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I cannot believe I am saying this, but here goes: Because of President Trump and his Trumpian political values, I think California may be salvageable.

Commented: Friday, October 10th, 2025 @ 4:08 pm By: Stan Deatherage

The Beaufort County School Board has made a conscious decision, under this administration to make communication by transparency an extremely low priority, and in particular here in the digital space.

My words here are exact, as I know as much as anyone else in this county regarding this particular subject.

Commented: Friday, October 10th, 2025 @ 7:58 am By: Stan Deatherage

After doing just a bit of research on this I've concluded that it is the folks pretending to be the BC Republican Executive Committee that are the ones way out of line. Been calling some of the Repub. Exec. Committee members. None of them have addressed this or the School Board member stuff either. I have heard references to some sort of shadow committee that was created by the Executive Committee before the last Republican Convention. If you read the Republican PoO all of this is not legal according to their own rules. Even if this was a current committee, which they are not, they would still have to report to the committee at large.
It appears that the things these people are accusing Mr. O'Neal of are things they are guilty of themselves. Beaufort County has its own political mafia.

Commented: Wednesday, October 8th, 2025 @ 7:19 pm By: Van Zant

Stan: Yes, I think so. Obviously, Eastern NC NOW understands this story. The news cadets over at WITN, WNCT and WDN, not so much.

Commented: Wednesday, October 8th, 2025 @ 9:22 am By: Van Zant

This issue with a school bus is so much more significant than the local nothingburger school bus escapade, yet the media beat the local one to death and NC media are ignoring this one.

Commented: Tuesday, October 7th, 2025 @ 8:55 pm By: Conservative Voter

Now it is Virginia's Fraternal Order of Police who have called VA Democrat AG nominee Jones "not fit for office" and demanded he withdraw from the race.
redstate.com

Commented: Tuesday, October 7th, 2025 @ 12:21 pm By: John Steed

Hood, from your pen to God's ears, I pray that real Conservatives will be elected in the next two local elections so all corrupt practices will be made right, so we can Make Beaufort County Great Again.

Commented: Tuesday, October 7th, 2025 @ 8:22 am By: Stan Deatherage

WOW! A MSM mouthpiece, MSNBC's's Joe Scarborough, has now called for that Virginia AG candidate to drop out of the race after calling for the assassination of a GOP rival. "Morning Joe" is a usual woke voice for the left, but he seems to have some common sense on rejecting those who promote political violence. www.dailymail.co.uk

Commented: Monday, October 6th, 2025 @ 4:40 pm By: John Steed

I read here where Don Phipps has been hired to help Forsythe County straighten out their many problems in that former Sanctuary County.

I hope this will be a good match because I well know Don Phipps; he is a good, honest, and smart man. Together, we built the greatest informational platform that Beaufort County Schools has ever had, and will probably ever have, and we did it at the greatest value ever created for any digital platform in the history of Beaufort County.

I respect Don Phipps greatly as a superintendent and as a man, and my humble opinion is that Superintendent Phipps may be too good for that former Sanctuary County of Forsyth; however, I hope it works, especially for Don Phipps and his family, uprooted from Caldwell County.

Commented: Monday, October 6th, 2025 @ 2:44 pm By: Stan Deatherage

States like North Carolina should look to the solution to this problem identified by Poland's populist right Law and Justice Party. They put forward a law that allowed any Polish citizen whose posts complied with Polish law but had them removed by a major internet platform to sue that platform in Polish courts for a million euros per incident. This made censorship of Poles potentially very expensive for those major internet platforms. North Carolina could do the same for posts of North Carolinians which comply with North Carolina law, letting anyone sue those major platforms in North Carolina courts for a large amount of damages.

Commented: Monday, October 6th, 2025 @ 11:08 am By: Steven P. Rader

RINO Hunter: As I am fixing to register for re-election, in December, to keep my constituents' hard fought county commissioner seat, I would like to have the help of the Beaufort County GOP, and all their self-defined leaders; however, it probably will not be necessary. I always govern as if I am my constituents - hard working taxpayers, living outside the box = and that is why I depend so much on Beaufort County's real Republicans, like Adam O'Neal, Hood Richardson, Steve Rader, Ray Leary, and so many more folks, too numerous to mention,

Because the Beaufort County GOP is infamous for mainly supporting RINOs, most times, of late, I innately understand that I must go it alone, but, I wish I do not to get elected here in my home county for so many decades.

Commented: Sunday, October 5th, 2025 @ 5:35 pm By: Stan Deatherage

Befuddled: Garris calling for the resignation of Donald Sadler was a test....that's all I'll say. The whole Brabo controlled op was and is, in fact, a controlled op. You never forget someone who refuses the olive branch......Trump Strategy 101. It's my opinion that Brabo controls, by proxy, a majority of the Big 5 but that's another story.

Davisgate was an attempted hitjob by a contingency of the GOP who hates Trump Conservatism across the board. Kidwell and Garris don't have the brainpower to spearhead such an operation; they're near sighted opportunists that don't understand "The Art of The Deal".

I don't know enough about the O'Neal incident to comment on it.

Million Dollar question: Is the County Manager planning to install Brabo and those she may/may not control after Uncle Donnie's term runs out?

Brabo obviously doesn't like the terms:"Farrahkrats" and "Gestapo". The truth speaks for itself. Will any of this transpire or will I look like I'm batsh** crazy?

I'll bet a mark..

Commented: Saturday, October 4th, 2025 @ 8:56 pm By: John Valley