Beaufort Observer Editorial Team's Entries
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The Monday August 5 public hearing on a report from the Beaufort County Limited Voting Elections Committee produced uncertainty. After a committee composed of 12 citizens and commissioners studied how to change limited voting for six months Chairman Gary Brinn tabled his motion citing the need for f
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The Monday August 5 public hearing on a report from the Beaufort County Limited Voting Elections Committee produced uncertainty. After a committee composed of 12 citizens and commissioners studied how to change limited voting for six months Chairman Gary Brinn tabled his motion citing the need for f
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Apparently, backroom dealing continues to be alive and well among the Democrats and RINO Al Klemm on the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners.
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Apparently, backroom dealing continues to be alive and well among the Democrats and RINO Al Klemm on the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners.
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Governor McCrory and his Secretary of Commerce have a major problem on their hands.
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Governor McCrory and his Secretary of Commerce have a major problem on their hands.
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Barry's joined the TEA Party. For several years now, the TEA partiers have been saying that government is dysfunctional and that Washington's the problem, not the solution.
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Barry's joined the TEA Party. For several years now, the TEA partiers have been saying that government is dysfunctional and that Washington's the problem, not the solution.
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So who says we "need a new jail?" Other than Alan Jordan and his cronies, that is.
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So who says we "need a new jail?" Other than Alan Jordan and his cronies, that is.
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Abe Lincoln is reported to have said that "you can fool all of the people some ot the time and some of the people all of the time but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time."
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Abe Lincoln is reported to have said that "you can fool all of the people some ot the time and some of the people all of the time but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time."
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The N. C. Rural Center has come under fire as a result of a State Auditor's report that said, among other things, that the Center maintained inadequate accountability for grants it gave to businesses that were to create "new jobs."
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The N. C. Rural Center has come under fire as a result of a State Auditor's report that said, among other things, that the Center maintained inadequate accountability for grants it gave to businesses that were to create "new jobs."
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We reported Tuesday (7-16-13) about the House effectively killing HB 786. That bill would have given drivers licenses to illegal aliens, among a long list of "comprehensive immigration reform" measures.
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We reported Tuesday (7-16-13) about the House effectively killing HB 786. That bill would have given drivers licenses to illegal aliens, among a long list of "comprehensive immigration reform" measures.
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This is the same outfit that the Observer has reported on in the past, as a result of the very able research of Betty Murphy.
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This is the same outfit that the Observer has reported on in the past, as a result of the very able research of Betty Murphy.
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It's been said before: " pick your battles to fight. Think twice about fighting battles you can't win."
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It's been said before: " pick your battles to fight. Think twice about fighting battles you can't win."
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Like the Energizer Bunny, the Beaufort County Jail story just keeps going, and going.
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Like the Energizer Bunny, the Beaufort County Jail story just keeps going, and going.
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If you're not sure what a Kabuki dance is you should have been at the July Beaufort County Commissioners meeting.
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If you're not sure what a Kabuki dance is you should have been at the July Beaufort County Commissioners meeting.
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The Daily Haymaker is running a story about the spat in the Craven County Republican Party.
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The Daily Haymaker is running a story about the spat in the Craven County Republican Party.
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the Washington City Council heard an appeal from the Rev. David Moore for more bailouts of a failed low income housing project he had previously secured a quarter-million dollars taxpayer funded grant that he too has not delivered on.
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the Washington City Council heard an appeal from the Rev. David Moore for more bailouts of a failed low income housing project he had previously secured a quarter-million dollars taxpayer funded grant that he too has not delivered on.
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The real reason for the demonstration is MONEY. More specifically the tax payers' money that Barber and his cronies have been living off of.
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The real reason for the demonstration is MONEY. More specifically the tax payers' money that Barber and his cronies have been living off of.
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There are two stories here. The first is that of why this board even exists. The second in how it operated to violate Mr. Cooksey's rights.
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There are two stories here. The first is that of why this board even exists. The second in how it operated to violate Mr. Cooksey's rights.
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A bill working its way through the Legislature, if it passes as it now stands, will make a major change in the way district court judges are selected in North Carolina.
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A bill working its way through the Legislature, if it passes as it now stands, will make a major change in the way district court judges are selected in North Carolina.
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The United States Supreme Court today (6-25-13) ruled much of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965 unconstitutional. The 6-3 decision came in the case of Shelby County, Alabama vs. Eric Holder, the U. S. Attorney General.
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The United States Supreme Court today (6-25-13) ruled much of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965 unconstitutional. The 6-3 decision came in the case of Shelby County, Alabama vs. Eric Holder, the U. S. Attorney General.
