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Having a lawyer from the Raleigh Durham area for a local government down here in eastern North Carolina just does not make much sense from the standpoint of the taxpayers who cover the cost. A big city lawyer's fees are almost certainly higher than an eastern NC lawyer. Then there is the milage, hotel, travel time charges, etc.

Until the present lawyer, our school board lawyers were always local, just like our county attorney and city attorney are. Our local economy would benefit when our local tax dollars are spent locally with a local lawyer not one way out of town.

A local lawyer is also going to understand Beaufort County which somebody from Raleigh or Durham is not likely to do. That is particularly true of a lawyer heavily engaged in party politics of the party opposite of the way our county votes. There are very different values involved there.

Commented: Wednesday, October 29th, 2025 @ 8:15 pm By: Concerned Taxpayer

Williams has been on the BOE for how many years and has had the opportunity to change the outside atty? Only NOW is there ANY discussion and all brought about by changes to the BOE, specifically Mr. Radar.

Am I correct?

Commented: Wednesday, October 29th, 2025 @ 4:57 pm By: Jeff Williamson

The policies of the EU's European Commission, an unelected, unaccountable, and undemocratic body that runs the EU are as bad or worse than those of the Biden regime. They are all globalists who want to destroy national sovereignty through flooding western countries with Third World migrants. It is good to see their machinations made public.

Commented: Wednesday, October 29th, 2025 @ 3:31 pm By: borderhawk

"Homelessness Industrial Complex:" That phrase sums up much in the definition of this new Leftist ideology.

Commented: Wednesday, October 29th, 2025 @ 3:16 pm By: Stan Deatherage

Well, it was at least refreshing to see that Steve Rader corrected you on your statement that Daniel Hudson and myself was "trying to steal Steve Rader's fire" on suggesting we hire a local attorney. It was indeed Daniel Hudson who brought it before the board after he and I discussed this multiple times. Secondly, your comment that "I stated I would never vote for anyone other than Tharrington and Smith to represent the school board" is grossly incorrect. I stated I would not vote to remove them from retainer but voted to search for a local attorney to use on a day to day basis. Thirdly, your comment that CPS Principal was incorrect on stating that Snowden parents and students are completely happy at CPS, an "A" rated school, shows you haven't been at the school. I've visited the school at least 10 times since August and see how much these students are benefitting. Maybe try visiting the school yourself. Your readers deserve better or better yet watch the video themselves.

Commented: Wednesday, October 29th, 2025 @ 1:58 pm By: Terry Williams

This abhorrent civil behavior by the Non Patriot Left will be coming to a head in many Leftist controlled cities near and far from US here in Eastern NC.

Commented: Wednesday, October 29th, 2025 @ 1:49 pm By: Stan Deatherage

He may have passed the title on to a successor, but the leopard does not change his spots. He is still a Democrat partisan and should not be an attorney for a governmental body in a predominantly Republican county.

Commented: Wednesday, October 29th, 2025 @ 10:09 am By: Rino Hunter

The site for the Durham County Democrat Party incicates someone else is leader of the Durham Democrat Party. The lawyer is no longer there.

Commented: Wednesday, October 29th, 2025 @ 7:07 am By: Hood Richardson

It does appear that a goodly bunch of MSNBC and CNN Analysts will hiring an even larger number of Democratic Socialist defense attorneys.

Commented: Wednesday, October 29th, 2025 @ 3:55 am By: Stan Deatherage

When it comes to border security, Don Brown is rock solid. Michael Whatley is an opportunist who might say the right things on occaision, but has never really engaged on this issue, and has strong connections to people who are amnesty whores, especially from his lobbyist days, but also his strong ties to amnesty whore Thom Tillis.

This primary is a no brainer. Don Brown is the only game in town for those who care about border security. He is probably the only one of the pair that could actually beat Roy Cooper, an even worse amnesty whore, in November.

Commented: Tuesday, October 28th, 2025 @ 11:39 am By: borderhawk

Isn't this present school board attorney the chairman of the Durham County Democrat Party? Why is such a partisan activist Democrat serving as school board attorney for a mostly Republican school board in a different part of the state? Apparently he never revealed that to the board himself. Why not? Also, apparently Cheeseman never revealed it. Why not? It seems like an attorney should be up front about things like that when representing a board elected in partisan elections.

Commented: Tuesday, October 28th, 2025 @ 9:27 am By: Rino Hunter

One of my agenda items for the Beaufort County Commissioners' general meeting was "The 'Schumer Shutdown,' and what is its Effect on Beaufort County," but I pulled it because that issue will be coming up on the agenda earlier in the meeting as an important business issue, not as an item of prospective curiosity which interests me and my constituents as I return to my first general meeting after my hip replacement surgery 5 weeks prior.

I will speak to that business issue from the Conservative perspective, which is always my political nature to do so.

Commented: Monday, October 27th, 2025 @ 11:59 pm By: Stan Deatherage