(commented on August 18th, 2026 @ 9:16 am)You only think that because you don’t believe they will ever harm you. But the facts are, they can. As it stands right now, the constitution does not protect you or your family from them. They are lawless.
That has to end.
I would think that, like flock cameras and data centers it’s something the left and right could agree on on.
(commented on August 9th, 2026 @ 5:07 pm)Turn the A|C off for a week. After you return from the emergency room, tell us about Bill Gates.
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(commented on July 30th, 2026 @ 1:35 pm)Deja vu, indeed. Reading Chairman Garris' rant on Facebook gave me flashbacks of RINO insurrection and betrayal in the GOP that goes back 20 years. Apparently, I struck a nerve.
Within hours, not only was the post removed, but the entire group seems to have slithered back into the RINO swamp. They didn't want you to see what I wrote. After reading Hood's article, and finding out that Greg Dority is part of the Garris RINO cabal, I am even more disgusted. Part of the flashbacks I had involved Dority's campaign for Lt. Governor several years ago. I traveled half the state with his campaign manager putting out signs.
I remember how the local and district GOP leadership smiled to Greg's face while stabbing his campaign in the back.
That he is apparently a lapdog for RINO's now is disappointing.
You should all read Washington's Farewell Address. He warned us about Garris, and pure party hacks. You can download it here:
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(commented on August 24th, 2026 @ 3:06 pm)Read my post carefully...extremist on both sides. Anyone wanting communism in the US is an extremist. I would not vote for them. However, they are allowed to make their pitch as we are allowed to reject it at the ballot box.
I understand some of you are still butthurt over the GF murder. The reaction scared you. But it needed to happen. Left or right, the police do not get a pass for murdering citizens in the street. (J6 - A. Babbitt doesn't count because she was not in the street, but unlawfully rioting in the capitol building)
(commented on August 24th, 2026 @ 2:55 pm)In the last 3 presidential election cycles the republican won twice, the democrat one once. In fact, if you look at the recent history of presidential elections it's a pretty even split.
Kennedy, Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump, Biden Trump.
The notion of institutional cheating just doesn't hold water.
Considering the current president has the emotional intelligence of a 12-year-old and has only been told "no" once in his life (2020); might that have something to do with so called election fraud?
(commented on August 24th, 2026 @ 12:09 pm)That's disingenuous Stan.
The left stands against authoritarianism and fascism and believes we all have the same rights and responsibilities. However, I will say, neither the far right nor far left can run the country well. Both make good points now and again, but neither can govern effectively.
If Trump applies pressure to cancel or disrupt the states from holding elections, the country will burn down. Both sides will suffer greatly. I hope there are enough current leaders to stand up and let the people speak at the polls, regardless of the outcome.
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(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.
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(commented on August 23rd, 2026 @ 12:24 pm)These systems are euphemistically called "smart meters" but they are a dumb idea for the average citizen. They represent intrusive government data collection and power over consumers. If you thought Orwell's "1984" OR Huxley's: Brave New World" reflects the ideal perfect government of the future, then you will probably like these intrusive machines. Consumers should tell our Big Brother city government to stick their "smart meters" up their rear ends.
(commented on August 5th, 2026 @ 11:11 am)Citizens should know about Washington's most absurd taxpayer ripoff, that nothing has been done about. During the Sadler era, two DEI positions were created, using Police Department funds, one each to "help" black and Hispanic residents. There is no set work schedule or duties, but high level paychecks. These positions were totally unnecessary and just a burden on taxpayers, and it was particularly galling to pay for them out of the police budget.
These positions were continued in this year's budget. City Manager John Rorie just moved them from the police budget to another department, but kept the taxpayers paying for this ripoff. The city council needs to answer for this outrage.
This is just one blatant example of the wasteful and unnecessary spending our taxpayers are burdened with.
(commented on July 31st, 2026 @ 4:36 pm)Nick, What you endured with the attacks on your business and your family by operatives of the political machine that has been running Washington is inexcusable. No one in public life should be subjected to that. Those politicians affiliated with that machine should be run out of politics, and indeed, out of town. Thank you for your service!
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(commented on August 18th, 2026 @ 10:00 am)VanZant/Stan Deatherage, Hood Richardson. It is a shame you keep talking this trash. Focus on what you were elected to do and stop harassing folks online. I am sure some screenshots could clear up or shut up some folks. It's time for change in Beaufort County, and we see it coming. Let's put Beaufort County, our state, and nation first. Priorities, boys, priorities. Quit wasting our time.
(commented on August 13th, 2026 @ 5:47 am)It’s time for everyone to put on their big boy pants and quit whining. The GOP is focused on the election for all Republicans. It is this platform that continues to attack good conservatives like Kidwell. You only got on the executive committee to cause chaos and discord. You never volunteer nor contribute anything. Don’t worry, the GOP will continue to support all Republican candidates and get Republicans elected. The GOP has no time to waste on your drama. Keep moving forward folks, we have elections to win.
(commented on August 5th, 2026 @ 1:17 pm)Blah, blah, blah. Why do you keep attacking and degrading women? Why are you so obsessed with this hard working lady? The taxpayers have paid you long enough. Time for you to hang up your dagger and go home. You are no longer relevant. May peace find you.
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(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 August 11th, 2026 @ 12:44 pm)3/3 And there's some irony in lecturing everyone about democracy while labeling Republicans he dislikes "RINOs," Republicans he supports "conservatives," decisions he agrees with democracy, and decisions he dislikes dictatorship.
The BCRP doesn't belong to Carolyn Garris. It doesn't belong to the Executive Committee. And, despite what one might conclude from his columns, it doesn't belong to Hookwink Rhetoricson either.
It belongs to the Republicans of Beaufort County who chose to participate.
They showed up. They voted. They chose Carolyn Garris. Again, and again.
Perhaps the problem isn't that Chairman Garris refuses to respect democracy. Perhaps it's that Mr. Richardson has has difficulty respecting democracy when he doesn't like the result.
The writing is on the wall. Perhaps Hoodwink couldn't stay awake long enough to read it.
(commented on August 11th, 2026 @ 12:43 pm)1/3 Another week, another installment of "Queen Garris." At this point, the nickname has been repeated so often that one might wonder whether the author believes repetition transforms rhetoric into evidence.
It does not.
Let's start with one of Hoodwinks more serious accusations: that Frankie Waters has been "writing checks to Democrats." Fortunately, campaign finance records are public and searchable through the NCSBE website. And what does a search of Frankie Waters, Frank Waters, and variations of his name reveal? One. One contribution to a Democratic candidate.
So, technically, Mr. Rhetoricson can say Waters once contributed to a Democrat. But portraying one contribution from more than 25 years ago as "writing checks to Democrats" creates a considerably different impression from what the public record actually shows. If there are more, produce them. The records are public.
(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.
15 Comment(s) Left by piratefan (view all) (commented on August 22nd, 2026 @ 10:21 am)The polls in this race worry me. NC does not need the likes of Roy Cooper.
(commented on August 22nd, 2026 @ 10:19 am)Is the dispute over school curriculum the reason that School Board member Carolyn Walker and her husband Randy were so strident in working the Chocowinity Fire Department precinct voting place for Chocowinity and Gilead against School Board Members Charles Hickman and Steven Rader back during the last primary? She really had a bee in her bonnet over something.
(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.
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(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.
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