10 Comment(s) Left by big Bob (view all)
(commented on July 22nd, 2026 @ 4:13 pm)Look at what going on today. Look at a national weather map. Think about what it was like when you were a kid. It's not the same.
You don't need John Steed to know which way the wind blows.
(commented on July 22nd, 2026 @ 12:00 pm)You are wrong. C02 is a greenhouse gas. Pure fact. As for the rest of your argument:
Conditions on earth 40 million years ago were indeed very different than today. However, life on earth as we know it has developed during a long period of relative stability. That stability is being altered at an incredibly (in geologic terms) fast pace.
The industrial revolution has warmed the earth. The natural heat sinks, forests & oceans, have absorbed all they can. Changes will accelerate.
Humans will argue over our response to this phenomenon.
My contention is that ignoring it for short term profit is the worst possible response and the most politically risky for any government.
The second worst response is to blame Canada. (Ever wonder why these a-holes want to annex Canada and Greenland? Exploitation sure. But in addition, they see what's coming and know it's best not to tell you.)
(commented on July 21st, 2026 @ 3:24 pm)Faucet?
Sorry couldn't resist!
1 Comment(s) Left by Washingtonian (view all) 
(commented on June 11th, 2026 @ 11:50 pm)Its all by design. Its been the Method of Operation by Cartels in Mexico for many decades... they kill the Mayors that dont play along, they kill the journalist that dont play along and they kill the cops that dont play along. Every citizen knows that if they complain, they can become a target. Its why we all use aliaes here.
Every 3rd world strategy that exists to control its people, is taking hold here in the USA. To be very frank, we cant fix NY, or CA or even the USA, but WeThePeople here in Washington might be able to stop the slide into a 3rd world corrupt town if we work together. That means keeping a meticulous watch over what our many town govt's in Beaufort County are doing. We have a sloppy, sloppy govt. Sloppy govts open the door to corruption, and/or HIDES it. Please citizens, use a critical eye and watch, make notes, speak about it.
P.S. I'm betting that the "self-righteous" 25 yr old Perreault is already imagining himself Governor one day.
2 Comment(s) Left by The Shadow (view all) 
(commented on May 19th, 2026 @ 7:11 am)Washingtonian, The thug-ocracy around Sadler and Tyre has made this town a pint-sized banana republic. Their goon squad sent to intimidate the customers and employees of Fritz' restaurant and then to go to Fritz' home in Smallwood to threaten his family was reprehensible. Their campaign on the internet to intimidate Joe Davis is reprehensible. It is still unclear what their approach to Perrault may be. They are trying to marginalize Brabo.
Citizens need to rally around the elected officials not subservient to Sadler and Tyre. We need an end to this era of dirty local politics.
(commented on May 16th, 2026 @ 8:04 am)Someone posted that the pressure on Nick Fritz was a possible boycott of his business, It was worse, a lot worse. It reflects the thug-ocracy Washington lived under until last December and that wants to come back to power in the worst way.
What happened at Fritz' restaurant was that some thugs showed up to harass customers. They were big burly guys of the same ethnicity as Sadler and Tyre. At first they just hung out in front of the restaurant intimidating customers. Then they started coming inside, raising a ruckus, and harassing his employees as well as customers.
What could Fritz do? If he took any action, they would undoubtedly scream "racism". Anything he did would hurt his business. Then, it got worse, the same thugs started threatening his family. No elected official signs up for that kind of treatment.
The head thug now seems to have left town, probably using his intimidation tactics on someone else. Washington has lost one of its best council members in some time.
2 Comment(s) Left by TruthBeTold (view all) 
(commented on May 25th, 2026 @ 5:42 pm)The public is very concerned about your mental health. Dementia is serious and you continue to live in your own head. Your temperament is becoming unhinged. Do us all a favor and step down. You have harmed this county and its residents long enough. My prayer is that you will seek the help you need.
(commented on April 23rd, 2026 @ 9:16 am)It is disappointing that you continue to spread lies and misinformation. VanZant (Stan) and Hood Richardson, particularly Stan Deatherage, rarely attend GOP Executive Committee meetings. You seem more interested in creating discord than in contributing positively. You do not listen; instead, you merely wait to express negative comments that lead to nothing constructive. Your intention does not appear to be building up the party, but rather throwing stones from the sidelines.
The victory committee members have been announced several times. The chair wanted to make sure the minutes reflected the members as she had done before. Stop spreading falsehoods and start contributing. Oh, that's right—you don't volunteer or support any GOP events or activities. Your behavior tarnishes the reputation of conservatives. Your continuous attacks on dedicated conservative Republicans are getting old. If you are going to call yourself a conservative, act like one.
