By: John Valley

If Stacey DAvis' seat doesnt come up again until 2028, I think she should run for County Commissioner.

Commented: Friday, November 14th, 2025 @ 6:30 pm By: Washingtonian

Frankie Waters announced today he's giving up his seat due to health reasons. There's a new open seat for 2026.

I expect School Bd to see several challenges to Davis, both in the party and/or other party unless party affiliations take place.

Commented: Friday, November 14th, 2025 @ 5:34 pm By: Jeff Williamson

Beaufort County has its own local "deep state" of pompous bureaucrats who treat elected officials as their underlings, and thus we have our own local swamp that needs to be drained. Replacing the city manager should be the first step now that we have a new city council. His replacement should be someone who understands that he is an employee, not the boss.

Commented: Friday, November 14th, 2025 @ 5:16 pm By: Conservative Voter

Befuddled, the staff has way too much power in local government, be it the city council, the county commission, or the school board. A big part of the problem is the lazy and ineffective elected officials who let them do it. Hopefully we now have a city council that will crack the whip, or even better get a new city manager. On the county commission, we have four puppets of the county manager letting him do as he pleases. The situation is the same with the school board majority and the imperial superintendent.

With the legislature, the problem is a bit different. It is too much reliance on special interest lobbyists and, even worse, being a puppet to legislative leadership. Kidwell does not have either of those problems, and our local state senator is impressing me more and more on that score as well.

In Congress, it is the same problem with the establishment leadership and the special interest lobbyists. Greg Murphy promised to join the conservative Freedom Caucus when he got to DC and stand up to the leadership but instead almost immediately started brown nosing the leadership. I am happy we are shifting to the 1st district, where the likely new Congressman will be State Senator Bobby Hanig who has never been a yes-man to Phil Berger but stood his ground for his constituents and for principle. He will make an excellent congressman. Hanig's latest success for his constituents was being the key figure in blowing up Phil Berger's attempt to put our commercial fishermen out of business.

Commented: Friday, November 14th, 2025 @ 3:26 pm By: Rino Hunter

CT, be like Charlie Kirk and try to bridge the gap.
You know there are people that dont read NOW, because they believe it is "fake news." If they are elected Representatives, then they are really missing out on what is reality here locally. Hence they are in their own bubble. Communication is always key.

Commented: Friday, November 14th, 2025 @ 9:41 am By: Washingtonian

Part 2 (more restrained and professional):

The underlying problem that permeates through the turd tossing, that is sometimes very hard to NOT engage in, is the witch-hunt against "native" conservatives who tell it like it is regardless of who is involved. If you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes.

All politics are local; the same clownshow that's happening HERE against native common sense conservatives who want to reign in the outside stupidity and cut out the middle man is happening EVERYWHERE there's people of a community with common sense.

Jesus on a bicycle, folks; what the hell does "illegal immigration" have to do with the housing market? This is the distractionary stupidity that takes people away from the meat and potatoes of any issue....divide, conquer and distract.

While I'm on the issue of "stupid", I wonder what up and coming "conservatives" like Mr. Garrison think about 50 year mortgages and the insanely stupid comment Vance made the other day?

Commented: Friday, November 14th, 2025 @ 6:46 am By: John Valley

Befuddled: Kidwell needs to go Audi 5000 and fade into obscurity like Mark Robinson has. I don't understand (I actually do understand) how he keeps "winning re-election" when many common sense conservatives cannot stand him. Either it's rigged OR somebody's got a few tapes of the ol' Karpetbagger with his name in sharpie across the top.

JS: Kidwell IS NOT a strong conservative leader in the NC House; He's a legend in his own mind and not even a native of NC. Everyone knows he's an a-hole but yet some in this area still vote for him because......he's got an "R" by his name. THAT's the biggest problem; people who still think that the GOP does no wrong and that the two-party system is legit.

Insanity- Doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results

Commented: Thursday, November 13th, 2025 @ 1:30 pm By: John Valley

Kidwell is an important conservative leader in the NC House, regardless of what you think of his positions regarding the local party leadership. Replacing him with a non-conservative like Austin Garrison would make no sense at all.

Commented: Thursday, November 13th, 2025 @ 6:42 am By: John Steed