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That "world class private school" sounds interesting. Competition in education helps improve the quality of all providers. I would assume whoever is behind it would build and equip it and the city would be involved to help promote it. The new state Opportunity Scholarships passed by Republicans in the legislature should mostly pay for its operating costs.
The curves thrown to our new city government by the outgoing regime have been nasty, but the new team has rolled with the punches. Bobby Roberson was a great city manager previously and he should be of great help in getting things straightened out. It would be great if he wanted to stay on as manager. He is a huge improvement over Russell.
Commented: Thursday, January 1st, 2026 @ 2:43 pm
By: Conservative Voter
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It appears a coup has quickly been accomplished by: the DeepState or "The Staff"(whoever THAT is),who shall b nameless like Voldemort,whose name must not b spoken!
Will th new council as the last,now become lik rubberstamps, will council meetings continue 2b choreographed, complete w C.M. written motions presented to th council to *dumbly READ at th appropriate time,so council only has to motion, yea or nay? Council has authority over far more than those 3 job positions! The key statute is G.S. 160A‑146, & it is extremely broad: “The council may create,change,abolish,& consolidate offices, positions, depts…& generally organize & reorganize th city govt…” This is not limited to th manager, attorney, or clerk. It applies to any office or position th city creates,including: PublicWorks,Planning,Finance,Police,Utilities, Parks&Rec. Any Admin/Dept position. Council has power to create,eliminate,restructure,reassign these positions This authority exists even w/out a MANAGER! G.S. 160A‑146
Commented: Thursday, January 1st, 2026 @ 2:07 pm
By: Befuddled
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It is great to have a city council that is working for the citizens and taxpayers instead of for the greedy special interest who were looting the city, and when it comes to looting the city, we need to get that money back from the former manager.
Commented: Thursday, January 1st, 2026 @ 2:05 pm
By: Bubba
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Nick, thank you for the report and for all your and your team's hard work. I guess bitter ambushes from the losers is to be expected.
What the former ruling clique did to stonewall that audit information raises a lot of red flags. The city manager was responsible for seeing that this information was properly transmitted but he failed to do that. Why? Is there something stinky he was covering up? Does it have anything to do with why he beat a hasty retreat and resigned after his cronies were ousted from power? Did that excessive and grossly improper payoff to him when he left have anything to do with info he might know on the former ruling clique? I hope that anything criminal that may be found will be prosecuted instead of swept under the rug. Our taxpayers are still reeling from what the losers did to out city and our taxes. Finally, great choice on Roberson!
Commented: Thursday, January 1st, 2026 @ 12:29 pm
By: Concerned Taxpayer
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Fritz mentioned a couple of things that grabbed my attention:
1. Building Schools The CITY is going to build new schools? I would think that would be a County endeavor; Are we going back to a "Washington City Schools" scenario? People don't want another Washington Montessori or Terra Ceia Christian School; they want community charter schools, like BGCS, throughout the County so they DON'T have to come all the way to Washington. 2. Bringing in land developers There has been a noticable population decrease since 2020. People are either dying or leaving the County due to sub-par education, insane real estate prices (controlled by the school board), lack of industry and idiotic politics. Houses aren't flying off the market...unless you're a rich Yankee moving down here to retire in what's become known as a "Death Community". I'm not understanding the "glitter appeal" of living in overpriced homes stacked on top of each other. 3. The New Mayor TBA...
Commented: Thursday, January 1st, 2026 @ 11:44 am
By: John Valley
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Good to see our council hard at work. Bobby Roberson is a great choice for interim. He knows our city and its government very well. Tyre, who does not even really live in the city, is a phony and nothing but a bitter trouble maker, still butt hurt our his political machine losing control.
What about that outrageous payola to the former city manager of $140,000 of taxpayer money? That needs to be clawed back.
Commented: Thursday, January 1st, 2026 @ 10:07 am
By: John Steed
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