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Many Americans have known for a long time that the IRS is a rogue agency that will readily break the law to accomplish its "mission."
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Many Americans have known for a long time that the IRS is a rogue agency that will readily break the law to accomplish its "mission."
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Prohibition did not work when they tried to ban alcohol and the ban on drugs is not working, by any measure one wishes to apply. Drugs, as defined by those substances that are illegal, are bad. real bad.
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Prohibition did not work when they tried to ban alcohol and the ban on drugs is not working, by any measure one wishes to apply. Drugs, as defined by those substances that are illegal, are bad. real bad.
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The Beaufort County Board of Commissioners, meeting in a special called meeting Tuesday (6-18-13), heard reports from its staff about what caused the problems that resulted in the county jail being evacuated.
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The Beaufort County Board of Commissioners, meeting in a special called meeting Tuesday (6-18-13), heard reports from its staff about what caused the problems that resulted in the county jail being evacuated.
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Most people we know are not too concerned about the recent revelations that the U. S Government has been collecting billions of bits of information on them without have any particularized suspicion that those on whom they have collected the data had violated any laws.
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Most people we know are not too concerned about the recent revelations that the U. S Government has been collecting billions of bits of information on them without have any particularized suspicion that those on whom they have collected the data had violated any laws.
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Resident Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermons, Jr. issued a court order designating where the prisoners assigned to the Beaufort County Jail shall be housed pending the repairs that caused the re-location of the prisoners due to two successive power failures.
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Resident Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermons, Jr. issued a court order designating where the prisoners assigned to the Beaufort County Jail shall be housed pending the repairs that caused the re-location of the prisoners due to two successive power failures.
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The Winston Salem Journal Tuesday had an article from the Associate Press that summarizes the current status of gun legislation moving through the Legislature. You can read the article by clicking here.
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The Winston Salem Journal Tuesday had an article from the Associate Press that summarizes the current status of gun legislation moving through the Legislature. You can read the article by clicking here.
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It's looking more and more like the U. S. Senate race in 2014 is not going to be so much about Kay Hagan hanging with Barack Obama, but about a major schism in the North Carolina Republican Party.
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It's looking more and more like the U. S. Senate race in 2014 is not going to be so much about Kay Hagan hanging with Barack Obama, but about a major schism in the North Carolina Republican Party.
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Politics, Beaufort County-style, is a dirty, ugly, mean business.
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Politics, Beaufort County-style, is a dirty, ugly, mean business.
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What's this about Republicans trying to raise taxes, ah, make that tolls?
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What's this about Republicans trying to raise taxes, ah, make that tolls?
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We here at the Observer have contended for sometime now that care should be taken by government officials before they take risks with taxpayers' money.
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We here at the Observer have contended for sometime now that care should be taken by government officials before they take risks with taxpayers' money.
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The games grown people play are amazing at times. One such time is that going on now between the Beaufort County Board of Education and the County Commission.
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The games grown people play are amazing at times. One such time is that going on now between the Beaufort County Board of Education and the County Commission.
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House Speaker Thom Tillis is under siege. We have been reporting here that we continue to pick up rumors on Jones Street and from Administration operatives that there is a broad and deep resentment growing against Tillis' high-handed method of operating.
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House Speaker Thom Tillis is under siege. We have been reporting here that we continue to pick up rumors on Jones Street and from Administration operatives that there is a broad and deep resentment growing against Tillis' high-handed method of operating.
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Essentially what the report documents is that as much as $20 million of school construction from the $39.6 million bond construction program was built in the wrong place and too little was spent on schools that should have had more construction than was done at those schools.
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Essentially what the report documents is that as much as $20 million of school construction from the $39.6 million bond construction program was built in the wrong place and too little was spent on schools that should have had more construction than was done at those schools.
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Rep. Mike Speciale continues to impress us. He has co-sponsored what may very well become one of the most important bills in this year's General Assembly.
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Rep. Mike Speciale continues to impress us. He has co-sponsored what may very well become one of the most important bills in this year's General Assembly.
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At this month's Washington City Council meeting the council heard a report on the proposed development of the remaining acreage known locally as the Moss Planing Mill site.
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At this month's Washington City Council meeting the council heard a report on the proposed development of the remaining acreage known locally as the Moss Planing Mill site.
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The Beaufort County Board of Commissioners began their budget deliberations Monday night (5-13-13).
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The Beaufort County Board of Commissioners began their budget deliberations Monday night (5-13-13).