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The State of North Carolina, at last count, confiscated $84.2 million from taxpayers in the state (individuals and businesses) and gave it to movie production companies to entice them to make their movies in North Carolina, rather than Hollywood or somewhere else.
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The Chocowinity Town Board met for its regular monthly meeting on April 1, 2014. It was a short agenda and the public meeting lasted only 30 minutes.
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Governor Pat McCrory has stepped in it. He told the Washington Post that Thom Tillis is the most electable Republican against Kay Hagan. Here is how the Post reported it.
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As reported by Stan, the meeting was useful, but regrettably was sabotaged by Commission Jerry Langley, who adjourned the meeting without a vote to do so (as required by Robert's Rules of Order) when it did not go the way Chairman Langley wanted it to go.
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Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon has been arrested by the FBI for violating Federal corruption statutes. He has not yet resigned, but we expect that any time.
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The voters of Beaufort County have just recently been treated to two examples of disgusting, sleazy politics. The Republican Party in Beaufort County has just been subjected to an exhibition of one of the things that keeps the GOP from becoming a viable governing force in the county.
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The Chocowinity Planning Board met Monday (3-17-14) in its regular monthly meeting.
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If you've ever wondered why the Republican Party in Beaufort County is so divided you need look no further for a prime example than the March monthly meeting of the Board of Commissioners.
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Vidant Health Systems, which recently acquired Pungo Hospital now proposes to close it April 1, or soon thereafter. The hospital real estate is owned by a private corporation.
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At the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners' meeting Monday (3-10-14) night candidate for Beaufort County Sheriff Donald Dixon made a presentation that contained some rather amazing information.
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The Washington Daily News recently published an editorial in which they complained about Hood Richardson and Stan Deatherage not attending the local annual Board of Commissioners' planning retreat. The editorial suggested it was their duty to attend the session.
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At the recent annual "planning retreat" of the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners one of the presenters, Dr. William Rivenbark, reviewed the financial status of the county.
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The greatest cost of building a new jail at this time is the opportunity costs. A new school would be a much better use of this money and property than building a jail.
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In Part I in this series on the Economic Impact of Building a New Jail we looked at the impact on downtown Washington.
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So by the slim majority of one vote (4-3) the Beaufort County Board of Commissioner has voted to award design and construction management contracts of up to two million dollars for a new jail at the Chocowinity Industrial Park six miles from the county courthouse.
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Those in attendance at the special called meeting of the Beaufort County Commission today (2-27-14) were exposed to one of the worst displays of arrogance in government we have ever seen in 38 years of attending such meetings.
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Five of the nine announced candidates for Sheriff of Beaufort County addressed the Beaufort Patriot TEA Party on January 16, 2014. They were Todd Alligood, Gary Blount, Ernie Coleman, Donald Dixon and Harry Meredith.
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If Al Klemm wanted to start a day-care business and took a business plan to the bank to borrow money do you think they would lend him the money if he was using population projections that included people over 20 years of age as potential customers? That is exactly what he is doing with the Jail Stud
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Common Core is the new public school curriculum for reading and math, K-12. It specifies what should be taught at each grade level or in each course.
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At the February 3, 2014 Board of Commissioners' meeting Hood Richardson offered a motion to petition Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermons to dissolve the current order related to the jail.
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At the tail-end of a long meeting Monday night (2-3-14) the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners dealt with an interesting issue.
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There was a time in this country when people were reticent to accept "welfare." Most people saw it as something to be ashamed of.
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Republicans like to boast about "cutting taxes." That's well and good, but take note: Many of us have just been hit with a $43 million sales tax increase.
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We want to commend Mr. Klemm for finally trying to explain his position on the jail. The problem is, his position is both a distortion of the truth and a faulty
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It has been learned that UNC created, offered and allowed athletes to take courses that seldom met and apparently had no requirements except some flimsy papers in order to get, not only credit, but grades sufficient to enhance the athlete's GPA
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In all the debate about building a new jail what may be the most important issue has gone completely un-noticed by the people proposing to spend twenty million dollars or so. Generally stated, that issue is: Alternatives to incarceration.
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The Washington City Council heard a presentation and public comments on a proposed "people's pier" extending 70 feet beyond the bulkhead at the foot of Market Street.
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First, on the point of not being able to envision being put in a position of having to decide whether to enforce a law or order that was contrary to the constitution, let us just say this to those candidates.
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We have an inherently dishonest President. If you did not already know that or if you doubt it then you should review his speech on the massive spying program the National Security Agency is operating.
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According to Beaufort County Manager Randall Woodruff, the majority on the Beaufort County Commission are planning on paying for a new jail they are proposing by using non-voter approved long-term debt rather than submitting the issue to a vote of the people.
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The Washington City Council, meeting in its first regular monthly meeting of the new year, heard a report from NC Department of Transportation engineers on the renovation of 15th street.
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While our neighbors in Carteret and Craven counties are fighting against a proposed wind farm near Newport, our Beaufort County Commission is fighting to help a "green energy" company build one near Pantego.
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In the brief span of about two minutes at the January meeting of the Beaufort County Commission we were subjected to yet another example of what is wrong with the majority's view of their responsibilities as commissioners.
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Everyone knows that the Gang of Four and the Resident Superior Court Judge have already determined that a new jail needs to be built in Beaufort County.
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