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Yes Nick, it does become very complicated once an elected government official is forced into to the proverbial weeds to sort things out.

I absolutely am a free market guy until I am not: Protecting our children and our vulnerable citizens from evil as is necessary ... And pure evil does exist.

I have voted against evil creeping into our vulnerable society on many occasions, and will continue to do so, irrespective of the free market argument.

On the other hand, I well know "Waste, Fraud, and Abuse" of and within our governmental system of the People, and I will never resist taking that down as best I can, whenever I can.

Commented: Thursday, June 19th, 2025 @ 9:19 am By: Stan Deatherage

Fritz, You sound like a Democrat operative the way you refer to me, a fellow citizen who has lived a different experience than you, as Hostile. No need to be so judgemental as you admitted you are new, and dont know all there is to know, and even admitted you didnt know who my words applied to.

I am glad to see I at least made you see that if you want to represent us, you should try walking in others people's shoes. But in my humble opinion, you have a lot to learn. Who your heroes are says a lot about who you are. And your defensiveness says your skin is not as tough as you wish it was.

As I said to Stan, Hood trusted the words of a couple of people, and so helped get them elected, and then their deeds showed who they really were. After the election, its too late.

Commented: Wednesday, June 18th, 2025 @ 11:38 pm By: Washingtonian

Washingtonian: I will admit, we need to reimagine government to become, in some ways, what it use to be.

I will see Nick tomorrow night; I shall speak with him.

Commented: Thursday, June 19th, 2025 @ 12:22 am By: Stan Deatherage

Washingtonian: I can explain The Cloud about 100 different ways in 30 words or less, so let me see if I can do the same in describing Conservative Principles in governing.

Here goes: Thinking outside the box in governing, while championing the originalist precepts of the Constitution by honoring Limited Government for the self-governed (21 words).

Commented: Wednesday, June 18th, 2025 @ 11:27 pm By: Stan Deatherage

Wise move Big Bob; sanity is on the come back.

Commented: Wednesday, June 18th, 2025 @ 10:58 pm By: Stan Deatherage

Big Bob 2.0: Simple, New York State, mostly around New York City, is full of voters who either don't care, or are too stupid to know better.

Kathy Hochul, the Idiot Governor, is a wanton Non Patriot, and is ruining this once great place, now a pathetic sanctuary state.

We are the self-governed, and the people of New York, mostly those around New York City, are getting the government they deserve, and that is most sad for so many intelligent New Yorkers that are smart enough to NOT vote for Democratic Socialists, who are controlled by the ardent Non Patriot Leftists.

Commented: Wednesday, June 18th, 2025 @ 10:52 pm By: Stan Deatherage

Two women in this congressional hearing, both from the same state; one is intelligent and wise, the other is not. One is a Non Patriot Leftist, the other is not.

One is a Republican and younger, the other is a Democratic Socialist and older; can you figure whom is which?

Can you believe that the state of New York can elect both of these women during these same days of evil and chronic abject stupidity?

The answer: This is New York state, and because of New York City politics, which is ongoing due to both some of the most dishonest, and very stupid voters, New York States is now considered one of the most corrupt states in the USA.

And yes, Governor Kathy Hochul, D, a Non Patriot Leftist, is categorically a corrupt idiot of grand renown.

The other woman, wise Representative, Elaine Stephanik, R, of New York, conversely, is a brilliant patriot. Thank the Good Lord for good people from some very low places, where many local governments, and the state of New York are utterly corrupt.

Commented: Wednesday, June 18th, 2025 @ 8:42 pm By: Stan Deatherage

Poor Timmy Walz ... Public life is tough when one is not smart.

Commented: Wednesday, June 18th, 2025 @ 4:48 pm By: Stan Deatherage

More of this gender bender / LGBTQ crap is going on in Beaufort County Schools than they will ever admit.

Commented: Wednesday, June 18th, 2025 @ 3:15 pm By: Bubba

One of the perennial challenges in government is the relationship between the policymakers, generally the elected bodies but in state or federal executive branches also their political appointees, on one side, and the career staff who carry out the policy on the other. This is true at all levels of government. Sometimes career staff accumulate too much power and set up bureaucratic fiefdoms and sometimes the policymakers let them get away with it. To make government work as it is supposed to for citizens, all the players must accept the proper role of their positions as well as that of others in government.

From my own service as a political appointee in the Jim Martin administration in NC state government, most of the career staff in the department I worked in fully understood the differences between policymakers and those who did the nuts and bolts work of keeping government running, and everyone worked well together without trying to get in someone else's lane. We only had a handful who acted as if they were a power unto themselves in a bureaucratic fiefdom. They existed but were a distinct minority.

Commented: Wednesday, June 18th, 2025 @ 2:01 pm By: Steven P. Rader

Nick: I pray you will be one of the 5 "kings" on that council, and, moreover, I pray that your kind will be in the majority.

Washingtonian: I vouch for this man's Conservative credibility. Additionally, Nick is very much like me: He thinks and acts way outside of the proverbial box.

Commented: Wednesday, June 18th, 2025 @ 10:59 am By: Stan Deatherage

If u want to run for city council, I guess the first smart thing u do is let the City Manager know tht you wont be a threat to his domain AND,
It doesnt hurt to stroke the ego of the GodFather while you are there.
Any ambitious person might as well join the Council members/Staff and employees who are all petting the Head of the Snake. They've learned you have to pay to play.

I see a corrupt King and a new puppet.

Commented: Wednesday, June 18th, 2025 @ 10:02 am By: Washingtonian