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Thanks RINO Hunter for the mention: You can and have rooted out RINOs in the past. Please continue to do so.

Commented: Saturday, August 22nd, 2026 @ 6:10 pm By: Stan Deatherage

Van Zant, in my race at least, I had solid support from both factions of the party, other than the Walkers. In the vote to fill the vacancy, I was unanimously supported by executive committee members from both sides of the party. The opponent, nominated by Mrs. Walker, received zero votes. In the primary, I had volunteers and contributors from both wings of the party. The factional split in the party was NOT a factor in my race. The main activists in my opponents campaign, other than the Walkers, was a group of school teachers.

In retrospect, I wish our campaign had put more focus on curriculum than we did.

Commented: Saturday, August 22nd, 2026 @ 4:02 pm By: Steven P. Rader

Is the dispute over school curriculum the reason that School Board member Carolyn Walker and her husband Randy were so strident in working the Chocowinity Fire Department precinct voting place for Chocowinity and Gilead against School Board Members Charles Hickman and Steven Rader back during the last primary? She really had a bee in her bonnet over something.

Commented: Saturday, August 22nd, 2026 @ 10:19 am By: piratefan

Rino Hunter makes a very good observation. How does conservative voting Beaufort County end up with a majority liberal voting School Board that is becoming more liberal? It is becoming more liberal because 2 teachers union members have been added from the last Republican primary. Mind you, this board presently consists of 8 Republicans and 1 Democrat. I propose that this happens the same way we have a county commission with 5 Republicans and 2 Democrats that is controlled by the 2 Democrats.

On the County Commission 2 of the 5 Republicans are recent changes from the Democrat Party that switched for election purposes. Surprise, surprise, they are the ones aligned with the Democrats on the Board that give the liberals the Board advantage.

The situation on the School Board lately has been immensely interesting:

In District 8 Conservative Donald Shreve was defeated in a crowded primary field by a teacher union candidate that has already shown herself to be a liberal.

In District 6 an interesting progression of events transpired. When Conservative Gary Carlton moved there was an appointment process by the local Republican Party Executive Committee in order to fill the seat. Executive Committee members residing in School District 6 got to vote on the applicants that filed for the position. Highly qualified conservative Steven Rader asked to be considered. In response, at least two presently serving Republican School Board members from other districts worked on finding an opponent. For sure we know one was involved, because Mrs. Carolyn Walker made the motion for the other candidate. Mr. Rader prevailed on the vote.

When Mr. Rader sought to defend the seat in the recent primary, Ive been told that Mrs. Walker worked on recruiting another candidate to oppose Rader in District 6. We know for certain that she worked at the polls for that District 6 opponent. That's a lot of meddling in other districts by Carolyn Walker. In this instance her teacher union candidate won the primary.

In District 2, Republican Charles Hickman won the general election back in 2022. I do not believe a Republican had ever run in that district before. Hickman won over an incumbent Democrat that had held the seat for decades. In the most recent primary, elements of the local Republican party suddenly got interested in the 2nd District for the first time and produced a candidate in opposition to Mr. Hickman. Again, with support from outside of this district also, including School Board member Carolyn Walker and her husband Commissioner Randy Walker who campaigned at the polls against Hickman. I hear that the notorious Ms. Forrest from Philly and pal of Chairman Garris was involved too. Could it be that those folks were not motivated to oppose a Democrat but could not stand a conservative Republican in the seat? Mr. Hickman prevailed in this one.

I don't know what to make of the SB District 4 race, so I'll leave it alone.

Conclusion:
1. The local Democrat Party seems to have little to do with this continuing move to the left on Beaufort County Boards and Commissions - Not overtly anyway.
2. A faction of the Beaufort County Republican Party (which seems to be the controlling faction) is highly invested in this move to the left of our Boards and Commissions.

There is certainly more than just circumstantial evidence to support such a conclusion.

Commented: Saturday, August 22nd, 2026 @ 10:47 am By: Van Zant

Most Of today's Americans do not understand how our government works.

Our education industry has done a poor job, in an overall sense, by NOT informing our people correctly by what entails the societal machinations of a self governed people.

Commented: Friday, August 21st, 2026 @ 7:24 am By: Stan Deatherage

As a School Board member, let me explain how curriculum works. There is a state program of study or curriculum in each subject area that is adopted by the North Carolina Board of Education. This board consists mostly of political appointees of the governor and our recent governors have been liberal Democrats.

The local school board is supposed to "align" with what the state decrees, BUT it is up to the local board to decide what "aligns" and what does not. The NC Department of Public Instruction (DPI) or NC Board of Education has no power to veto the decisions of the local boards. This was emphasized to Rep. Kidwell, when he introduced local legislation to allow our school board to use the Hillsdale College social studies curriculum. the legal staff of the General Assembly told Rep. Kidwell that his bill was unnecessary as the local school board already had that power, no matter what the opinion of DPI might be.

There is one big cavaet. In dealing with "tested" subjects that are part of the standardized tests given to students, it is important that all material in the state program be taught because it way be on the tests. This is true of subjects like math and science but not of untested subjects like Social Studies / history.

The buck stops with your local elected school board members. They are the ones with the power to decide what is taught in our public schools. It is important to elect school board members who take this responsibility seriously and do not just delegate it to others

Our schools need a curriculum that promotes student learning and teaches American values, not one that promotes the "woke" narrative. there are many elements of the education industry pushing the woke agenda, and it takes strong board members to resist it, At the state level, Texas and Florida have been a the forefront of keeping the curriculum aligned with American values. But even in some conservative run states like recently Iowa and Alaska, elected officials have had to push back against very "woke" Social Studies curricula. The one put forward in Alaska, for example did not even mention George Washington or Abraham Lincoln in its presentation of American history.

(My comments are my own. I am not speaking for the whole of the School Board. The board can only take official action as a body)

Commented: Thursday, August 20th, 2026 @ 2:23 pm By: Steven P. Rader

Sounds like Bobbie is a socialist, too. What he glosses over is that these are the PRIMARIES, and these way out DSA socialists are beating dyed in the wool liberal Democrats who have just as much TDS as the socialists.

Inflation is mostly caused by deficit spending, which is a Democrat specialty. Increase in health care costs and housing are driven by illegal immigration, another Democrat specialty. Food borne illness comes from imported foods these days, from Mexico and Chile. Illegal immigration is also bringing discease into our country.

Polling shows that younger voters are more to the left, and public education is a likely suspect in that. In contrast, in Europe, where illegal immigration has had more impact, it is the younger voters who are farthest to the right, particularly supporting anti-immigration parties of the populist right. They have seen the harm of illegal immigration while in school with their own eyes.

Commented: Thursday, August 20th, 2026 @ 9:42 am By: Conservative Voter

Here is a big part of the problem Sorry couldn't find except on youtube.
Have to wonder how much of this is being taught right here locally or state wide.....
www.youtube.com

Commented: Thursday, August 20th, 2026 @ 5:20 am By: Countrygirl1411

The public school teachers I know are all liberal Democrats. No telling what sort of mush they are filling kids heads with.

Commented: Wednesday, August 19th, 2026 @ 3:35 pm By: Bubba