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Voters will be presented with a proposed constitutional amendment this November 4.
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Within the past seven or eight years a county commissioner race from the primary to the November General Election could be financed for $3,000.00. Twenty thousand dollars would do the same for a sheriff's election.
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It has become more obvious that the majority of the Beaufort County leadership offices are occupied by bullies.
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Four Beaufort County Commissioners and two staff people traveled to Raleigh Monday (8-18-14) to hear it straight from the staff of the Local Government Commission (LGC).
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In spite of the fact that they don't have the money to do the project they're planning, the Commissioner Jail Committee proceeded Wednesday (8-20-14) with the planning to build a project they don't have the money to pay for.
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Those of us who had good social studies teachers know that our system of government is a democratic republic. It is not a democracy.
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Three sitting commissioners, two candidates for the Beaufort County Commission and the Beaufort NAACP held a press conference Thursday (8-21-14) on the recent developments related to the building of a new jail/public safety facility in Beaufort County.
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Sen. Bill Cook's office today (8-20-14) released a copy of a letter he sent to the Local Government Commission last Friday (8-15-14) You can read the letter by clicking here.
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Monday (8-4-14) night's Beaufort County Board of Commissioners' meeting was a phenomenal event. We would not have believed it had we not seen it with our own eyes.
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You can file this one under the "You'll never believe what happened at the County Commissioner meeting."
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In the August Board of County Commissioners' meeting the board heard a report from its Finance Officer, Jim Chrisman, on the various alternative methods for financing a "public safety facility" now that the U. S. Department of Agriculture has refused to finance the project.
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The video below shows the public comments section of the 8-4-14 Beaufort County Board of Commissioners' meeting
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It's interesting in the business (aggregating news/information) things sometimes just come together when you are not expecting it to happen. Wednesday (7-24-14) was one of those days. But follow us here, because to get the message you have to connect the dots.
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We here at the Observer are frequently contacted by someone who believes they or their relative, or someone associated with them, that a law enforcement officers has done something illegal to the person.
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In a major development in the ongoing debate about building a new jail, the County received a letter today that advised the USDA staff of the Rural Development department of the USDA's state office that the USDA would not fund a loan to build the jail without a vote of the people.
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The video clips below are of last Monday's (7-7-14) public hearing on the proposed financing of the jail/public safety center.
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Over the last few weeks we have published stories about Flanders Filters, a local manufacturing firm located in Beaufort County. The most recent story was about a change of management leadership at Flanders.
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"Basically," does Al Klemm know what he's talking about?
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In conversations with John Nelms, Manager of Economic Development for Duke Energy, Nelms told us: "no one with Duke has made such a statement." He went on to explain to us that the Site Assessment was not going to address the issue of whether a jail should be located in the park.
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Duke Energy, along with its consultants, unveiled their analysis of the Chocowinity Industrial Park to about three dozen community citizens Wednesday (7-9-14). It was an eye opener.
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The three conservative members of the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners, two candidates for that Board in November and the President of the Beaufort County Chapter of the NAACP held a press conference Monday.
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A group of citizens has filed a lawsuit against the Town of Chocowinity in an attempt to correct what the suit alleges was a violation of the law in the June 3, 2014 decision of the Town Board to amend the town's zoning ordinance to permit a jail.
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Jerry Langley, Chairman of the Beaufort County Commissioners has issued a Proclamation of a State of Emergency in the county as a result of Hurricane Arthur.
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Pungo Hospital closed its doors Tuesday (7-1-14). Whether it will be forever or whether the community that support keeping the hospital functioning will be successful in saving their hospital remains to be seen.
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If you ever had the slightest doubt that the lame duck majority on the current County Commission is making extraordinary attempts to railroad a new jail before the people can vote on three members of the Commission then this agenda item should disabuse you of any such doubts.
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Reliable source tell us there is a big shakeup going on at Flanders Filters, one of Beaufort County's largest manufacturing employers. Sources confirm that there was an employee meeting called this morning (6-27-14) and it was announced that CEO Harry Smith has been replaced by Peter Jones.
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The Beaufort, Hyde, and Pitt county chapters of the NAACP have filed a formal Title VI Complaint with the U. S. Justice Department seeking to block Vidant from closing Pungo Hospital.
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The following video clips cover the entire Chocowinity Town Board public hearing and the subsequent board action on the proposed zoning ordinance change to allow a jail as a special use in the Chocowinity Industrial Park.
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It began with restricting the number of people allowed to be in the meeting room to the number usually allowed, in spite of the fact that many more showed up to listen and/or speak than has been true in recent memory.
Published: Friday, June 6th, 2014 @ 2:33 pm
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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Those commissioners voting in the affirmative thanked the manager for giving them a budget that needed little of their consideration toward any measurable cuts in spending.
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If you've ever wondered why we at the Observer are stickers for enforcement of the Open Meetings law this story will amply demonstrate the problem of governing boards meeting in secret session to make various decisions.
Published: Friday, May 30th, 2014 @ 9:22 am
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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Bottom line: Elections in North Carolina and Beaufort County are determined by those who do NOT vote.
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The trivial and oppositional intolerance of political and other board meetings drives some people up the wall. Others see it as one of the necessities of a democratic form of government.
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The Beaufort County Board of Elections met yesterday (5-13-14) and "canvassed" the May 6 Primary votes.
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