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Greenville also saw conservatives gain. A leftwing incumbent on the city council was defeated by a conservative challenger, giving conservatives a majority with Mayor Connelly's tie breaking vote. Unfortunately, conservatives failed to pick up the at-large seat which would have added to the majority.
Commented: Thursday, November 6th, 2025 @ 9:43 am
By: Conservative Voter
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Washington citizens and especially taxpayers had a great election day. Our city will now be back on a fiscally prudent path. Sadler's tax increase was an outrage and cost him his seat as mayor, as it should have.
Commented: Wednesday, November 5th, 2025 @ 6:33 pm
By: Victoria
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The new city council needs to remember that the city manager is their employee, NOT their boss. If he gets too big for his britches, send him packing. We have too many arrogant bureaucrats in local government in our county, anyway. It is high time to start replacing some of them. What a great election result. We now have council members who understand how business actually works and the impact excessive taxes have on real people.
Commented: Wednesday, November 5th, 2025 @ 5:45 pm
By: Rino Hunter
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Yes, CT, why is Stacey Drakeford the Deputy City manager, the
police chief and the Director of public safety. At times he has been all this AND the Fire Chief. Sounds to me like he plays the cherished role as "Team Player." He has been like a roaming team player that keeps the Cabal TIGHT!
Commented: Wednesday, November 5th, 2025 @ 10:25 am
By: Washingtonian
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Washingtonian: Good questions; however, I have been told by the three members of the Tax Cut Team that they will listen to me, and will learn whatever worthwhile I can impart.
As a Beaufort County Commissioner, I have developed a firm reputation as a free agent, and well knowledgeable about all levels of governing, and I promise that I will be paying close attention to the City of Washington to make sure there is a solid turn to the light of truly doing the People's business, which they have not for years.
Commented: Wednesday, November 5th, 2025 @ 10:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Stan, or did we just replace one group of City Manager rubber stamps for a new group of rubber stamps. Will "the STAFF" (code name for cabal), still write the motions for the Council, of which they will obediently read back to the public? It all remains to be seen. Keep your eyes open, and watch to see if the Council meetings continue to be choreographed, as if it were a theatrical performance.
Commented: Wednesday, November 5th, 2025 @ 10:12 am
By: Washingtonian
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CT: There is so many positions to be eliminated at the City of Washington.
Hiring an abundance of government employees is not economic Development.
Commented: Wednesday, November 5th, 2025 @ 9:42 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Great news for the taxpayers of Washington. Congratulations to our fine new leadership team. A better city manager would also be a big help, and why in the heck does a city of our size need an assistant city manager? That is one position that could easily be eliminated to save money.
Commented: Wednesday, November 5th, 2025 @ 9:35 am
By: Concerned Taxpayer
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That pompous twit of a city manager now needs his walking papers. He played a big role in the tax increases.
Commented: Wednesday, November 5th, 2025 @ 8:57 am
By: Bubba
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Fortunately for the taxpayers of Washington, NC, SNI /ENCNOW had the distinct pleasure of working with Top Vote Getter Nick Fritz in his quest to guide the City of Washington from their brink of governmental insanity through insolvency, with a great big ole splash of corruption thrown in for good measure.
No Nonsense Nick Fritz not only was elected Washington's Mayor Pro Tem, but he is the natural legislative leader on the council, and I wish the entire City Government Godspeed in turning around a long inept government that has made huge governing blunders through malfeasance, and therefore has incurred much liability in failing, in all good governing conscience, to provide for the proper environment for conducting the People's business. Governing is serious business, and it is high time that the City of Washington treat it as such.
Commented: Wednesday, November 5th, 2025 @ 8:37 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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