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Remember these truths about the infamous 4 acres of land:

First - If Beaufort County Schools had done their "homework" before considering the design of a 52 million school that they actually do NOT need, they would have known that they did not have title to all of the property thought owned, and then they could have elected to design beyond that real property encumbrance.

Secondly - If the successful and innovative designing around that reality of not owning land was undesired, the Beaufort County Schools could have negotiated, at no cost, a trade for one piece of unneeded land, owned by the schools, for another piece of unneeded land by The City of Washington, all at NO cost to Beaufort County's taxpayers.

Third - Since neither the successful negotiation for land was enacted, or an innovative design on land known to have not been owned was performed, the Schools asked the pathetically incompetent Center-Left Coalition, within the Beaufort County Commission, to waste $500,000.00 for overpriced land that was never needed to be purchased and paid for in the first place.

I do believe that I have professed the history of this sorry bit of terrible governing, properly delivered in its essential formation, as an allegory of how NOT to govern, by representation of, our self-governed People.

Commented: Thursday, March 27th, 2025 @ 10:39 am By: Stan Deatherage

The more I consider that $500,000 four-acre land purchase the more it sticks in my craw. Also, the county paid $10,000,000 to get that "free" education lottery building money. I wonder how many schools we could save with $10,000,000. Jeff makes a great point. It's a very bad look indeed.

Commented: Thursday, March 27th, 2025 @ 9:29 am By: Van Zant

Spend $500,000 to purchase 4A of land and now voting to close a school. Sorry, very bad look to this.

Commented: Thursday, March 27th, 2025 @ 8:42 am By: Jeff Williamson

Superintendants are always looking at that next bigger better paying job in another district and they are allergic to having anything conservative on their resume or anything that rocks the boat with the education establishment in Raleigh. They do not mind a totally "woke" curriculum but do nto want one that is traditional or conservative. Cheeseman is the usual breed of cat one gets with a superintendant but even more of a control freak than usual.

What is appalling is that we have so many weak school board members who are content to be led around by the nose by a liberal superintendant. Some of them can talk the talk but then absolutely refuse to walk the walk. This is absoolutely sickening. These weak kneed politicians are just pathetic. We need "woke" out of our schools and they just twiddle their thumbs. We do NOT need school board members who are yes-men to a liberal superintendant and grovel at his feet. We need school board members who will stand up and be counted for bringing in a proper curriculum.

Commented: Thursday, March 27th, 2025 @ 8:15 am By: John Steed

The superintendent and staff are slow walking this issue and the board majority is content with that. The board gives it five ho hums.

Commented: Thursday, March 27th, 2025 @ 7:15 am By: Van Zant

Ain't that something...scalawags like Captain Kidd Well still think they can hang on the high seas?

Some things never change. One day, his hull will be breached and I hope I see it happen😎🤘

Commented: Wednesday, March 26th, 2025 @ 4:36 pm By: John Valley

When James Boasberg sided with criminal illegal alien terrorists against America, he committed High Treason and should have been arrested and jailed with no bond. He is of the same low character as Benedict Arnold.

Commented: Wednesday, March 26th, 2025 @ 8:55 am By: Rino Hunter

Stan, Boasberg knows how the Constitution works. He just does not agree with the way it is supposed to work and misuses his office in a deliberately anti-Constitutional manner. The US Supreme Court ruled in 1948 when Truman used the Enemy Aliens Act to deport non-citisens 1) that the act is Constitutional, 2) it can be used in peacetime, and 3) that it does not allow judicial hearings for people deported. All it takes is an act of the president. Boasberg is defying the Constitution, statutory law approved by Congress, and the controlling interpretation of both by the US Supreme Court. He is doing is for brazenly political reaons.

Commented: Tuesday, March 25th, 2025 @ 5:26 pm By: Steven P. Rader

Today’s Fun Fact: Chief Justice John Roberts nominated Trump-hater James Boasberg to the DC FISA Court – And the two belonged to same elitist, invite-only Lawyers’ Club
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Commented: Tuesday, March 25th, 2025 @ 3:51 pm By: Countrygirl1411

Illegal aliens are a huge cost to taxpayers. More needs to be done to cut them off from having their snouts in the trough. What about state and local funds? It all needs to be cut off.

Commented: Tuesday, March 25th, 2025 @ 12:57 pm By: Concerned Taxpayer

Frankie Waters has always been a fake Republican. He changed only on paper, not deep down in his beliefs. During his first run for commissioner as a "Republican", Frankie and his wife were still contributing to Democrats, including a Democrat legislator. In 2022, Frankie was still up to his old tricks, contributing to the Democrat nominee for sheriff. No wonder he prefers to hang out with the liberal Democrats on the county commission.

Commented: Tuesday, March 25th, 2025 @ 10:54 am By: Bubba