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Harold Smith
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Eric Brownlee
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(commented on February 8th, 2015 @ 9:23 pm)
Didn't Kaye spend twice as much as Thom?

(commented on January 23rd, 2015 @ 8:52 am)
Paper tiger ... Conservatives are not gonna do much if anything with schools, to change secular studies ... And to compare educational preferences and disputes to the Nazi's is absurd. You should rail about property taxes, and lazy people getting government handouts, Hospital industrial complex... There is no grand conspiracy to turn public school system into brown shirts of the late 30's and early 40s. And who is the leader of the of this grand scheme?

(commented on January 12th, 2015 @ 8:11 pm)
Cool that Powell gives cover to the racist democrats... LBJ's comments tell you all you need to know about the democrat party's opinion of blacks, and the efforts that keep them voting for dems... And the detainees that were interrogated or tortured depending on what you believe torture is... was not a racial issue. To color your opponent's as evil all the time, isn't reality, and re writing history to fit your politics isn't either. And terrorists are not soldiers. Never have been.

Ted McDonald
(joined: June 23rd, 2014 @ 3:40 pm as MorningMuse)
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(commented on October 1st, 2021 @ 8:34 am)
Twenty years of voter fraud video: home.frankspeech.com

(commented on July 23rd, 2021 @ 11:15 am)
www.eac.gov
What is the EAC (U.S. Election Assistance Commission)?

(commented on April 21st, 2021 @ 2:55 pm)
Chinese Dairy Farm link: www.youtube.com

Eugene Bowers Grant, Jr
(joined: May 11th, 2014 @ 6:50 pm as Eugene)
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Christopher Maye
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(commented on May 16th, 2016 @ 9:48 am)
They were talking about this on Stossel last Friday on his episode about rising medical costs. He was discussing the benefits of letting the free market into medicine and direct primary care. Stossel makes the argument that by having government and insurance companies in between the customer and business, it lessens the quality of service provided. Additionally, he mentioned this medical service called Pager. www.cnn.com
It is a phone app that allows you to contact a doctor and they come to your house (like doctors used to do.)

(commented on February 19th, 2016 @ 1:10 pm)
Obligatory video. "Feel the Bern? There's a Cure." by Julie Borowski

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(commented on October 28th, 2015 @ 3:49 pm)
I think it was "Bodoni MT Regular." Soon to come: #HATER, #throwbackthursday, "That is like tots cool", "That requires me to think, so no." (applies to other generations too) "OMG I'm like so random!", "Socialism sounds like a good idea!" (Again, applies to several generations,) "My opinion was swayed by a propaganda piece" (applies to early generations too.)

Edwin Hardy
(joined: May 9th, 2014 @ 10:22 pm as Hardy)
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(commented on May 14th, 2014 @ 9:09 am)
Coockoo, coockoo, coockoo

(commented on May 9th, 2014 @ 11:29 pm)
Publisher's note: All right, I will allow this one since this subject matter has not been stated as of yet.

Sleep tight!

(commented on May 9th, 2014 @ 11:24 pm)
The anonymous mailings on Ashley were illegal because they had no disclosure disclaimer telling who was responsible for the piece. Since the two mailings were illegal, I never expected you to admit to knowing anything about them. Not because I think you wouldn't do it and not because I don't think you wouldn't just silently sit back when you knew someone was doing it.

Steven P. Rader
(joined: April 16th, 2014 @ 1:28 am as SteveR)
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(commented on October 15th, 2026 @ 9:41 am)
Here is a great video from the Dare County GOP as a grandfather and grandson discuss socialism while fishing.

drive.google.com

(commented on October 14th, 2026 @ 5:13 pm)
My wife grew up under socialism and experienced exactly the same things these people describe. There is no need to manufacture anything. That is what happens under socialism. which is not something any thinking person should want for their country.

