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Two year terms make county commissioners more accountable and responsive. Whether by district or at-large, two year terms will make these politicians more likely to have to actually listen to voters.

Commented: Tuesday, March 26th, 2024 @ 12:00 pm By: John Steed

I do agree that there is some validation to having Commissioners elected on every two year basis. I think that is a good point. However I think it's a horrible idea to have Commissioners elected countywide instead of by districts. Here's why.

When it's County Wide you could have three or four Republicans and maybe one Democrat or vice versa on the ballot since you only get one vote for a commissioner you're actually dividing the vote for your party there by limiting just how many members of your party can be elected even if the majority vast majority of the voters want a particular party's candidates to be elected. So instead of electing say eight Republican commissioners based on districts we might only elect seven or six because one Republican is taking the votes away from another Republican because you only get one vote thereby dividing the conservative vote. The same would be true for the other side. And then I deal world I would favor the district map with two year terms staggered. But we don't live in an Ideal World unfortunately so I believe that the petition is the best option that we have right now to rectify a situation in which voters votes are diluted we're only getting one vote for commissioner when there may be several different commissioners that would otherwise be elected by District.

Commented: Tuesday, March 26th, 2024 @ 11:44 am By: Gary Ceres

The Progress Parties of Scandanavia represents REAL progress. They started with the Progress Party of Denmark, which stormed into politics the first election they ran in to become the second largest party in the country running on a platform of "abolish the welfare state, abolish the income tax, and fire the bureaucracy". The Progress Party of Norway, which has been part of government coalitions took those issues and added a strident opposition to illegal immigration. Now that is TRUE progress.

Commented: Tuesday, March 26th, 2024 @ 11:32 am By: Concerned Taxpayer

Actually Hoodie, the commissioners just don't vote for you. I will add calling republicans in BC liberal just isn't accurate. Hell, the democrats aren't even what most would call liberal. The truth is your position on most issues is so far to the right most find they don't agree. Plus, you're just mean.

MAGA- they can't govern

Commented: Tuesday, March 26th, 2024 @ 9:42 am By: Big Bob

Cant stop progress.

Commented: Tuesday, March 26th, 2024 @ 10:00 am By: Big Bob

Totalitarians of the past thought communism and naziism were "progress" so it is not surprising that totalitarians of today think the same thing of globalism.

Commented: Tuesday, March 26th, 2024 @ 9:56 am By: Concerned Taxpayer

Countrygirl1411: It is a simple mathematical equation as to whether the People of Beaufort County get more representation or less.

The current plan gives the citizens of Beaufort County 2 votes for individual commissioners every 4 years; The current plan gives the citizens of Beaufort County 2 votes for individual commissioners every 4 years; The plan proposed by Hood Richardson, which I endorse, would give the citizens of Beaufort County 3 votes for individual commissioners every 4 years.

Commented: Tuesday, March 26th, 2024 @ 9:04 am By: Stan Deatherage

I would love to see the voting system for county commissioners go back to the way it was many years ago. If there are 3 seats up for re-election you got to vote for 3 people.
Now if 3 seats are up for re-election you only get to vote for one person. Some how that is just not right. If nothing else do it like the judges, if seat 1, 4 and 6 are up for re-election, let people file to run for that seat and everyone gets to vote for those seats, 3 seats, 3 votes.

Commented: Tuesday, March 26th, 2024 @ 8:02 am By: Countrygirl1411

Cant stop progress.

Commented: Monday, March 25th, 2024 @ 5:41 pm By: Big Bob

If you have a SOROS prosecutor like in Manhattan, or a Biden DOJ partisan hack like Jackass Smith, or a far left daughter of a Black Panther terrorist like Fani Willis, it just does not work that way, Bobbie. They have different agendas and different targets.

What we have now in America is a two-tier "justice" system where there is a different standard for Republicans than for Democrats. Compare the results of Biden's classified documents with Trump's for example. That is a huge threat to the rule of law and to democracy itself.

Commented: Monday, March 25th, 2024 @ 8:18 pm By: Conservative Voter

Joe Biden put his hand up the dress of his Senate staff member Tara Reid and digitally (with his finger) raped her. That unwelcome and unwanted sexual assault by Joe Biden was committed against his own employee, but that has been swept under the rug.

The attempts to imprison Trump have nothing to do with any sexual issues, but Biden should have been kicked out of the Senate and gone to jail for what he did to Tara Reid.

Commented: Monday, March 25th, 2024 @ 7:44 pm By: Rino Hunter