1 Comment(s) Left by Real Conservative (view all) 
(commented on April 15th, 2026 @ 8:29 pm)Rational is spot on in his/her analysis of this situation.
Hood exists only to rile up about 20 percent of the electorate. That’s the only way he stays anywhere near elected office other than limited voting.
Hood disrupts any and everything with regards to the BCGOP. He does so to stay in office. And we need to go back and look at how much he has pocketed by being a Commissioner all these years. And at no time or point in all those years has he truly advanced Conservatism here. Not once.
He grandstands to get elected but is the most ineffective Republican ever elected here. But I’m certain he cashes that check every month for the past three decades.
And Stan is just along for the ride. Because in his mind “The Hood” is always right. And Stan runs in years “The Hood” doesn’t just to get that small segment of votes in limited voting to cash their taxpayers check.
I think the people are waking up to their self serving BS.
1 Comment(s) Left by Facebook Comment (view all) (commented on April 10th, 2026 @ 4:25 pm)NC Statutes & Public Action Requirements:
Appointment Power [NCGS § 160A-147]: The council has the sole authority to appoint, suspend, or remove the city manager. The appointment must be done in a public meeting.
Public Record of Employment: While the manager’s performance evaluations are confidential, the employment contract, salary, and termination are public information, typically handled through official council minutes and public personnel records.
Manager Powers [NCGS § 160A-148]: Once appointed, the manager is responsible for hiring/firing other city staff, while the council focuses on hiring and managing the manager.
Public Meetings Law: Final votes to hire, fire, or approve contracts for the city manager must take place in open sessions, though preliminary discussions regarding candidates are often held in closed session.
2 Comment(s) Left by OldNorthMarket (view all) (commented on April 10th, 2026 @ 3:44 pm)ThinkingItThroughNC — I respect the instinct to be fair, I do. But at some point "let's hear both sides" becomes a shield for people who are counting on the public's reasonableness to run out the clock. The vote is Monday I thought? Perreault and Tyre have had months to address the Roberson situation publicly and they have said exactly nothing to fire him. That silence IS their response. Waiting for an accounting that these two have shown zero intention of giving is how this kind of thing gets waved through while good people are still deliberating.
(commented on April 9th, 2026 @ 10:04 am)Max Perreault moved here what, a year ago? Ran as a Republican. Now he's governing like a man with a personal score to settle. The people who stuffed envelopes/made calls for him feel completely betrayed. I was one of them. Never again.
2 Comment(s) Left by RiverCityRealist (view all) (commented on April 10th, 2026 @ 10:36 am)Replying to Washingtonian re: Mayor Brabo's B&B on Market Street — now THAT is an interesting development worth watching. So let me understand the full picture: we have a council coalition that halted a police chief search to manufacture leverage for their city manager pick, and simultaneously the Mayor's own property is heading before the Board of Adjustments? Washington's governance soap opera just added another episode. I'm not saying these things are connected. I'm saying when you've already watched this council operate the way it has, you don't take coincidences at face value anymore.
(commented on April 9th, 2026 @ 10:03 am)Decent article but I'd push back on one thing — framing the police chief hire as a conspiracy feels like a stretch without harder documentation. The Peachtree City stuff, though? That should have disqualified Rorie from the jump. A city manager who thinks taxpayer money should fund lawsuits against critics has no business running Washington.
2 Comment(s) Left by PamlicoPatriot1776 (view all) (commented on April 17th, 2026 @ 8:14 pm)Van Zant — The Beaufort County Republican Party has a serious reckoning coming. They helped put Perreault in that seat. Their Victory Committee fingerprints are reportedly all over this. And now the man they campaigned for is voting to strip a conservative council member of his committee assignments, cut off his microphone mid-meeting, and lead the city manager hire that may not have even followed proper procedure. At what point does the party apparatus take responsibility for what they helped build? You don't get to wash your hands of Perreault now. You brung him.
(commented on April 8th, 2026 @ 9:11 pm)Strong piece. I've lived here my whole life and I've never seen a council member treat a city employee the way Perreault/TYRE has treated Mr. Roberson in those meetings. Whatever your politics, that man deserves respect. Forty-plus years of service and this is what he gets? We can do better.
(commented on April 10th, 2026 @ 8:56 am)2/2 In fact, Robert’s Rules of Order is very clear on this point. Guests and nonmembers have no inherent right to attend, participate, or speak in a meeting. Their presence is permitted only by the courtesy of the assembly. That is standard parliamentary procedure, not suppression of speech.