(commented on October 10th, 2026 @ 6:41 pm)
Why should a city manager even have a contract in the first place? I spent five years in state government in the Jim Martin administration. High level state administrators DO NOT have contracts. If you are an exempt employee, like I was, and those are mostly the highest level positions, you are an employee at will who can be dismissed at any time, as I was when a new Democrat administration came in. There does not even have to be cause to let someone go. For middle level administrators and below, they work under the State Personnel Act, where cause is needed to remove an employee and there is a grievance process for those who contest their removal. Golden parachutes like those in this contract do not exist.

Most of these appointed officials in state government who are employees at will manage government agencies far larger than the city of Washington. For my department, it was a $2 Billion+ budget and 18,000 employees. Yet all of us at the management level were dismissed without cause when an administration of the opposite party came in office.

The private sector largely works the same way as to top management being employees at will.

Local government needs to run more like state government on personnel.

Jak Nature
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(commented on April 15th, 2014 @ 9:40 pm)
Dear Mr. Don Cox

Disrespect, is a word you used in your latest flyer. People have jobs and families that can make them run late for things. You may think this is disrespectful. I think your actions and words are more disrespectful. You should not personally attack your opponents, whomever they are. A personal attack is disrespectful. Why would we vote for you???????

Stephanie Butzer
(joined: March 27th, 2014 @ 10:44 am as SButzer)
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Clyde Stephen Sutton
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(commented on March 17th, 2014 @ 11:06 am)
Larry was one of the most skilled guys that I've ever known. He could do anything. My Dad (Clyde Sutton) thought that there was nothing like Larry Linton. I wasn't around Larry that long, but he made such a huge impression on me. My thoughts and prayers are with the family.
Steve Sutton
Son of Clyde & Ruth Sutton

Donna Lay
(joined: March 13th, 2014 @ 7:20 pm as Donna)
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(commented on April 24th, 2014 @ 8:49 am)
You are absolutely right in that when a person has no platform or basis to sustain a campaign, the only thing he can do is try and trash his opponents in that race. That becomes very obvious when they don't show up for forums.
Donna Lay

Gary Brinn
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Vicky Austin
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Bryan Williams
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(commented on February 13th, 2014 @ 5:13 am)
just wanted to say thanks to everybody for being there

Jill medlin McGrath
(joined: January 22nd, 2014 @ 10:43 am as Dad1219)
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(commented on January 22nd, 2014 @ 10:53 am)
Good morning Dad, I miss you every day! You were the best Dad and taught me so much. I love you

John William Pope Foundation
(joined: January 9th, 2014 @ 7:46 pm as JohnWilliam)
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Raymond Cloninger
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(commented on November 26th, 2013 @ 8:52 am)
I believe there's some misdirected anger here in Mr. Clifton's essay. To prove it, just consider the following questions.

Did Goodwin oppose Obamacare's federal insurance intervention? Yes.

Did he work with GOP legislative leaders as they fought Obamacare in court? Yes, as far as I can tell.

Did he support the positions of the insurance agents in our towns as they fought various Obamacare provisions? Yes.

Did he follow state laws written in opposition to Obamacare by the current legislature? Yes.

And, did he take a position that helps insurance companies be able to resurrect previously-canceled NC insurance policies, if they wanted, and help this state's residents who are harmed by Obamacare? Yes, according to the news last week, and including on the Fox news network.

Doesn't the position he took in seeking uncanceled policies actually undermine Obamacare? Yes.

And didn't he recover over $156,000,000 for citizens harmed by Obamacare, money that was sent to the policyholders back from an insurance company? Yes.

Your original headline, "ObamaCare: While NC fiddles, other states carry on fight to protect residents" and the original post make it sound like our insurance commissioner is doing nothing to protect residents. That is far, far from the truth. Many states aren't doing as much as our commissioner of insurance is.

So what is Mr. Clifton's beef with the state insurance commissioner?

As far as I can tell, though, with the vitriol in this Daily Haymaker post, it appears that the only thing wrong with Insurance Commissioner Goodwin is that he is a Democrat. If you're going to oppose him for his voter registration, please don't gin up some false accusations against him. Just admit that you oppose him because of his party registration, regardless of what his policy positions and record are. Otherwise, it only makes our state Republican Party look petty and dishonest.

These are things Beaufort County readers need to know.

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