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Wow! What the superintendent did and the school board attorney seems to have failed to do just does not pass the smell test. There may have been some school board members also acting inappropriately.

Commented: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025 @ 3:48 pm By: borderhawk

Yes Bubba,
As you correctly wrote: "Too many of our school board members seem to be little more than rubber stamps / puppets for our very liberal superintendent Cheeseman. That is pathetic."

This puppet/rubber stamp scenario exist for the City of Washington as well. Our entire City Council & the bureaucrats that work for them are mere mindless puppets doing the bidding of the City Manager.

When Hood wrote: "Sometimes, with zoning, there comes corruption, favoritism and huge expensive bureaucracies to administer the favoritism and corruption." I thought he must be talking about the City of Washington. No, they wont see the error of their ways because they are too ignorant & lazy to understand their own responsibilities to the public. I'll bet you not one of them have read the zoning rules posted on their own City website.

Vote wisely.

Commented: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025 @ 2:00 pm By: Washingtonian

Didn't Carolyn Walker and Daniel Hudson both give Cheeseman the votes he needed to close the school in Aurora? Seems like that bought a promotion for one’s daughter and a better report card for the other’s. Cronyism, nepotism, corruption much? Maybe the coincidental timing just make the optics look bad. It really does stink to high heaven…better watch your step and lift your trouser legs if you walk near the BCS bunch.

Commented: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025 @ 1:40 pm By: Nelson Lambert

I find it hard to believe that the members of the School Board didn’t realize filling the District Six seat was a partisan issue. The School Board elections have been partisan races for the past two election cycles and all current members have had to run in a partisan election to win their current seat. An outdated policy, whether they read it or not, would not have been a reasonable excuse to anyone with common sense to not understand how the process worked. This is especially true considering some of the board serve on the county Republican Executive Committee or attend the meetings.

What is more concerning is the lack of ethics or outright corruption. The example mentioned at the end of the article seems to be a violation of the NC Open Meetings Law (N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-318.11) which covers what can and can’t be discussed in closed sessions by the board. Furthermore, cronyism and nepotism are forms of corruption. North Carolina has regulations and policies in place to prevent abuses associated with nepotism and cronyism which are designed to ensure fairness and prevent abuses of public trust. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be any higher-level oversight of what is transpiring in Beaufort County. The only recourse left to the people is to vote out the guilty parties in the next election.

Commented: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025 @ 12:33 pm By: David Hudson

On this board situations like this seem to arise quite often for a variety of reasons. This instance seems to be a combination of
1. An out-of-date board policy which is a reflection on the Board and the Board Attorney.
2. Incompetent or scheming school staff leadership (not sure which)
3. Conniving Republican School Board members.
This is a recipe for one disaster after another. Stay tuned. More to come I suspect.

Commented: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025 @ 10:44 am By: Van Zant

Senator Thune must work immediately to get Alina Habba appointed ... if she still wants the job.

The patriotic core of this Republic must elect a super majority of real Republicans to the Legislative Branch to begin the impeachment of rouge Democratic Socialist and Non Patriot judges appointed by all corrupt presidents, like Hussein Obama and the Idiot Biden.

Commented: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025 @ 7:29 am By: Stan Deatherage

"Powerful NC lawmaker leads hemp firm as tighter rules face legislative gridlock (charlotteobserver.com) — Rep. John Bell, a key North Carolina lawmaker, balances his legislative duties with his role as president of Asterra Labs, a hemp manufacturing company. The firm, located in Nashville, is part of a growing industry facing potential regulatory changes, impacting local businesses including Oak Ridge Industries in Washington, N.C."

Commented: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025 @ 4:01 pm By: Washingtonian

Congratulations to Steve Rader for your partisan election to the BCS, and congratulations to the Beaufort County Schools, especially if they learn to listen to Steve on important issues that need fixing; those arising from bad policy, an example of which is the issue that they were unaware that they effectively were a partisan board, and ... Another issue that needs a complete overhaul; the occasion of acquiring or using property, one orders a TITLE SEARCH!

Commented: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025 @ 12:54 pm By: Stan Deatherage

I appreciate the work of the Beaufort County GOP leadership, particularly Chairwoman Garris, in staying on top of this matter so that it could be handled properly. I am also grateful for the support I received from all wings of the BCGOP executive committee within the district in giving me a unanimous vote for this position.

In reviewing the Beaufort County Schools policies on Board operation, I found that they had never been updated to reflect that the races are partisan. I have drafted and submitted proposed amendments to make the needed revisions for consideration by the school board so that this process can run more smoothly next time around.

Commented: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025 @ 11:03 am By: Steven P. Rader

What's with it with some of these Republican School Board members wanting to meddle in other districts than their own. Why didn't Carlton or the Superintendent turn the letter over to the Beaufort County Republican Party Executive Committee to start with?

Commented: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025 @ 5:22 am By: Van Zant

Washingtonian: I have been relatively quiet; but that ends.

I have much more proof now of my lessers' mendacity, and I will act smart and bold going forward.

Commented: Monday, July 21st, 2025 @ 4:50 pm By: Stan Deatherage

Washingtonian, in case you did not know, I am already a target, and have been for decades. At some point, one gets far smarter or truly pissed, and I am currently both.

I have nothing further to lose; and all I have to do is yank on certain threads; know what is real to tell the real truth, and let the chips fall where they may.

We are finally at a point, where: smart people, honest people, and patriotic people finally know they need and deserve honest government before it is too late.

Woe be it to corrupt politicians in Beaufort County, and every where else they can be found.

Commented: Sunday, July 20th, 2025 @ 6:53 pm By: Stan Deatherage