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Commented on Idaho passes strongest bill protecting single sex bathrooms and locker rooms in the country.Hooray for Idaho! I well remember the NC debacle when our wimpy legislative leadership caved to pressure from the special interests and Governor Roy Cooper to repeal HB2. It was Phil Berger's first sellout of the GOP base, in what turned out to be a new pattern of selling out. It is so good to see that scumbag out of the legislature. That sellout of the GOP base by repealing HB2 led to Christian conservatives staying home in the next legislative election nad the GOP losing its supermajority. Berger stabbed us in the back on that one and a lot of other issues since.
Commented: Wednesday, April 1st, 2026 @ 10:22 am
By: Rino Hunter
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When Executive Committee members to this day are not entirely sure who is on their sub-committees and these sub-committees do not report to the overall committee, that is certainly a lack of transparency. Even more so when the sub-committee is taking actions that should be reserved for the overall committee.
Also, note the nastiness in the tone of many of the "establishment" members. What they attribute to Mr. Richardson regularly more often comes from them. That same trait was evident in the proceedings of the ridiculous court action Ms. Garris brought against Mr. Richardson that was dismissed after a comical display by the Garris faction. Leadership requires effort and hopefully ethics. There is not much on display from this group. What they are doing now is a doubling down on their Victory Committee plans for the County Commission general election. Working for the party itself is not something they are mature enough to do.
Commented: Tuesday, March 31st, 2026 @ 8:09 pm
By: Van Zant
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Regardless, "Van Zant," the members of the committee were made known to Executive Committee. There is nothing in the State, District, or County Plans that requires committee member information, to include executive committee members, to be publicly disclosed. The Republican Party is not subject to open meeting laws, so there is no obligation to make that information public. The requirement is simply to maintain a list, which must be made available upon request by a registered Republican in the county. Even then, the requestor should be required to sign a Confidentiality and Use Agreement.
What is evident, however, is not a lack of transparency, but a lack of understanding. The rules are not ambiguous, and the process is not new. Continually misrepresenting how the Party operates doesn't expose wrongdoing, it just exposes a willingness to manufacture division where none exists.
Commented: Tuesday, March 31st, 2026 @ 2:54 pm
By: Katrina
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I have a feeling mister.Richerton may have either checked out mentally during the convention, or was that he wa at a completely different event.
I i don't even know where to begin with the inaccuracies.Here it's like he's gaslighting, everybody that actually attended the event. At no time did michelle knicks even once state that you had to be a precinct delegate to go to the state convention?She said that you had to be present at the county convention in order to go to the state convention, which is not a county role.It is a statewide rule, and Mr Richardson knows this, but just wants attention. Furthermore, everyone was pleasant at the convention.Except for Mr Richardson, as is par for the course. Buzz Cayton presented a sensible resolution which passed and I supported for a list of all Executive Committee members to be made public, which is not unreasonable. However, Mr Richardson was asking for a list of victory committee members which I obtained at the last executive committee
Commented: Tuesday, March 31st, 2026 @ 3:55 pm
By: Rational Observer
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You have been drinking spiked coolaid. Your knowledge of how the convention is supposed to work consists of believing what Nix and the Queen told you. Read the Plan of Organization instead of doing what you are told. Motions properly presented to the convention are supposed to be heard by the convention. Not ruled out of order by those who only need your uninformed vote. Resolutions always stand or fall on their merit, not the opinion of a single person, a dictator.
Commented: Tuesday, March 31st, 2026 @ 4:14 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Two more points. Mr Richardson's absence from the last Executive Committee meeting was very refreshing. It was the first time in months that I saw a meeting where everybody was civil to each other.That didn't mean that everyone agreed because they didn't. But we were able to conduct business and have civil discussions without the constant demagoguery of Mr Richardson. Buzz Cayton was able to present a great idea of having a precinct committee so that we can get our precincts active. Concerns about a lawsuit were addressed. The members of the Victory Committee were identified per my personal request ( and we're then promptly misidentified by Mr richardson in this article where he includes someone who's not a member and excludes someone who is.) Mr Richardson is characterized by one thing and one thing only, and that is a desire for power.And it's disgusting to me. I even agree with some of his political views ... actually probably a majority. But he is the singular, most destructive force to the Republican Party in Beaufort County because he lacks simple decency.
