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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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The Beaufort County Board of Commissioners heard a report from Hood Richardson, its representative on the Beaufort Health System Authority board at its regular November meeting Monday (11-14-11) night.
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The Beaufort County Board of Commissioners had a loaded agenda, no pun intended, for its November meeting Monday night (11-14-11).
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This is a continuation of our series on Monday's (11-14-11) Washington City Council meeting.
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The Washington City Council met Monday (11-14-11) in its regular monthly meeting and as usual, heard some good news and some bad news.
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In a case that illustrates how important the election of appellant court judges is in this state, a severely divided N. C. Supreme Court last week let stand a 2010 Court of Appeals (COA) decision that outlawed real estate "impact fees" as a means of building schools.
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Frank Palombo is a candidate in the Republican Primary (May 8, 2012), running against Walter B. Jones, Jr.
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Walter B. Jones, Jr. supports the pullout of American troops from Afghanistan. Now we learn how the enemy views all this.
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Is a stun gun a dangerous weapon capable of inflicting deadly force? That is a question we have raised here on several occasions and suggested that they should be treated as deadly weapons.
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The case against Carter Leary was dismissed at the end of the state's presentation of evidence upon a motion by Leary's attorney, Les Robinson.
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It was not a good day for the Beaufort County Sheriff's Department. The case against Carter Leary in the June 15, 2011, 12th street siege case was thrown out of court before the defense even put on its case.
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If a school board once discriminated against blacks in electing the board, does it still have to use race-based criteria even after there is no longer any discrimination?
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