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What the school board needs is an attorney at least smart enough to advise them to order a title search before they build another 54 million dollar school on land that they do not own.

Commented: Saturday, November 1st, 2025 @ 8:47 pm By: Stan Deatherage

We should remember that North Carolina's Green New Deal which promotes the wind and solar boondoggle over reliable conventional electricity was rammed through the legislature in an undemocratic power play by Phil Berger and Tim Moore, who are at least nominally "Republican" but were serving the special interests, particularly "woke" energy monopoly Duke Energy, plus Governor Roy Cooper, when they did it. That was a shameful attack on NC electric ratepayers that will push us in the direction of New Jersey on our power bills.

Commented: Saturday, November 1st, 2025 @ 6:54 pm By: Concerned Taxpayer

To whom it may concern.
The local lawyers are all corrupt. They are all afraid of the City Govt.
They are all self serving, hoping to win some gravy appointment from local govt. I pretty sure, if I remember correctly, that the current city attorney was disciplined by the state Legal Board. That stuff is online.

Commented: Saturday, November 1st, 2025 @ 5:00 pm By: Washingtonian

A local attorney is likely to bring rural eastern NC values to representing the school board. A big city attorney is bring big city values which are likely to be liberal and out of touch with local values. It just makes good sense that the local attorney would be the one on top.

Commented: Saturday, November 1st, 2025 @ 2:29 pm By: Bubba

The fact that Michael Whatley has no philosophical compass or fixed set of principles is shown by the fact that he and his lobbying / public relations firm worked for the Green New Deal grifters of Big Solar and pushed their own scheme to promote the leftwing ESG litmus test for companies. That is NOT the background we want in a US senator. If you like shifty Mitch McConnel or John McCain, you will love Michael Whatley. He is Lisa Murkowski or Susan Collins without the skirt (at least that we know of)>

Commented: Saturday, November 1st, 2025 @ 11:15 am By: Concerned Taxpayer

Whatley is Tillis 2.0, and North Carolina does NOT need that! All the establishment money in the world cannot buy him the respect of conservative voters. If he is at the top of the ticket, it will be poison for Republicans farther down the ballot. NEVER WHATLEY

Commented: Saturday, November 1st, 2025 @ 9:06 am By: Rino Hunter

Van Zant, the issue seems to be whether to have a REAL local attorney or a local attorney IN NAME ONLY. Beaufort County citizens deserve the real thing, not a facade. Who is trying to create this mirage. Is it Cheeseman?

Commented: Saturday, November 1st, 2025 @ 8:27 am By: Conservative Voter

Naomi has been an outspoken opponent of illegal immigration and open borders, and that is why both her own government and ANTIFA are coming for her. Germany's globalist government tries to suppress the views of anyone opposed to their migrant policies. They have even been talking about banning the country's main opposition party for that reason. It increases their anger at her that she also debunks their climate agenda. It says it all when ANTIFA makes death threats and the German police refuse to do anything until they actually attack her when she may be badly injured on dead. It is almost like the German police are being accomplices of ANTIFA. America should welcome this champion of western culture with open arms.

Commented: Friday, October 31st, 2025 @ 5:26 pm By: borderhawk

Exactly Steve, one must recuse themselves when in the decision making process on issues that might have the appearance of a Conflict of Interest.

I will go one step further: Any business that local officials seek or is offered must be completely bid out, that they must be the low bid, and their service should be unique, one where there are very few individuals who can provide the probable highest level of workmanship in the region. This is my philosophy of correctness regarding Conflict of Interest that supersedes all Conflict of Interest tennants demanded by the North Carolina General Statutes.

I rather doubt that these high standards of mine are being followed by any or all local governments in Beaufort County. RINOs and Democratic Socialists are simply not capable of such levels of competent consideration of the People's business.

Commented: Friday, October 31st, 2025 @ 1:40 pm By: Stan Deatherage

Jeff: Beaufort County is excluded from any conflict of interest statutes due to the size of the county as per the size of the contract. People involved in government are already doing business with governments for very rudimentary products and services.

Take what I did for the county schools: No one in eastern NC can provide the level of service that we provide for that very technical service where quality control is paramount, so why punish the people of Beaufort County by paying more money for a lesser service from an out of the state vendor? Local is very important in dealing with highly specialized services.

That is not economic development or a service to the taxpayer or education at large in this instance, and that is why North Carolina has the Small County Exclusion within its general statutes for Conflict of Interest.

Additionally, I had both contracts before I was elected for my third time as a non incumbent, and was pre-promised by management that it would make no difference if I was elected, because of ... drumroll ... "The Small County Exclusion within its general statutes for Conflict of Interest."

Additionally, I was assured that my high level of service at a guaranteed lower cost was all that would matter. No, this is RINO /Democrat politics, and that is the only truth here, and I detest lies, corruption and ignorance at all levels of governing.

That is how I am built.

Commented: Friday, October 31st, 2025 @ 11:58 am By: Stan Deatherage

I have another personal problem as an individual and as a politician: I am incredibly honest.

Long before the NC General Assembly ratified School Choice, I have been a long time advocate of School Choice as a means to break-up t and the public at large for generations ... At least the Millenials going forward, of which I have certain proof.

My attitude has changed since late December, 2023 on so many things business and personal, and the part where Stan Deatherage - the business person / the business person being mistreated is pretty much over. I am taking an inventory, not only constantly on myself, but others that wander aimlessly in my sphere.

Commented: Friday, October 31st, 2025 @ 11:14 am By: Stan Deatherage

I agree Steve, and bid these people out in a much more solid manner than the RINO /Democratic Socialist coalition did controlling the Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners.

Thanks for doing your job on the Beaufort County School Board. We need just a few more members like you to get the finally get job done there.

Overall, throughout Beaufort County's many local governments, RINOs are pathetic governing leaders.

Commented: Friday, October 31st, 2025 @ 10:06 am By: Stan Deatherage