We are all puzzled by events from time to time and sometimes we never really understand what is going on around us.
Published: Thursday, July 11th, 2019 @ 7:20 am
By: Hood Richardson
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I have written several articles over the past few years addressing the financial viability of the Vidant Health System.
Published: Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019 @ 1:01 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Those writing checks to the Beaufort County Government got the same disrespectful handling this year we got last year.
Published: Saturday, June 29th, 2019 @ 8:41 am
By: Hood Richardson
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In about 1998, shortly after I was elected to the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners, several of us who watched local government closely realized the news articles, and for that matter reports from the ruling class of commissioners, did not fit with what actually happened.
Published: Sunday, June 23rd, 2019 @ 7:05 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Joan Perry was our speaker last week at the conservative club meeting. She landed on all the Conservative principles. She is against abortion, for limited terms, for lower taxes, for closing the border, against medicaid expansion etc, she is a hunter and supports gun right just to name a few.
Published: Sunday, June 23rd, 2019 @ 8:38 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Brenda Lee Hamilton died on February 18, 2019 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville. Her death was caused by a "canine" animal attack on Indian Run Road near Pantego during the early morning hours.
Published: Saturday, June 22nd, 2019 @ 1:09 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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It has been a while since i sent you an email. a lot has been going on during the month of may.
Published: Saturday, June 8th, 2019 @ 4:07 am
By: Hood Richardson
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The jail is not intended to be a resort hotel or to bring aid and comfort to criminals. It is to keep dangerous people away from the public and for convicted criminals to serve up to 90 days.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2019 @ 9:47 am
By: Hood Richardson
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I have written a lot and talked a lot about unethical behavior and dishonest behavior by several members of the Board of County Commissioners. In general these guys do business in the back room.
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 2:01 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Too many politicians want to make decisions based on what they think you need. Truth is I do not need very much, what about you?
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 9:36 am
By: Hood Richardson
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My email and snail mail are full of advertisements telling me how to get rich with cannabis or to us commoners "marijuana'.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2019 @ 5:15 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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This government disaster is not costing what the all knowing, all seeing, Beaufort County master manipulators thought.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2019 @ 11:20 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Conservative Club Meets: 3rd district election Constitution Party Candidate Gregg Holt to Speak
Published: Thursday, May 9th, 2019 @ 11:33 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Normally, I think of the Grand Jury being my protection or stop gap between overly enthusiastic prosecutors and the court system.
Published: Monday, May 6th, 2019 @ 7:23 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Why do we need a jail?
Published: Wednesday, April 24th, 2019 @ 11:10 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Beaufort County Commissioners, at their April 1, 2019 meeting voted not to appoint a committee to look into controlling inmate medical costs.
Published: Monday, April 22nd, 2019 @ 3:53 am
By: Hood Richardson
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The annual Beaufort County Republican Party convention was held at the Beaufort County Court House on March 19, 2019.
Published: Wednesday, April 17th, 2019 @ 4:37 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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We will have Eric Rouse and Francis X. De Luca as speakers at or our April 18 Conservative Club meeting at King Chicken.
Published: Wednesday, April 17th, 2019 @ 11:28 am
By: Hood Richardson
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About half of the jail is shut down at an unbudgeted cost oaf about $2,500 per day.
Published: Monday, April 1st, 2019 @ 7:50 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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During late September of last year I wrote an article complaining about a $346,000 medical bill for one prisoner held by Beaufort County.
Published: Saturday, March 30th, 2019 @ 11:58 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Each county in North Carolina has a Grand Jury as required by law. One of the requirements of every Grand Jury is to inspect the county jail on a regular basis.
Published: Tuesday, March 26th, 2019 @ 7:53 am
By: Hood Richardson
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During the February Beaufort County Commissioners meeting the County manager, Brian Alligood, took issue with those of us who think continuation budgets are bad things, maybe even evil.
Published: Thursday, March 21st, 2019 @ 3:53 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Please do not forget the Republican Convention is Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at the court house.
Published: Tuesday, March 19th, 2019 @ 3:50 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Those who want to build a new Beaufort County jail are back. They are the same kind of scheme that cost Beaufort County taxpayers over 40 million dollars in new schools about ten years ago.
Published: Saturday, March 16th, 2019 @ 1:05 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Michael Speciale, candidate for the Third District, the seat last held by Walter Jones, will be our speaker.
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2019 @ 6:42 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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A few weeks ago I wrote an article about the US Constitution. I focused on the content of the Constitution.
Published: Thursday, February 28th, 2019 @ 1:54 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Most people are born and die without knowing one big political secret. That secret is that our American form of government provides all of us with an opportunity to influence government in addition to just voting.
Published: Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 @ 2:49 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Many people in Beaufort County have been upset for 25 years (it has been that long) about only having one vote during each two year election cycle for commissioner.
Published: Monday, February 18th, 2019 @ 4:57 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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In a recent article titled "With friends like these, we don"t need enemies", I explained how the Democrats have managed to keep control of the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners when they have only two votes.
Published: Saturday, February 16th, 2019 @ 12:07 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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It is no secret among the truly conservative county commissioners and conservative Republicans that Democrats have held leadership positions on the Board of County Commissioners for the past 12 years.
Published: Friday, February 15th, 2019 @ 1:45 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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The fiscal year that ended on June 30. 2018 audit was presented. Like all other government audits it reported a glowing success for the commissioners and staff.
Published: Thursday, February 14th, 2019 @ 2:57 am
By: Hood Richardson
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It happened at the Commissioners meeting on October 1, and again at a special called meeting on October 22 2018.
Published: Sunday, November 11th, 2018 @ 1:39 am
By: Hood Richardson
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I never cease to be amazed that there are people who don't get "the word" about what is going on in local politics.
Published: Sunday, October 28th, 2018 @ 12:08 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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If we re-elect Frankie Waters as county commissioner, we can expect four more years like we have gotten the last four years. How do we know that? He has warned us of just that.
Published: Saturday, October 27th, 2018 @ 9:21 am
By: Hood Richardson
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