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IMO the Supreme Court needs to hold this so called judge in contempt of court for defying their ruling. This so called judge also needs to be removed from the bench and have his law license revoked.

Commented: Wednesday, June 25th, 2025 @ 6:33 am By: Countrygirl1411

State law gives counties authority to enact solar and wind ordinances to set standards and requirements for solar and wind "farms". Beaufort County has a rather weak solar ordinance but, as far as I am aware, no wind ordinance at all. It is in these ordinances that a bond for the total cleanup of the sites ought to be required of the original builder of the facility. Many wind ordinances also restrict how close they can be to occupied buildings including schools and homes.

State law also makes wind turbines and solar panels largely exempt from local property taxes, stiffing counties and shifting the burden to other taxpayers. This is a very good reason to adopt very strict wind and solar ordinances to encourage these things to be built somewhere else rather than here.

Commented: Tuesday, June 24th, 2025 @ 2:53 pm By: Steven P. Rader

As President Trump has said several times: "We need a revolution of Common Sense."

Unless the public begins using common sense and deductive reasoning, the clown show will continue.

Commented: Tuesday, June 24th, 2025 @ 12:11 pm By: John Valley

We could keep supporting the present-day majorities, if we like higher and higher taxes, school closings, free money that is not free, and deals made behind the scenes. Or we could go in a different direction. What have we got to lose?

Commented: Tuesday, June 24th, 2025 @ 11:44 am By: Van Zant

Sadly it will most likely be we the taxpayers that have to pay to clean up the toxic mess.

Commented: Tuesday, June 24th, 2025 @ 5:36 am By: Countrygirl1411

Washingtonian: You are right; it ain't fair. Public education, more and more, is becoming a smooth hustle for the Left, and the public owning these schools rather than tearing them down, or allowing them to fall into complete disrepair is what I believe to be the best option to aid in turning the public's education around, and do it NOW.

Of course, we will probably need one more smart commissioner first.

Commented: Sunday, June 22nd, 2025 @ 11:30 pm By: Stan Deatherage

I cant prove the amt but i surley do not question it. That being that 4 mil from the CCA was provided to one of its most elite who passed it on to Berger. 4 mil divided by 44 is 90,909. Hummmmm??????

Commented: Sunday, June 22nd, 2025 @ 10:34 pm By: Browny Douglas

On the City Government, I know first hand of terrible management and corruption for decades, but now, I hearing such stories from many of my constituents that beckons many memories of bad governing: One instance of discussion appears to be, after all the fanfare about this drone opportunity at the airport: What is happening now? What did occur to explain why so little has happened in that regard of NOW?

Explanations are warranted.

Commented: Sunday, June 22nd, 2025 @ 1:18 pm By: Stan Deatherage

Those authoritarian police state censorship laws in Europe are increasingly being used against citizens and politicians who oppose mass migration. I am sure the left would like to do the same in the US.

Commented: Sunday, June 22nd, 2025 @ 11:38 am By: borderhawk

The despicable power play used by Rabon and Berger to jam this through the legislature is a gross violation of the NC Republican Party platform, which opposes these underhanded and arrogant tactics. Legislation should go through a process of deliberation where both sides have the opportunity to present arguments in committee and to legislators. A quick amendment in committee and then straight to the floor process is an insult to North Carolinians and should not be tolerated.

Commented: Sunday, June 22nd, 2025 @ 11:06 am By: Steven P. Rader

Yes, we have a bureaucratic mess at the city, county, and school board level, but the internal chemistry of each differs. The voters need to make serious changes all three places.

For the city, there is a pathetically weak city council and two power centers, the mayor and city manager. The city council as currently composed exercises no more power than the old USSR's Supreme Soviet did. It is a functional rubber stamp. Three council members are the mayor's flunkies, elected on his slate, giving him an automatic majority control. One is functionally illiterate and can barely read or write. One is not even a real resident, having a fake address downtown but really living in or near Aurora. Then there is Lou Hodges, who was not on Sadler's slate but is a wannabee, constantly sucking up to him. That leaves only one council member not a guaranteed Sadler vote, and he can do nothing. It would be interesting to be a fly on the wall if the mayor and city manager disagree on something to see which one, when push comes to shove, really has the most power of the two. The city council as it now sits, is a total joke. Hopefully that will change in this year's election so the Sadler machine can be dethroned. Washington is now a Tammany Hall type regime.

The county school board is totally under the thumb of the Big Cheese superintendant. A majority of the board are total flunkies of the superintendant. Two of the board members have daughters who are principles and the superintendent can impact their careers, so they have to follow his agenda. The chairman, T.W. Allen is a total joke who is weak as water. The superintendent can often be seen at meetings sitting beside him telling him what to do. He probably could not function at all without the superintendent's direction. Two other members are also yes-men or women to the superintendent. There is some hope on this board as four of the nine members have demonstrated the ability to often think for themselves and not blindly rubber stamp the superintendent's wishes, but they are still a minority.

The county commission also has some hope as three of the seven members have shown they can think for themselves. The problem is a commission chairman, Frankie Waters, who is under the spell of the county manager and confers too much power on him. Waters heads a coalition of two liberal Democrats and two liberal Republicans. Between Waters and the county manager, it is the manager with the stronger personality, so he calls the shots. Waters has cancer and may not run again, so the chemistry in county government could change.

Commented: Sunday, June 22nd, 2025 @ 9:35 am By: Rino Hunter