Commented: Tuesday, March 31st, 2026 @ 4:09 pm
By: Rational Observer
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Not true. Names have never been provided. Victory Committee members were asked to stand at the last restricted EC meeting. Questions asked following were not answered. There has never been a Victory Committee report to the Executive Committee.
Commented: Tuesday, March 31st, 2026 @ 1:31 pm
By: Van Zant
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Are you sure you were at the 2026 Beaufort County Convention? Ms. Nix (from CARTERET), never once stated you had to attend the Precinct Meeting to attend the convention. It was made clear at the Precinct meetings that you had to provide the Chairman a request to be elected a Delegate to the Convention in absentia, prior to the convening of the Precinct meeting, and was even displayed at the top of the precinct delegate list form. Reading is fundamental, Hood.
Four of the six resolutions you submitted on behalf of yourself and others were ruled out of order for the same reasons - they were in direct conflict with the State and County Plans of Organization. This was explained to you by Chairman Nix prior to the convening of the convention. The resolution you presented from the floor was called out of order because the point was moot, as the names of the Victory Committee were already provided at the Executive Committee.
Commented: Tuesday, March 31st, 2026 @ 10:47 am
By: Katrina
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Whoops. I left out the registered Democrat in the commission race - Ed Booth. He's the Democrat that broke his promises to south side of the river residents when he voted against Snowden School.
Commented: Tuesday, March 31st, 2026 @ 11:51 am
By: Van Zant
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What have we learned?
1. Without doubt Edwards is the commission candidate picked by Democrat in Drag Frankie Waters. 2. Woolard is saying some of the right things except for his incorrect statements here that are a red flag. He is also a Victory Committee member which is not a badge of honor either. 3. Deatherage has an actual conservative record. This shouldn't be hard for informed conservatives. 
Commented: Tuesday, March 31st, 2026 @ 11:12 am
By: Van Zant
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The uninformed voter is one of our biggest enemies. With all of the infighting and inuendoes where does the average person find the truth. Then we have new-commers, those who have been out of touch for years and Igysobs (I've got you now you SOB) out to get even rather than build our community. Our one goal should be, "What is good for the people" and who can deliver.
Commented: Tuesday, March 31st, 2026 @ 9:52 am
By: Buzz Cayton
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What we need is a conservative team on the county commission that will 1) elect Republican leadership instead of a coalition with liberal Democrats, and 2) reduce our taxes. We have to elect two commissioners we can depend on this year if we are to do that. Since Edwards has Rebholz as his mentor, he is the one I trust least among the Republicans. Deatherage and Woolard are the two that can make it happen, and we do not need silly personality fights.
Remember, voters are much more concerned about actual issues than they are about internal workings of the Republican Party. Because of the shacky limited voting system where all candidates are still running against each other in November, there is very little the party organization can do in the election, but conservative voters will have to make the choice in a way that gets us out from under the situation that has left Democrats calling the shots on a 5 to 2 "Republican" commission.
Commented: Tuesday, March 31st, 2026 @ 8:53 am
By: John Steed
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Ashley, once again you are distorting he truth. It Frankie Waters and Randy Walker whom you thru your position on the "Victory Committee" of the Beaufort County Republican Party support.
As usual you are on both sides of the issue. You support the people who actually voted not to decrease taxes while you claim to support reducing taxes. This is called two faced where I am from. You need to take a stand against RINOs Waters and Walker and their collusion with Democrats Langley and Booth to run Beaufort County, waste money by closing schools while building new schools. It is your buddies RINO Wates and Walker who vote with the Democrats to refuse to decrease taxes. Stan and I have both made several motions to reduce taxes. RINOs Waters and Walker have voted against these motion every time.
Commented: Tuesday, March 31st, 2026 @ 6:41 am
By: Hood Richardson
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CV you're welcome. Thank you for the info.
