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Gary, you seem to have forgotten the RINO element that is a governing desease built upon a fraud that plagues Beaufort County's tax payers, all perpetrated by a corrupt Beaufort County GOP.

Gary, if you were a Real Republican governing as a Conservative on this, and all previous Beaufort County Commissions plagued by the RINO element, you would understand what Commissioner Richardson and I have dealt with all these many years of these far too many many Center-Left /Left (those who swap votes to share power) frauds posing as something that they are NOT - Republicans.

Commented: Thursday, April 16th, 2026 @ 8:14 am By: Stan Deatherage

Notice how much these people will blab about anything OTHER than reporting on what the Victory Committee is responsible for doing, what the Victory Committee is responsible for spending, and how much the Victory Committee did, using the clout of the Executive Committee without reporting any of it to the Executive Committee. Crickets on all of that.

No one would go to such lengths these people have gone to NOT report on any of this if they were not hiding something. It would be comical if it were not so sad.

Consider this: We've seen the lengths these local GOP leaders will go to protect their RINO friends in local government. We've also seen the lengths they will go to slander conservative officeholders. They are doing that in this conversation here and now with Hood. Why do they not like Hood? He's a conservative and he is asking pertinent questions in executive committee meetings they do not want to answer. That's it. That's why they call the police, take ridiculous cases to court and otherwise make fools out of themselves.

We have three conservative Republicans on the Beaufort County Commission: Deatherage, Dunn, and Richardson. These folks arguing on this thread would have people believe the conservatives are blocking getting things done. That is not true. The two RINOS, Walker and Waters have aligned with the two Democrats and are THE reason our taxes are so high and going higher. The votes go 4 to 3. That's easy math.

Think about this. We are seeing the attacks on Hood on this thread. A few short years ago, this same party chairman brought ridiculous disloyalty charges against Tandy Dunn. Tandy took it to arbitration and was completely cleared. The process took a long time. It was nothing but harassment just like the list of conservatives that are being persecuted with crazy charges now. See the pattern?

Stan Deatherage is up for election this year. He has never voted for a tax increase ever. You can bet these local GOP "leaders" are coming after him, too. That's what they do. It's easy to predict because we have a long, long track record with these people.

Conservatives need to be extra careful and not let the people using convoluted arguments confuse them. People have records. Those that do not can be known by the people backing them. With all the facts, this is not confusing. Conservatives are not the enemy. They are our only hope.

Commented: Wednesday, April 15th, 2026 @ 11:09 pm By: Van Zant

Rational is spot on in his/her analysis of this situation.

Hood exists only to rile up about 20 percent of the electorate. That’s the only way he stays anywhere near elected office other than limited voting.

Hood disrupts any and everything with regards to the BCGOP. He does so to stay in office. And we need to go back and look at how much he has pocketed by being a Commissioner all these years. And at no time or point in all those years has he truly advanced Conservatism here. Not once.

He grandstands to get elected but is the most ineffective Republican ever elected here. But I’m certain he cashes that check every month for the past three decades.

And Stan is just along for the ride. Because in his mind “The Hood” is always right. And Stan runs in years “The Hood” doesn’t just to get that small segment of votes in limited voting to cash their taxpayers check.

I think the people are waking up to their self serving BS.

Commented: Wednesday, April 15th, 2026 @ 8:29 pm By: Real Conservative

Am I incorrect that Max ran 'united' with Joe and Nick? Or he was an outlander running independent?

Commented: Wednesday, April 15th, 2026 @ 2:32 pm By: Jeff Williamson

The dispatcher was playing dumb and refusing to take the information. So, who is smart, me for reporting a situation or the dispatcher for playing games. All they have to do is take the information. Why the games.

Rational Observer, look at what your are doing, making judgements about that which you knw nothing. Is that smart or what?

Commented: Wednesday, April 15th, 2026 @ 11:54 am By: Hood Richardson

So it is once again someone else's fault that you berated the dispatcher. Its the dispatcher's fault. Or it's the reporters' collective fault for reporting your bad behavior. Nerver, ever is it your fault. Everyone else is at fault ... but not you Mr. Richardson. Never ... such a victim.

Commented: Wednesday, April 15th, 2026 @ 9:12 am By: Rational Observer

Dummy Rational Observer, The 300 pound woman was walking down the center of the street in more than 90 degree heat and profusely sweating. I saw danger, danger, danger. You were not there, so how stupid you are of me to question my judgement.

It is strange that getting information from local law enforcement is extremely difficult, but my call to help someone in distress became public. Politics, politics, politics.

Commented: Wednesday, April 15th, 2026 @ 6:46 am By: Hood Richardson

Commented: Tuesday, April 14th, 2026 @ 6:58 pm By: Rational Observer

Wow, The City Council held an old fashion Witch Burning last night, Or I could call it a RailRoading of JoeDavis. The three amigos, showed they ARE the CityCabal and will burn anyone who doesnt toe their Line. I'm seeing some very vengeful council members & there are 3 who would probably love for Rorie to sue any citizens who effectively criticizes their judgements. Very Scary!

The night's events were so dominated by Tyre that one begins to wonder if he is the secret Mayor & maybe CityManager combined. That man sure loves the sound of his voice. Perrault & Horton keep sharing All-Knowing glances w each other. Perrault even calls 4 the citizens to unite to torch Davis.

Early on, Rorie noted that he was hving "a Washington Moment." It was as if to say, all he had heard abt the City is true.
And Fritz looke lik a man who just landed on Mars & realized he is the only Human there, and if he is going to survive he's going to hav to begin composting his own poop to grow potatoes(TheMartian)

Commented: Tuesday, April 14th, 2026 @ 6:38 pm By: RoadKill

Truth Be Told: I attend the meetings to make a difference, but the difference is impossible when RINO corruption gets in the way of actually having a real meeting, where the work gets done, and right now the so-called Beaufort County GOP is doing NOTHING to aid real Republican candidates in the upcoming elections; for instance - getting out the vote in the recent primary, where the Republican Party here in Beaufort County did absolutely NOTHING.

I, and other keen observers, could easily argue that the planned complacence by the local GOP aided in hard-working Representative Kidwell losing his primary, and school board incumbents, like competent Steve Rader, being replaced due to an onslaught of Democrats switching to Unaffiliated to pick the Republican nominees to serve as our candidates in the general election. One has to reckon: How many of these Democrats-turned-Unaffiliated-taking-Republican ballots barrelled to the polls to vote for Keith Kidwell, or Steve Rader, or Travis Martin, or Stan Deatherage or Charles Hickman (with only Hickman and Deatherage surviving the primary)?

NO, there is little difference being made in every stretch of the political /governing paradigm by Beaufort County GOP, in which their obvious plan appears ambivalence, or worse, toward all local candidates waxing conservative.

Commented: Tuesday, April 14th, 2026 @ 6:49 pm By: Stan Deatherage

You're basically the anti-Trump of Beaufort County. Whereas Trump has expanded the Republican base tremendously and is known for the art of the deal; you sir shrink the base of support in the county for conservative causes. And only know the art of the victim.

Commented: Tuesday, April 14th, 2026 @ 1:59 pm By: Rational Observer