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Didn't Murphy also try to defend ECU Med School when they talked about getting into the transing kids business? He is a sick puppy.

Commented: Sunday, January 25th, 2026 @ 9:02 am By: Bubba

Under Robert’s Rules of Order, which governs the North Carolina Republican Party and most similar organizations, a secretary does not have to record anything discussed during a recess.
In fact, official minutes are a record of what was done (actions and motions), not what was said. Here is a breakdown of why recess discussions typically do not belong in the minutes:
• Nature of a Recess: A recess is a short break within a meeting where business is legally suspended. Because the meeting is not "in session," no official business can be transacted, and the Secretary's duty to record the proceedings is also suspended.
• Recording Actions vs. Discussions: The primary purpose of minutes is to provide a permanent record of the motions made and the votes taken. Robert's Rules specifically recommend against including summaries of debates or casual conversations, especially those occurring outside the formal session.
• The Secretary's Authority: A Secretary should refuse requests to include informal discussions or "recess talk" in the official record. The minutes should only reflect the time the recess began and the time the meeting was called back to order.
Relevance in This Context:
The article describes allegations of "secrets," "false pretenses," and "dictatorial" behavior within Beaufort County GOP leadership. In such high-conflict environments:
1. Transparency: While the Secretary does not record recess talk, they are legally required under the NCGOP Plan of Organization to keep "all minutes and records" and make them available to any registered Republican in the county upon request.
2. Accuracy: If a secretary tries to "rewrite history" by adding or omitting formal actions, members have the right to offer corrections before the minutes are approved at the next meeting.
Discussions during a "recess" are not recorded unless later introduced as a formal motion when the meeting resumes. Does the NCGOP Plan of Organization require recording recess talk? No.
The NCGOP Plan of Organization (Article II, Section A and Article III, Section B) simply says that the Secretary "shall keep all minutes and records." Because the Plan does not define what "minutes" are, it defaults to the definition in Robert’s Rules of Order (RONR), which we looked at earlier. Under RONR, "minutes" are strictly a record of actions, not discussions—and certainly not discussions during a recess.
Beaufort County Specifics
The 2025 Beaufort County GOP Plan of Organization (Article III, Section 3.1) mirrors the state rules:
"The Secretary shall keep all minutes and records... unless otherwise provided by the PC [Precinct Committee] or the CEC [County Executive Committee]."

This means:
1. Standard Rule: The Secretary should not include recess discussions.

Commented: Sunday, January 25th, 2026 @ 1:04 am By: Anthony L. Fucito

Greg Murphy voting to use our tax dollars to fund organizations that "trans" children is just despicable. He badly needs a primary. Glad he will no longer be representing Beaufort County.

Commented: Friday, January 23rd, 2026 @ 5:33 pm By: Rino Hunter

Van Zant: Your have the zing of pure truth, and they are most welcome on this publication.

Commented: Friday, January 23rd, 2026 @ 6:23 am By: Stan Deatherage

Stan, my apologies. I had forgotten you were in that election, too. Of course, reelecting you would be the first priority for conservative, then Kidwell. Frankie Waters should have been the top choice for defeat, however. Waters was as phony as a three dollar bill from the very beginning. With this crazy limited voting system, my one vote this election will be for Stan Deatherage. Ditto, all the votes in my family.

Commented: Thursday, January 22nd, 2026 @ 8:12 pm By: Rino Hunter

Actually RINO Hunter, in that specific primary election, Beaufort County Conservatives would have been far better served if folks had just voted for Stan, even though I was the presumptive front runner, rather than split their familial voting pattern to get another possible Conservative to help Hood and Stan. Plus, over 50,000.00 was spent to take me out, and in the clarity of hindsight, it was a concerted effort by both the RINOs and RINO Whisperers to do so. I well know that now

Yeah, the county Conservative would be far better off if my constituents had NOT split their votes; just voted for Stan, and, with my assured election, knocked out at least one of the RINOs /RINO Whisperers in that 2014 primary election.

Ask Hood, who was the lone Conservative on that board for 4 years once the local GOP helped take me out. and he will tell you the exact same thing I just related about that infamous 2014 primary election.

