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None of this is true.

Commented: Monday, November 13th, 2023 @ 2:45 pm By: Big Bob

First of all speech should never be criminalized unless it is something like a threat of violence or part of some other crime like making a false statemeent to defraud someone.

The N word is one I have not heard used by white people in years, but I do hear it used from time to time by one young black person in reference to another black person. It is a word that is never used in polite society, but not something that should be criminalized. Heck, the word is not even always racial. There was a line in Elivs Costello's hit song "Oliver's Army" that went "all it takes is an itchy trigger; one more widow, one less white nigger".

Commented: Monday, November 13th, 2023 @ 3:04 pm By: Conservative Voter

The ballot is secret. Nobody knows for sure who voted for who (or is whom?)

Commented: Monday, November 13th, 2023 @ 2:18 pm By: Big Bob

I'll bite. The N word. Hate speech or not?

Commented: Monday, November 13th, 2023 @ 2:15 pm By: Big Bob

Sorry... meant to say 907 active GOP voters... not 1265 as I mistakenly wrote below. duh!

Anyone else have 2 cents to share?

Commented: Monday, November 13th, 2023 @ 12:43 pm By: Washingtonian

Not an election analyst, but since no else has stepped forward, I'm going to speculate here anyway.

It appears that Washington has 2172 active voters out of a population of about 9,000. (I wonder how many of the 9,000 are children.)

It appears we have 1265 Democrat voters and 1265 GOP voters.
Since GOPers Ceres & Tex lost, it shows that the GOPers didnt choose them. The GOP mayoral candidate got 899 likely GOP votes. If those same voters had turned out for Ceres and Tex, they would have won.

Lou got 879 votes so it looks like the GOP did turn out for her.

Ellen w 747 votes likely got the city elite votes from the chamber of commerce crowd, both GOP and Dem.

Anyone else want to add their 2 cents worth?

Commented: Monday, November 13th, 2023 @ 11:39 am By: Washingtonian

The Campbells are on the most wacky end of what Margaret Thatcher called the "loony left". One wonders whether they are here to have a token far left opinion, or if it is for the humer like the Babylon Bee. These nutters don't realize it, but they give us a few good laughs.

Commented: Monday, November 13th, 2023 @ 9:56 am By: John Steed

and why this man should never be president.

www.nytimes.com

Commented: Monday, November 13th, 2023 @ 9:03 am By: Big Bob

Well then be alarmed Big Bob, because the news we decide to present is real, not FAKE NEWS like Leftists prefer, and furthermore, I will always appreciate the BO for sounding the alarms long before the inane becomes sadly real.

Commented: Monday, November 13th, 2023 @ 7:41 am By: Stan Deatherage

Big Bob: I am not affiliated with the "BO." I kindly provide the publication space on my Eastern NC NOW platform simply because I appreciate them providing news and information to our readership ... so in the absence of all else that might be news not presented, I consider almost everything on the Eastern NC NOW platform as journalism in a relative and comparative sense with what little else is provided in this region.

I know a lot, and I still learn much from the "BO" contributions, so I consider them a valuable asset to our joint readership.

Commented: Sunday, November 12th, 2023 @ 11:24 pm By: Stan Deatherage

They really need to raise minimum wages from $7.25 because the cost of living is you which included mortgage/rent,food and clothing. The wages should go up accordingly to living expenses. If we can send money to different countries, we should be able to take care of our home states...

Commented: Sunday, November 12th, 2023 @ 6:55 pm By: Brit

As such, I am. Just don’t forget that protecting what the flag represents is really what it’s all about. Anyone think a reporter in Russia is able to see Putins tax returns?

Commented: Sunday, November 12th, 2023 @ 7:39 am By: Big Bob