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This is a follow-up to an earlier article on the turnout at the Chocowinity Town Board Meeting Tuesday (1-3-12) night and the anticipated Beaufort County Commissioner's meeting next Monday night (1-6-12).
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Confusion reigned at the Chocowinity Town Board meeting Tuesday night.
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The Beaufort County Commissioners have heard from the developer of a wind farm near Pantego as well as some of the landowners who hope to lease their land to the developer, Invenergy, and from residents opposed to building the wind farm near the Pocosin Lakes Wildlife Refuge.
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The General Assembly will next week debate whether to override Gov. Bev. Perdue's veto of the repeal of the Racial Justice Act (RJA).
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U. S. Attorney General Eric Holder, responding to criticism of him over the Fast and Furious gunrunning scandal said: "This is a way to get at the president because of the way I can be identified with him, both due to the nature of our relationship, the fact that we're both African-American.
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Governor Perdue has vetoed the repeal of the "Racial Justice Act." (RJA). The Legislature will meet January 4, 2012 to consider whether to override the veto or not. It should do so.
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What do Tommy Thompson, Economic Developer for Beaufort County, Bev. Perdue and Nancy Pelosi have in common? They are all economic illiterates. Let us explain.
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The original complaint filed by Reggie alleged that he entered into a consulting agreement with Westport Shipyard Inc. to help them build a 50 foot boat.
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The lawyers are having a field day with the Fountain issue. Meanwhile, it appears when one rides by the plant on Whichard's Beach Road that little is going on there. The parking lot remains mostly empty.
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Last week we were treated to pictures of an American drone captured in Iran. Less noticed in the spin coming out of the White House about Obama's winning the War in Iraq was a note that American drones will continue to operate over Iraq.
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The December meeting of the Beaufort County Commissioners was not a good night for Economic Developer Tom Thompson or the Economic Development Commission (EDC).
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The Pantego Wind Farm continues to attract attention by the Beaufort County Commissioners, if for no other reason than several members of the public are intent on being sure the Commissioners understand the issues and the company is putting for a valiant effort to "sell" the project.
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Proof that we have an economic illiterate for President of the United States was clearly demonstrated Sunday night (12-12-11) on 60 Minutes when Steve Croft interviewed Barack Obama.
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The Washington City Council held a marathon session Monday night (12-12-11), devoted mostly to strategic planning.
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In what could be a potentially significant obstacle to the plans to build a windfarm near Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in Beaufort County the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service filed a position with the N. C. Utilities Commission 12/5/11 raising concerns about their impact.
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Barack Obama made a speech the other day in Osawatomie, Kansas declaring that capitalism and a free market economy have failed and we need to redefine the American system.
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Most people, especially in Beaufort County, do not live within the city limits of a municipality and most do not even live close enough to be threatened by annexation.
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Does Wal-Mart know something our EDC/Committee of 100 doesn't know?
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The Washington Daily News is once again feeding us the line our "leaders" want us to believe. Those leaders include Alan Jordan, Jerry Langley, Al Klemm and Jay McRoy.
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This is just about the most absurd situation we've seen in a long time. We've previously reported on the State Auditor's reports of some of the UNC campuses and they all show clearly that the financial condition of the campuses does not justify any kind of tuition or fee increase.
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The idea is to convert two unused buildings on Main Street into apartments for low income senior citizens. We think that is a great idea. We have no problem with the idea of development which brings more residents to the downtown area.
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At the November Washington City Council meeting the council heard a long presentation by representatives of a company called "Landex" which proposes to renovate the old Hotel Louise and the adjacent old Belk building into apartments for low-income seniors.
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Is Washington big enough to be Little? That was the issue put to the Washington City Council by its "branding" experts at the November council meeting.
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The Beaufort County Board of Education held its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday (11-22-11).
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The N. C. Senate approved SB 9 Monday (11-28-11) sending the bill to the Governor. The bill effectively guts the so-called Racial Justice Act.
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Such were the words of an admired law professor we once had. He went on to explain that, in law, it is essential for justice to prevail, and therefore extreme care must be taken in making an exception to any law.
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We have previously reported several stories of people who have died after being "tasered," or shocked with a stun gun. Moreover, we have also reported recently that the N. C.
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"Further study is needed..." those words, perhaps the most frequently occurring in academic writing are code for "give us more money."
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There are an abundance of research and popular media reports about the problems we identified with wind generated electricity.
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We sat and listened to the speakers at the Utilities Commission hearing the other night and thought: "this wind stuff sounds real good." We particularly like the part about being pollution free and reducing CO2.
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At the November Beaufort County Commissioners meeting the board went into closed session with Economic Developer Tom Thompson and National Spinning Jim Chesnutt.
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The N. C. Utilities Commission held a public hearing in Beaufort County last night (11-17-11) for the purpose of hearing comments from the public on the proposed Pantego Wind Farm.
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An Illinois company, doing business as Pantego Wind Energy LLC proposes to build a windmill farm in Pantego to generate electricity. It is a bad idea.
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There's been a lot of talk about a new jail in Beaufort County. One of the major issues that has yet to be settled is the site for locating a new facility.
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