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This is a big reason why the Alternativ fur Deutschland is surging in Germany, calling for mass deportation. A new poll in the state of Brandenburg finds anti-immigration right Alternativ fur Deutschland has surged to 40% while anti-immigration left BSW is at 7% and traditional parties are dropping like stones.

Commented: Monday, October 12th, 2026 @ 11:06 am By: borderhawk

The socialist Democrat running against Paxton, James Tallarico, AKA TallaFREAKo, went missing from the campaign trail for 11 days, claiming to have the flu. It turns out he was actually in a mental hospital in Ohio during that time. Since nutjob TallaFREAKo claims there are 6 genders and that God is "non-binary" maybe that mental health hospital should have just kept him.

Commented: Monday, October 12th, 2026 @ 10:38 am By: Rino Hunter

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Surely, the city attorney must have known that law, yet the golden handshake was paid out to Russell. But it gets worse. I am also told by attorneys that North Carolina law prohibits personnel changes by local government bodies during the period between an election and when the newly elected local government body comes into office. A request to resign would be such a personnel change, and this vote occurred during the period when it is by law not allowed.

Surely, the city attorney must have known that law, too. So, the question is - Why did he allow this clear breach of NC law? As Shakespeare would say, something is rotten in the state of Washington, NC.

Nick Fritz was talking about trying to claw this golden handshake back. Is that why thugs were sent to harass first his business and then his family, leading to his resignation to protect his family?

As to this new contract, it is an insult to citzens, voters, taxpayers, and city elected officials

Commented: Monday, October 12th, 2026 @ 9:29 am By: The Shadow

Rip up this contract and send the city attorney packing

Commented: Sunday, October 11th, 2026 @ 7:04 pm By: Washington Native

In government, it is the elected officials, not the bureaucrats that should be in control. This horrible contract stands that on its head. It makes the bureaucrat, the city manager, in control, and leaves the elected officials as bystanders. Any city council member who votes for this excrement sandwich called a contract should have their head examined. And, yes. it is LONG past time for a new city attorney.

If the city manager is going to be a little local king, like this contract does, then it is time to make the office elected by the voters of the city.

Commented: Sunday, October 11th, 2026 @ 6:57 pm By: Conservative Voter

The Republican Party needs to answer this Democrat smear on TV or it will hurt GOP candidates.

Commented: Sunday, October 11th, 2026 @ 2:32 pm By: piratefan

The question of who, if anybody, the city attorney consulted before drawing up this contract is interesting. A government body operates legally as a body, and apparently the whole body was never consulted on what they wanted in such a contract. If the city attorney conspired with a smaller portion of the city council, both acted very improperly.

Then there is the Open Meetings Law, which requires notice to the public before an action like this is taken. The City Attorney is conniving to thwart the Open Meetings law.

This whole thing just stinks from so many directions. It looks like a lot of the problem is a bad city attorney.

BTW, I hope someone is linking this thread on Face Book to get more exposure.

Commented: Sunday, October 11th, 2026 @ 3:06 pm By: Rino Hunter

This is corruption and cronyism at its finest ! We need transparency !

Commented: Sunday, October 11th, 2026 @ 10:54 am By: Concerned washingtonian

I agree CT. Did someone ask the City attorney to draw up this very generous city manager contract?
Who was it?
Did the City Council members offer any guidance?
Was that done in the shadows?
I thinking that if he acted outside the city council's request & guidance, then he needs to resign Now! Washington is a small town. It shouldnt be micro-managed by unseen power-hungry agents.

I know that there are many who are negative toward Joe Davis, but This CATCH of his alone, shows us why we need to keep an alert/thinking person like Joe on the job. I am sending my gratitude to him.

Commented: Sunday, October 11th, 2026 @ 1:06 pm By: Washingtonian

What utter nonsense. Whose side is the city attorney on? In this case it is certainly not his employer and client, the city. He is setting up his own client for some major financial payouts, and that means the taxpayers. If he put these things in on his own, why is he backstabbing the city? If he did it on the demand of the new city manager, that is a good reason to not hire her and look for someone else, preferably from the private sector instead of a career bureaucrat.

My understanding is that all state government employees, from the top to the bottom, have a probationary period, which I think is six months. During that period, the employee can be let go with no consequence if they do not measure up. Why does the city manager contract not have a similar provision? Only after successfully serving the probationary period, does a state employee become a permanent employee.

Commented: Sunday, October 11th, 2026 @ 10:38 am By: Rino Hunter

If you’re the kind of parents who gets “alerts” on your phone from people you don’t know about a school you really need to put your kids in private school.

Maybe going to a parent teacher conference and not acting like an a$$ might be a better approach? Just sayin

Commented: Sunday, October 11th, 2026 @ 6:52 am By: big Bob

Both Carolyn Walker and her husband Randy were actively opposing conservative Republican School Board candidates in the last primary. Their fingerprints are all over the progression of the School Board becoming more and more liberal. Their work resulted in liberals winning two of the three seats they targeted. Pretend Republicans Carolyn and Randy are the Democrat Party's best weapons in Beaufort County.

On primary election night both Walkers were at the Board of Elections crowing about their wins and badmouthing the conservatives that lost as well as the conservatives that won. Part of their public display was a phone call they were carrying on with the former School Superintendent while at the Election Board.

Commented: Sunday, October 11th, 2026 @ 8:00 am By: Van Zant