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The Conservative Club is not a recognized affiliate organization of the Republican National Committee or State Party; therefore, it does not have standing within the party structure. The State Plan of Organization and the Beaufort County GOP Plan of Organization grant the Chairman the discretion to call meetings.

Commented: Friday, April 10th, 2026 @ 3:03 pm By: Truth be Told

And you would have been there too ... but you can't be civil so no business can be conducted due to the disruptions you repeatedly cause. You also endorsed non-Republican candidates in a race with other Republicans which unless you are totally oblivious (and you are quite astute so I don't believe this to be the case) violates the state rules and is grounds for automatic resignation from the Executive Committee. You continue to act like a woke Democrat that wants to play the victim. You are not a victim sir.

Commented: Friday, April 10th, 2026 @ 2:49 pm By: Rational Observer

Well now Mr Richardson, you are just flat out lying. I was in attendance when the victory committee members were announced. And so was your wife by the way. So unless she isn't telling you who they were, you're playing a game right now which doesn't surprise me.

Commented: Friday, April 10th, 2026 @ 2:31 pm By: Rational Observer

Brabo.... Moved here five years ago. Bought a house in a residential neighborhood. Lied on her special permit application. Neighbors complain. She goes before the board under oath. Lies again. Lies upon lies upon lies build up. She's basically running a commercial business in the heart of a residential neighborhood. And now she plays the VICTIM of the problem she herself created. She's breaking the law every day she is open. She's a fraud, and a liar, and needs to resign. She is the only sitting mayor in the entire country suing their own city. Washington deserves better than this unhinged, unethical woman. She's a traitor to the city she serves.

Commented: Friday, April 10th, 2026 @ 1:01 pm By: Woke

Very well stated!

He is Risen indeed!

Commented: Friday, April 10th, 2026 @ 12:36 pm By: Rational Observer

Mr Richardson. Your response is EXACTLY what I'm talking about. I myself have some issues with the victory committee, but the fact that you label them as democratic Socialists is so insane that you lose all credibility and your natural allies ... proving how ineffective you are at furthering conservatism. You want someone like myself to believe that Steve Radar and Keith Kidwell (rated the MOST conservative Republican in the NC General Assembly) who are both on that Victory Committee are Democratic Socialists? You're stating things like that is what proves my point that you are simply in it for power and because you have a personality conflict with Keith Kidwell. You do your cause so much damage with your rhetoric and demeanor. I want conservative policies enacted. You are more concerned with feeling powerful and name calling.

Commented: Friday, April 10th, 2026 @ 11:08 am By: Rational Observer

Replying to Washingtonian re: Mayor Brabo's B&B on Market Street — now THAT is an interesting development worth watching. So let me understand the full picture: we have a council coalition that halted a police chief search to manufacture leverage for their city manager pick, and simultaneously the Mayor's own property is heading before the Board of Adjustments? Washington's governance soap opera just added another episode. I'm not saying these things are connected. I'm saying when you've already watched this council operate the way it has, you don't take coincidences at face value anymore.

Commented: Friday, April 10th, 2026 @ 10:36 am By: RiverCityRealist

I am sorry Rational Observer; you make a good point here in you last comment; and at first blush, I thought you might be one of the RINOs within the structure of the Beaufort County GOP, who wakes up everyday bent on destroying Hood Richardson, and by association, "Your Truly." For myself and The Hood, there is no true Beaufort County GOP, and there has not been for more than a decade, but that is another long story that is not worth wasting anyone's time over ... Not yet.

Hood is a smart man and he is an honest man, and those two qualities are hard to find in politicians. Hood also often views issues in black and white, which is the intellectual construct of successful civil engineers. I know this from experience, as I was once a young surveyor, who has worked projects for CEs, and they were always very sure about what they wanted as an end result, but how they achieved their directive was often different; however, in the final analysis: They were Hell-bent to achieve a finite end, and I have always respected that about civil engineers.

Maybe, this helps me understand The Hood, his value as a public servant, and how necessary he is to contrast Real Republicans from those that are fakes, which are in great abundance here in Beaufort County ... Mostly because the local GOP not only allows it, they support well the RINO amongst us.

Commented: Friday, April 10th, 2026 @ 9:42 am By: Stan Deatherage

1/2 Hood, your entire argument rests on a fundamental misrepresentation of what the First Amendment actually does.

The First Amendment prevents Congress from creating laws that prohibit free speech. It does not apply to internal rules of private organizations, including political parties. There is nothing in the Constitution that prohibits an organization from setting reasonable limits on conduct during its meetings, especially when those limits are necessary to maintain order and prevent the spread of misinformation.

Your claim that this was a “secret meeting” is simply false. The meeting in question was open to all Executive Committee members. That is exactly how Executive Committee meetings are structured. There is nothing in the State Plan of Organization that requires these meetings to be open to the general public, nor is there any requirement that nonmembers be given the floor to speak.

Commented: Friday, April 10th, 2026 @ 8:55 am By: Katrina

All states need legislation like this.

Commented: Friday, April 10th, 2026 @ 8:50 am By: borderhawk

Rational Observer: Are you whining about The Hood because he was unsuccessful in winning over the RINOs? Winning over Beaufort County RINOs is an impossible task. This I know from tremendous experience, and I am not Hood, so don't throw Hood in your tiny box of 'Hood just does not kiss up enough to our favored RINOs on the Beaufort County Commission.'

Commented: Thursday, April 9th, 2026 @ 10:30 pm By: Stan Deatherage

I have real concerns about Rorie's record and I think the behavior described toward Mr. Roberson is inexcusable if accurate. But I'd also want to hear Perreault and Tyre's side before drawing final conclusions. Public officials deserve the chance to respond to allegations this serious, even when the allegations are from highly credible sources.

Commented: Thursday, April 9th, 2026 @ 8:25 pm By: ThinkingItThroughNC