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I stand with the people of Israel, and the courage of President Donald Trump to act in defense of our greatest ally in this very dangerous world, where insanity is often championed by the status quo within those groups of dwindling status; those politicians of incredibly limited core values.

Be wary of the blow-back by this diminishing throng of Non Patriot Leftists, who think without knowing, act accordingly, and with continued pathetic abandon, proving once again ...

The Democratic Socialist Party, in league with their Non Patriot Leftist enablers, has no reason to exist.

Commented: Thursday, June 26th, 2025 @ 12:44 pm By: Stan Deatherage

BC Citizen: That sounds about right.

The City of Washington is a much smaller government than county government, and there is plenty of low hanging fruit to cut as waste (even more than the county government, where there is a plenty), so their core government should be considerably less than the 25 Million mark.

Commented: Thursday, June 26th, 2025 @ 11:52 am By: Stan Deatherage

Fees are just another word for taxes by the back door. Many things that used to be paid for by taxes in Washington have been shifted to "fees" like trash pick up and storm water drainage. Calling those "fees" when they used to be covered by taxes is just dishonest. It is pulling the wool over citizens eyes. If it looks like a tax, walks like a tax, quacks like a tax, it is a tax no matter what name you try to put on it.

Then there is the overcharging for electricity that is then shifting into the general fund. That is just another tax by the back door

Transparency means not shifting tax supported city activities to "fees" and it means not gouging on electric rates for a backdoor tax. Transparency also means giving meaningful notice of the budget and the taxes involved, which the Sadler regime did NOT do.

Commented: Thursday, June 26th, 2025 @ 11:21 am By: John Steed

I'm no Nostradamus but I predicted the downfall of Aurora in 1974.I told people that they was no way you could mine at the depth they were doing and not disturb the aquifer. As I studied more I said that there was a possibility of polluting the waterways. Slowly over the years my predictions came to life.with Pollutants come the the chance of cancer and that has happened also.

Commented: Wednesday, June 25th, 2025 @ 6:20 pm By: Eugene Barrow

If Biden controlled the autopen, she would have known it and said it. The fact that she says she does not know who approved it is an admission it was not Biden. Everything done with that autopen ought to be declared invalid.

Commented: Thursday, June 26th, 2025 @ 7:56 am By: Conservative Voter

BCCitizen: there are roughly 4700 employed citizens in the City of Washington. The City's budget is roughly $57 million. (That's $117 million minus $60 million for utilities). That's $12,127 per working working citizen. It's atrocious.

Commented: Wednesday, June 25th, 2025 @ 4:20 pm By: Nick Fritz

Concerned taxpayer, that would require citizens to know what is going on. No one showed up to speak at the public hearing on the budget. What were the elected officials supposed to do when staff recommended a budget that no citizen opposed in public session? Someone must get the information out to the public. Their recommended budget online does not state a tax rate. Unless citizens show up to the meetings where the tax rate was discussed, there was no way for them to know what rate was being used, whether it be at or above revenue neutral. I agree, vote them all out. An increase of 11.5 cent in one budget year is asinine. It is an increase of over 30%. The city manager is saying it is for 4 paramedics but the math doesn't add up!

Commented: Wednesday, June 25th, 2025 @ 2:20 pm By: BCCitizen

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Commented: Wednesday, June 25th, 2025 @ 1:40 pm By: Concerned Taxpayer

Good morning Mr. Blinson,

Thank you for your article of June 17. It was amazing. So many points that I and those of us who have taken a great interest in, you have summed up in this piece. You are so correct that Snowden is a big part of this entire picture currently, but the bigger picture is as Snowden goes, so goes the County of Beaufort. It is not about consolidating everything and pulling it all closer to Washington. That should not be their growth plan. Tt is more about the County Leaders having the foresight to push economic development and growth to all parts of its territory. "Share the wealth and the wealth will be shared with you guys." It is a sad day when a small town feels the need to cross County borders for a vast number of resources; thereby, increasing the economy in its neighboring county, Pamlico, who opened its arms to Aurora/Richland Township residents.

Sincerely,

Joy Peele Dunn, President
Aurora Richland Township Chamber of Commerce

Commented: Wednesday, June 25th, 2025 @ 11:58 am By: Joy Peele Dunn

When some illegal alien who should have been turned over to ICE for deportation but instead stays here and commits some other horrible crime, it will sink Stein's reelection, and he will deserve it.

Commented: Wednesday, June 25th, 2025 @ 11:20 am By: borderhawk

Terry Williams supported a Common Core and woke DEI math curriculum called Bridges for Beaufort County schools and on Snowden, he played both sides. He was against it before he was for it, and both positions were probably politically calculated. Beaufort County can do better on the School Board.

Commented: Wednesday, June 25th, 2025 @ 9:54 am By: Conservative Voter

Hood is right about NOT voting on the process, and all junior politicians should take heed and watch what we do (Hood and Stan) since we generally know more than "you" (local politicians not humble enough to know who their betters are).

If it is a bad idea in its inception: NEVER vote for the "process" of that bad idea, and closing Snowden was an incredibly bad idea from its initial start.

Somewhat like building a 53,000,000.00 school that you DO NOT need, at the LOWEST point of the lot, when you first DO NOT get a TITLE SEARCH for land you thought owned, but DID NOT.

Commented: Wednesday, June 25th, 2025 @ 8:13 am By: Stan Deatherage