Comments for ANTICIPATION | Eastern NC Now

John Valley, keep your ear to the ground. Some things are in my article "Queen Garris and her Victory Committee which will be posted on this site shortly.

The really stinky stuff has not been written about yet. Queen Garris and the Victory Committee see it coming so they are trying to deflect. The gossip sites are becoming active about people who are not directly involved in the Beaufort POO.

Commented: Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026 @ 4:38 pm By: Hood Richardson

Gail Breed, What a liar and distorter of facts you are. Queen Garris and several of your ilk are making all the decisions in the back room. The Executive Committee has not made a voting decision that I recall during the past year. Garris along with the victory committee produce these edicts. None of them comply with the Republican Party rules.

I closed the Beaufort County Conservative Republican PAC independently with no directive or advice from the Board of Elections.

When the whole truth comes out about what is going on among the Queen Garris and her cronies, the public is going to vomit.

Commented: Monday, February 2nd, 2026 @ 9:14 am By: Hood Richardson

It is difficult in the age of multimedia to discern truth within an opinion piece. Sometimes the author will leave out accurate information or twist the circumstances to provide a narrative that sounds believable but is in fact unbelievable.

First the Beaufort County (BC) Republican Party does not stand outside of the Plan of Organization (POO). The content of the document is reviewed and edited to remain accurate with the State Republican POO. The BC Republican members working within the Party are first identified at the grass roots level in a Precinct meeting. All BC Republicans are encouraged to attend to select Precinct Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary. They also will select delegates and alternates to the BC County Convention and the District and State Conventions. The number of delegates and alternates is based on the total number of Republicans in each precinct. This is the way our US Constitutional Republic works at all levels of the Republican Party. A nation of the people, by the people and for the people.

Removal from the Republican Party happens for either of two reasons. First unexcused absences, or second party disloyalty. Party disloyalty was the reason Hood Richardson, a precinct secretary, and two other Executive Committee members were immediately dismissed from the BC Republican Party. What they did during the City Council elections, knowingly or not, was to create a handout and held a meet & greet encouraging voting for non-republican candidates over Republican candidates. How did this happen? Hood Richardson has chaired for several years a Republican club. The members, some who are BC Executive Committee members, voted to approve the content of the handout and organize a Meet & Greet. During their meeting they were advised this could be party disloyalty.

So, what are the consequences of party disloyalty? Hood Richardson and the other two, remain Republicans. Like the public they can attend the Executive Committee meetings as “Guests. They will sign in to be admitted. While they can listen to the proceeding, they no longer can vote or be recognized to speak.

Hood Richardson’s Pac dissolved, based on public record by the Board of Elections for irregular campaign finance. In contrast the funding acquired and used by the BC Republican Party is monitored by the NC State Republican Party.

But there is more to consider regarding the content of “ANTICIPATION”. The last two BC Republican meetings (Dec and Jan) were disrupted by Hood Richardson and some members of the defunct Pac. Robert’s Rule of Order is the standard for conducting meetings. Robert’s Rule of Order is used at the County Convention, the District and State conventions. The guidelines include requirements for the development of the agenda, reporting of meeting minutes and how the body interacts with the Chair. Motions, discussion and voting are the bedrock actions needed to complete the work of the BC Executive Committee. Members of the Executive Committee have varying levels of experience participating in meetings using these rules. However, common sense dictates there is no place for fingerprinting or attacking individuals, in general issues are to be discussed after a motion is made and seconded.

Some supporters of Hood Richardson’s defunct Pac are also BC executive committee members. To my knowledge very few if any, participate in fundraising efforts or volunteer at other BC Republican events. They seem to follow the lead of Hood Richardson and will verbally attack individuals while misusing Robert’s Rule of Order to create chaos. Stopping a meeting and having to call the police is a perfect example of the level of chaos Hood Richardson created.

Just as BC County Commissioners meet for closed-door sessions, there is nothing preventing the BC Executive meeting from having closed-door sessions. Especially when in response to the chaos created by Hood Richardson and company.

At the January meeting the agenda was followed with the public hearing about the upcoming events for the Republican Q & A Forum and the annual Reagan Republican Rally dinner. Everyone listened to the Republicans running in the primary. There was a ten-minute break so all could speak one-on-one with candidates and then the closed-door session was to begin. Chaos began once the public and candidates left the building. Hood Richardson and company refused to leave, a shouting match began, police were called, and the meeting was adjourned. Mr. Richarson and company were escorted out to the sidewalk yet continued to complain to exiting Executive Committee members. The Chair was escorted by two police officers to provide her with a safe exit.

In short, when anyone points a belligerent finger at the BC Republican Executive Committee, there are three fingers pointing back to them. What is the real goal of Hood Richardson? Well, it maybe he wants to separate grassroot Republican voters from the political structure supporting all Republican voters, at the precinct, district, state and national level. Or now that his Pac is defunct, he is planning to become the chair of the BC Republican Party- oh no it can’t be that because of his party disloyalty. Or could it be he is simply not good at reporting and generates biased opinion articles to influence voters? After all, remember he has been a registered Democrat or Unaffiliated only to become a registered Republican to run as a County Commissioner. Whatever his reasons, please consider exercising discernment if you are reading his articles.

Commented: Saturday, January 31st, 2026 @ 12:32 pm By: Gail Breed

T be T just keeps saying stuff not based on anything. She's like a petulant child only more dishonest.

Commented: Friday, January 30th, 2026 @ 5:46 am By: Van Zant

Lie be Told, just another insult from the Queen Garris, allowing all others to speak an not me.
Yes, that is a secret meeting according to prescribed rules by the Legislature. Queen Garris can show no similar authority. To the contrary, party rules say all of our meetings are to be open to the public.

Commented: Thursday, January 29th, 2026 @ 1:35 pm By: Hood Richardson

As one who likes to see things done right, and kept that way, I am astounded at how poorly the Beaufort County GOP is run, which is as bad, if not worse than the NC GOP, which cannot even elect a Republican governor to save their ignorant lives, here in North Carolina, when President Trump won NC three elections in a row.

Thank-you Commissioner Richardson in trying to do your part in straightening out this local mess. The spoken word is a freedom we should never take for granted.

Commented: Tuesday, January 27th, 2026 @ 9:18 am By: Government Man