You also misrepresent what occurred with your resolutions. They were not arbitrarily dismissed. They were ruled out of order by the parliamentarian because they were in direct conflict with the State Plan of Organization. Under Robert’s Rules, that is not only allowed, it is required. A body cannot consider motions that violate its governing documents.
Before making broad accusations about corruption, secrecy, and violations of rights, you should take the time to actually read and understand the Plan of Organization and basic parliamentary authority. What you are presenting is not a defense of free speech. It is a collection of inaccuracies presented as fact.
(commented on April 10th, 2026 @ 8:55 am)1/2 Hood, your entire argument rests on a fundamental misrepresentation of what the First Amendment actually does.
The First Amendment prevents Congress from creating laws that prohibit free speech. It does not apply to internal rules of private organizations, including political parties. There is nothing in the Constitution that prohibits an organization from setting reasonable limits on conduct during its meetings, especially when those limits are necessary to maintain order and prevent the spread of misinformation.
Your claim that this was a “secret meeting” is simply false. The meeting in question was open to all Executive Committee members. That is exactly how Executive Committee meetings are structured. There is nothing in the State Plan of Organization that requires these meetings to be open to the general public, nor is there any requirement that nonmembers be given the floor to speak.
(commented on March 31st, 2026 @ 2:54 pm)Regardless, "Van Zant," the members of the committee were made known to Executive Committee. There is nothing in the State, District, or County Plans that requires committee member information, to include executive committee members, to be publicly disclosed. The Republican Party is not subject to open meeting laws, so there is no obligation to make that information public. The requirement is simply to maintain a list, which must be made available upon request by a registered Republican in the county. Even then, the requestor should be required to sign a Confidentiality and Use Agreement.
What is evident, however, is not a lack of transparency, but a lack of understanding. The rules are not ambiguous, and the process is not new. Continually misrepresenting how the Party operates doesn't expose wrongdoing, it just exposes a willingness to manufacture division where none exists.
13 Comment(s) Left by piratefan (view all) 
(commented on July 24th, 2026 @ 11:08 am)John Valley, according to the map of these things on the deFlock site, there are only two of them in Washington, both at Lowes. Can you tell us where you say others are located in Washington? What is of concern are the license plate readers that send data back to the databanks of the Flock company, not the common video cameras that are not designed to read and store license plate info or send it off to a mass data base.
(commented on July 20th, 2026 @ 1:08 pm)That government can access this Flock public surveillance empire is what is frightening. I looked at the deFlock site in a link in a previous post, and it is almost certain there are two of these cameras at the Washington Lowes according to their location map. Should we be surveilled every time we shop there? Many of these surveillance devices can pick up cell phone information and send it to a central database. This makes my desire to shop at Lowes quite negative if I can get what I need somewhere else.
(commented on June 25th, 2026 @ 1:21 pm)Citizens should do more to really find out about politicians. Working for a candidate at the polls can open your eyes to reality on lots of local politicians. Sites like this help a lot, too. Many politicians project themselves as something they are not. I voted for Randy Walker the first time he ran, believing his statements that he was a conservative. Then I saw in the last primary where he and his wife worked against all the conservatives running locally at the Chocowinity Fire Station precinct, and particularly hard against the conservative school board candidates. His wife Carolyn is on the school board. Voters need to study the candidates not just fall for what they tell you. Democrats will lie to you but so will some who are running on the Republican ticket.
2 Comment(s) Left by Pastor Daimon (view all) 
(commented on March 17th, 2026 @ 11:23 pm)Congratulations to Mr. Kidwell for being recognized in being true to God and true to the people of North Carolina. This is fantabulous! Thank you Kieth!
(commented on February 28th, 2026 @ 7:24 am)It's past-time to dump dirty dogs like Dixon, Troxler, and Armstrong. After being at the live debate in Washington earlier this month, it was obvious that Armstrong is working for the power of darkness. Any discerning Christian could easily see that truth! Vote Kidwell, people. Kidwell's love for people far exceeds the other candidate.
2 Comment(s) Left by Sangrail (view all) 
(commented on July 8th, 2026 @ 11:28 pm)Here is another Orwell quote... "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever."
This is accurate because people on the right are too busy fighting each other and too cowardly to fight the left. We have made our bed, now we deserve to lie in it. It's your fault this is happening. It's my fault this is happening. It will continue. It will get worse.
(commented on February 25th, 2026 @ 10:43 pm)They are spending an obscene amount of money in an attempt to defeat Keith Kidwell. Amounts almost unheard of in a race like this. Imagine the amount of money these companies stand to gain if Kidwell were to lose.
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