Commented: Tuesday, March 31st, 2026 @ 7:48 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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Thank you for updating with the Rumble link. That is an excellent video on warming Americans what is afoot.
Right now, YouTube seems to be turning the requirement for a Google account to view YouTube on and off, but it is likely to be permanent soon. Google is a leftwing dirtbag company whose business model is to collect, sell, and otherwise use your data. Claiming they are protecting against bots is poppycock. Texas AG Ken Paxton just got a billion dollar settlement ot of dirtbag Google for misusing data of Texans.
Commented: Tuesday, March 31st, 2026 @ 7:44 am
By: Conservative Voter
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CV, thank you, wasn't aware of that. Will see what I can find else where.
Commented: Tuesday, March 31st, 2026 @ 5:15 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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Ashley: Nope, not me. This is all Hood, or the Beaufort Observer team, which is a separate entity from me - Eastern NC NOW.
I currently have plenty on my plate, and do not need any "saving," especially since my "ilk" respect the fact that I have never voted to increase wasteful spending, or taxes in the 25 budgets that I have participated in as a Beaufort County Commissioner, a reality that no other Beaufort County Commissioner in the history of Beaufort County can claim, except one other than myself ... And, that would be Commissioner Richardson - The Hood (29 budgets governing as a Conservative). Eastern NC NOW allows all written positions here, and will allow the well considered position of the Beaufort County GOP whenever it wishes to come clean with all that needs to be told to this publication's readership ... Just to set the record straight, once and for all. Just a word of advice, as someone who has won this seat seven times as an governing advocate for my Constituents, your false flag comment - "You two have allowed the people to have their taxes doubled or even tripled in many cases" - regarding my commitment to properly representing my constituents suggests here that you are intellectually removed from the truth, and that is a poor position for a candidate to place themselves in if they are truly serious in the honest debate to gain the right to serve the good people of Beaufort County.
Commented: Tuesday, March 31st, 2026 @ 12:23 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Stan, I appreciate you writing this article. I know Hood didn’t because there is only one misspelled word.
We are at a crossroad here in Beaufort County. You two have allowed the people to have their taxes doubled or even tripled in many cases. That stops this November and all the nonsense you guys post is absolutely irrelevant to the people here in Beaufort County. Are you seriously posting this garbage to protect yourself? I know youre ilk is trying to calculate numbers to save you Stan….I get it. Not going to be enough 🇺🇸
Commented: Monday, March 30th, 2026 @ 8:38 pm
By: Ashley Woolard
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Commented on Vance says Tim Walz can be proseccuted for Somali fraud; Waltz pledges loyalty to SomalisThose Democrat "No Kings" rallies are a joke. The "kings" we need to dethrone in American politics are the pompous Obama and Biden federal district judges. They act like they think they ought to be wearing purple robes instead of black ones. Due to their rampant abuse of office, an orange jump suit might be a better fit.
Commented: Monday, March 30th, 2026 @ 8:30 pm
By: Rino Hunter
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That would be an interesting video to watch. I wish it were on an honest video site like Rumble. Google-owned YouTUbe is now requiring entering a Google account to watch it. As a conservative, I do not use those far left data abusing turds at Google for any darn thing. I do not ever want a Google account to allow those dirtbags to sell my data while they promote censorship and bias on every platform they own.
Commented: Monday, March 30th, 2026 @ 7:47 pm
By: Conservative Voter
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Commented on Vance says Tim Walz can be proseccuted for Somali fraud; Waltz pledges loyalty to Somalis"Could be prosecuted" But will he be?
Commented: Monday, March 30th, 2026 @ 7:42 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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A boy who thinks he is a girl is just as nutty as a boy who thinks he is Napoleon. they both need mental health care, and badly.
Commented: Saturday, March 28th, 2026 @ 3:33 pm
By: Bubba
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A cabal of teachers and other school personnel pushed two retired teachers for the school board in this past primary and pushed both of them through. Teachers worked the polls for their two teachers union candidates. Ate we going let the inmates run the asylum? Taxpayers, parents, and citizens lost both races to the insider clique.
Commented: Saturday, March 28th, 2026 @ 11:21 am
By: Rino Hunter
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