Comments | Eastern NC Now

The costs, and in this case continuing costs, of consolidation could pay for keeping existing schools open. When consolidation is the goal what's happening now is kind of like killing two birds with one stone. Seems to me the county is getting snookered and the vast majority of our boards and commissions are in la la land or worse.

Commented: Thursday, May 22nd, 2025 @ 7:42 am By: Van Zant

I distinctly remember Mr Richardson claiming the school could be saved for $35,000 which we all know is a untrue. Sorry dont trust any numbers that he now throws out here.

Commented: Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 @ 10:15 pm By: Gary Ceres

Great opinion by Judge Ho. He would make a great supreme court justice, to join the two that have common sense, Alito and Thomas. There are no orientals on the court, so how could the DEI left object?

Commented: Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 @ 5:34 pm By: borderhawk

There is a lot bloat in government bureaucracy at all levels. Community schools and neighborhood schools are NOT bloat. They offer superior education, especially in the lower grades.

Cheeseman reminds me of Bernie Madoff with his shell game of phony "savings" while ignoring new costs his scheme creates, like the cost of lots more busing. For example, Cheeseman claims the cost of childrens' meals at Snowden as a savings. Does he not plan to feed them at Chocowinity? Most of "Bernie" Cheeseman's "savings" fall into that category. Cheeseman is a flim-flam artist. Call the bunko squad.

Commented: Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 @ 11:32 am By: Concerned Taxpayer

Beaufort County Government's Center-Left Coalition will probably reward the School Board and their Fearless Leader no matter what information is brought to bear.

Both groups of politicians are consumed with always making bad decisions ... Bad decisions only.

Commented: Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 @ 8:08 am By: Stan Deatherage

Wow, that did not last long. Murphy's and Duck Thru matched Speedway this morning but within hours, Murphy's had knocked 20 cents off the gas price. Then Speedway retreated back to where they started yesterday.

Commented: Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 @ 5:00 pm By: Rino Hunter

Japan's central bank has been playing with fire longer than The Fed and yesterday things took a really bad turn for them economically as a result of their high government and central bank debt. They started many of the techniques The Fed in using here but have been doing them longer. Now it is about to blow up their economy with a debt problem far worse than Greece had. We need to learn from their mistakes.
www.zerohedge.com

Commented: Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 @ 3:23 pm By: Concerned Taxpayer

It is incredible hearing the rhetorical pronouncements coming out of these international organizations (UN 2030 Agenda, and annual World Economic Forum) after their meetings. Immediately, high level politicians start parroting the language and pushing the concepts. Then state and local leaders join in. Next thing you know bureaucrats are telling us where to go, where to live and where our children have to go to school and what they have to learn. When any one of us question any of this, we are subjected to condescension and derision. Locally, over the last several decades, think how many times very bad decisions have been made that we are having to live with, pay for, and our children are being stuck with. It's really difficult to see where the agendas, stupid bungling, and crooked dealings start and end. It's really easy to see how many of these policies are harming our communities.

Commented: Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 @ 1:19 pm By: Van Zant

Matthew Cheeseman's bungling on the consolidated elementary mega-school in Washington clearly illustrates how career bureaucrats simply have no business sense whatsoever. Having to come up with an extra half million dollars due to his incompetence in ascertaining if the school board owned all the property is a glaring example. Does that half million dollar boondoggle explain why he now wants to close Snowden?

Commented: Monday, May 19th, 2025 @ 3:35 pm By: John Steed

Opposition to illegal immigration is growing massively in the western world as the globalist elite try to submerge our societies in a sea of Third World migrants.

Commented: Monday, May 19th, 2025 @ 1:08 pm By: borderhawk

Is Cheeseman a white supremist? Let's look at his scheme to close Snowden. Richland Township has a large black community very supportive of the school Cheeseman wants to destroy. The whites there can largely drive their kids to school in Pamlico County so they can avoid those grueling bus rides to Chocowinity that will make learning harder. Many of the black folks will just be stuck. The black folks will be the main victims of Mathew Cheeseman's sorry scheme. Will the school board go along with white supremacy? I hope not.

Commented: Sunday, May 18th, 2025 @ 7:25 pm By: Bubba