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Over half a million dollars in corruption right here in Washington and Brooks and Sadler are in the middle of it. Something definitely needs to be done. Brooks needs to give the money he got in this scam back to the taxpayers.

Commented: Thursday, October 5th, 2023 @ 8:37 am By: Bubba

The first step is an indictment. This would seem a pretty simple case to prove. The minutes would show the improper actions of the elected official, and the deeds and closing documents would show whose property it was that was being bought. The one that would be tricky to prove would be the mayor because he and his wife would likely plead the 5th as to what they knew. There would be too much documentary evidence for that to save the councilman.

The problem is getting a proper investigation because too many in high places look the other way when it is Democrats involved in hanky panky. Our state DOJ is just as politicized as Biden's DOJ, for example.

Commented: Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023 @ 7:54 pm By: Concerned Taxpayer

Lock 'em up! Corruption should not be tolerated.

Commented: Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023 @ 5:14 pm By: Bubba

Lock 'em up! Corruption should not be tolerated.

Commented: Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023 @ 8:07 am By: Bubba

This is a crooked insider deal and law enforcement needs to look into it. Brooks needs to repay the money.

The problem is not just crooked deals, it is the overspending by Sadler's faction, of which Brooks is a yes-man, They gave us a massive 10% tax increase and need to be voted our of office. The other two votes for Sadler's tax increase were Mike Renn and Lou Hoiges. Tenn in not running again, but Sadler has two other yes-men who are running, Antwom Horton and Anthony Tyre. All of these spendtrifts need to be defeated.

Commented: Monday, October 2nd, 2023 @ 1:40 pm By: Concerned Taxpayer

Big Bob: You're a Leftist, champion of small talking small thoughts; never forget those limitations.

Commented: Sunday, October 1st, 2023 @ 7:27 pm By: Stan Deatherage

RH: Yes they are. I took mine immediately after becoming re-elected because of the gaslighting I endured, courtesy of the Beaufort County bureaucracy, as ordered by the Center /Left Coalition in the majority on the Beaufort County Commissioners.

Being personally in class, where I could stand and interact and listen, and speak one on one with the Institute of Government attorney's, while in session and outside of session, was well worth my time, and re-established what I knew to be true, and gave me greater perspective as to those that may be less of the solution going forward in these perilous times.

The problem with that ethics class for those junior to me, which, at this point, is everyone in Beaufort County government, excepting Commissioner Hood Richardson of course, is that these junior administrators are more interested in playing the political game rather than gathering real defendable knowledge, and tend to stay rather reluctant to remain abreast of all issues, in a real sense.

Furthermore, you would be surprised how little Beaufort County leadership, in the majority, actually have a rudimentary understanding of the United States Constitution, a document they are sworn to defend.

Commented: Sunday, October 1st, 2023 @ 2:42 pm By: Stan Deatherage

Aren't local government officials supposed to take classes from the Institute of Government to teach them proper procedures? Were Richard Brooks and Donald Sadler asleep through those classes or did they think they were above the law?

Commented: Sunday, October 1st, 2023 @ 12:37 pm By: Rino Hunter

"If the shoes fits," 'they wear it.'

You can try that shoe on as you see fit as well Big Bob.

Commented: Saturday, September 30th, 2023 @ 3:36 pm By: Stan Deatherage

Actually, the county commissioners only enforce what does not apply in regards to state general statutes of conflict of interest, and then that is only enforced if the parties involved are poorly connected to the Center /Left Coalition of that same board of county commissioners.

Nothing is consistent with this group because real knowledge is often the first casualty when making decisions that will almost always cost the taxpayers more money for less value.

Commented: Saturday, September 30th, 2023 @ 1:03 pm By: Stan Deatherage

You're a Leftist Big Bob. You embrace corruption; if not that, you offer some cliched analysis in its defense.

If you want to offer an objection: Do so on the merits of the discussion, and drop the Stupid talk.

Commented: Saturday, September 30th, 2023 @ 10:13 am By: Stan Deatherage

Big Bob: Would you consider writing an exposition on "The Vapid World of an Internet Troll?" I will give you all the space you so desire.

NOW, that would cause a worth while stir. Oh, and ... please feel free to write in the first person.

Commented: Saturday, September 30th, 2023 @ 9:54 am By: Stan Deatherage

I am extremely familiar with that Hyde County case, so is Commissioner Hood Richardson; yet, there are no other Beaufort County Commissioners that understand that case; also, it is beyond the intellect of these commissioners' county manager, and county attorney, which frightens me a good bit that this simple construct of wrong is well beyond their levels of comprehension; these people that are paid extremely well.

The problem could be as simple as: How far these people in power will allow their minds, their governing spirits to become corrupted? Then one one must question, with so much on the line in these troubling times: How can proper decisions be made when there is a complete aversion to common sense simply because there is a corrupted path that must first also be satisfied. The general statutes of North Carolina are clear for men and women who are not bound by these corruptive influences; that is just the real of it.

Now for the big questions: How does one remove those corruptive influences? And, when that process must begin, just how deep is the corruption that is yet to be rooted out, how must it be cleaved from the public's self governing body?

I have the answer for that issue too, and just like that Hyde County case, it is not that complicated. It just requires non corrupted ideals, and a full working brain. Now, where do you find those qualities?

I have an answer for that also, to which I have created this massive platform - easternNCnow.com - to express and expose ... stay tuned to what is real.

Commented: Saturday, September 30th, 2023 @ 8:23 am By: Stan Deatherage

Is this one of the reasons that Sadler and his council lackeys gave us a 10% tax increase? To spend money like this? Voters need to throw the rascals OUT.

Where was the city manager on all of this? He is supposed to look over city financial activities. Was he too incompetent to catch on what was happening? Or did he keep his mouth shut to please Sadler? Either way, the question is why should he still have a job?

Hopefully this has been reported to the appropriate authorities, whether that is the Local Government Commission, the State Auditor, the state Attorney General, the local sheriff, or whoever. One person they need to question, in addition to the perps, is the city manager.

Commented: Friday, September 29th, 2023 @ 1:27 pm By: Concerned Taxpayer