What did I learn? I need all votes I can get in this upcoming 2026 Republican primary, or you may, once again, lose one of the two Conservative leaders. With Limited Voting, any crazy happenstance may occur. So. vote for Stan Deatherage, and let's defeat the RINOs and the RINO Whisperers this time around, 8 years later.

Commented: Thursday, January 22nd, 2026 @ 6:41 pm By: Stan Deatherage

That's absurd alright. The Forrest woman has said so many whacky things. I remember her writing something like, 'the old white-headed men that built the local Republican Party want to sexually assault Ms. Garris.' As I remember it the statement was either preceded or followed by a laundry list of hateful names that we usually get from only the nuttiest of the Democrats. She seems very angry at people that hardly even know who she is. The old girl is lost in space and has no credibility whatsoever.

There is so much here in the article. One thing that stands out to me is that Ms. Garris accuses Adam O'Neal of portraying himself as the Beaufort County Republican Party when he doesn't, and she claims to be the Beaufort County Party when she isn't. She seems to be both diabolical and delusional.

Another thing: I imagine Ms. Garris has erased most of the names of the executive committee members elected from the last county convention that she does not approve of. As we see she is still working that process. Other members that are never seen unless a vote or motion is needed (like Knox) are kept around for insurance. It has long been suspected that this category of member has a perpetual "excused absence" while others are being either illegally forced out or confused out by the ever-changing dates and locations of the meetings. It is getting to be a long time since there has been an actual meeting.

As anyone can see just from this article these are only a couple of the TONS of corruption going on within this party under the current leadership.

Commented: Thursday, January 22nd, 2026 @ 5:28 pm By: Van Zant

Since Frnakie Waters thought Darren Armstrong would be his type of commissioner and now thinks he would be his type of legislator, should any thinking conservative follow Frankie Waters' path?

Commented: Thursday, January 22nd, 2026 @ 11:25 am By: Bubba

Dave Hudson: Just to Reiterate a salient fact that was not mentioned in this post, Jody Forrest often told bystanders visiting the local GOP Headquarters that "Stan Deatherage is NOT a real Republican; but a RINO!" Whether, it was a primary, or a general election that I was a candidate for, this was said by her, and recounted to me by various people, on many occasions.

The grand hypocrisy here is that Jody generally supports Democratic initiatives, which cut against the grain of Conservative leaders, who wish to cut down the size of inefficient, bloated local governments here locally, and beyond.

Jody Forrest, like so many of today's RINOs and RINO Whisperers in the Beaufort County GOP, were nowhere to be found when we, Conservatives, built the Beaufort County GOP to a point, where even these Democrats that Ms. Forrest favors and consorts with, Republican Imposters all, could switch parties, get elected as Republicans, and then govern as the Democrats that they are to their core being.

These imposters are perfect examples of RINOs, those who enact acts of Party Disloyalty on a regular basis due to the inescapable fact that all RINOs are, at their core, political frauds, and thereby govern as such.

Commented: Thursday, January 22nd, 2026 @ 8:08 am By: Stan Deatherage

In this election cycle, Frankie Waters 1) tried to recruit Darren Armstrong to run as a RINO county commission candidate, 2) accompanied Darren Armstrong to the Board of Elections when Armstrong filed for NC House, and 3) was one of Darren Armstrong's special guests at Armstrong's kickoff fundraiser, along with Raleigh RINOs Jimmy Dixon and Steve Troxler.

Did Waters contribute in the past to Kidwell in general elections against Democrats? Yes, but Waters also contributed to the Democrat candidate for sheriff in 2022, for which he was forced to resign from the local GOP executive committee for party disloyalty. Also, the first year Waters ran for commissioner, he and his wife contributed to a liberal Democrat legislator running against a conservative Republican

When it comes to contributions, we should also remember that Darren Armstrong was a "heavy hitter" major contributor to liberal Democrat state senator Marc Basnight but has never given a dime to a Republian legislative candidate. If that does not tell you what he really is, nothing will.

Commented: Wednesday, January 21st, 2026 @ 5:23 pm By: John Steed

Stan: That's the thing. The Beaufort County GOP is not only of NO use to the re-election of proven conservative Republican candidates they are in opposition to those candidates.

There will always be groupies that slobber over the goons running the party so unethically and illegally. I hope the general public is catching on to how fraudulent these people are.

Commented: Wednesday, January 21st, 2026 @ 2:02 pm By: Van Zant