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He has written a letter to Congress trying to justify his role in "Fast and Furious." We'll save you a recitation of the details of Fast and Furious, but a quick internet search will give you hundreds of articles on the topic. Suffice it to say it is a big story.
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We've posted several articles and videos the last few days about the "Occupy wherever" protests. You've probably seen reports if you watch the Elite Media evening news stories.
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Congressman and GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul was in Greenville Friday (10-7-11) speaking at a rally at the Greenville Convention center in support of Rep. Walter Jones' re-election bid.
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At their October meeting, Chairman Jerry Langley brought up the issue of a new jail again. He did so by commenting that "everybody agrees there is a need for a new jail...the part we do not agree on is the location."
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The Beaufort County Commissioners held their regular monthly meeting Monday (10-30-11). The video clips below present the highlights of the meeting.
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Heather Tetterton, formerly a pharmacist at Tayloe's Hospital Pharmacy in Washington copped a plea in Beaufort Superior Court Tuesday (10-4-11), just hours before she was scheduled to go on trial Thursday in a drug case that is expected to have more far reaching effects.
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As scheduled, the Washington City Council, and councilman Moultrie, discussed the Police Chief's recommendation that people with valid concealed handgun permits be prohibited from having those weapons in a list of "recreational facilities" within the city.
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Here is another one of those examples of the obsession of the City of Washington to control every aspect of whatever it is they think they can control. The proposal by the Police Chief is absolutely inconsistent with the intent of the General Assembly in enacting H 650.
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The Beaufort County Board of Education held its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday (8-20-11) with its new chairman, Mac Hodges, presiding. You can review the Board Member's packet by clicking here.
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As we have reported here on several occasions in the last several months, your electrical bill is headed up, up and up. Now we learn that the proposed merger of Progress Energy and Duke Energy will make them go up even more.
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Crony capitalism. Well connected special interests getting lucrative breaks from government has become so commonplace that most Americans no longer pay much attention to them.
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The public got an opportunity to meet and hear candidates for the city council in Washington at a Candidates' Forum last night (9-15-11).
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Mr. McCoy explained why CJLEADS was developed before he turned the demonstration over to his staff to show the attendees how the system operates.
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What to do about the feral cats was the big issue, if you count the amount of time spent on it, while the bad drainage issue came up again.
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Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry has called Social Security a Ponzi scheme. Democrats are busy cranking out emails castigating him for pointing out the obvious.
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The crux of that issue is what kind of odor will be released as a result of that process. Thus, where it is located becomes a question of who is concerned about it.
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During last year's budget process the Beaufort County Commissioners debated whether they would raise taxes or cut spending. After a great deal of kabuki dancing the "Gang of 5" (Booth, Cayton, Klemm, Langley, and McRoy) ended up voting a 6% tax increase.
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"When's the power going to be back on?" That's The Question...the most frequent question we received from readers in the aftermath of Irene, after the water came back on.
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You are in trouble. Deep, deep trouble. The evidence to support that contention is all around, but none more profound than Maureen Dowd's piece in the Sunday New York Times.
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The hospital boards voted today to convey the health system, including the hospital to University Health Systems under terms UHS dictated on a take-it-or-leave-it basis.
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Do police officers have a reasonable expectation of privacy while performing their duties in public?Does a policeman have a reasonable expectation of privacy when performing duties in a public arena?
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Barack Obama has both begun his re-election campaign and signaled what his message will be: "Politics is the problem." Or, if you prefer: "Those Republican politicians are the problem." Technocracy is his solution.
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Have you ever wondered why it seems that Beaufort County is almost always behind other counties?
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You might want to read this article from the Charleston, West Virginia, Daily Mail before reading the following article about Tuesday's School Board meeting.
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At the end of a grueling meeting the Beaufort County Board of Education elected Mac Hodges to be its new chairman and Cindy Winstead to replace Hodges as vice chair.
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The SBI has been investigating voter fraud in Wake County after the Board of Elections there turned over information to the Wake County District Attorney.
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On Monday night Mercer indicated that his read of the financial statements was that there could possibly be as much as a million in revenue shortfall.
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We recently reported on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling against the Forsyth County commissioners prayer policy.
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At its regular monthly meeting this week the Chocowinity Town Board adopted a new ordinance requiring property owners within the town limits to post street number signs as prescribed by the ordinance.
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We just became aware, indirectly, of yet another example of what we call "abuse of police power under color of law."
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ometimes we agree with the WDN's editorial position and sometimes we don't. Either way we don't hesitate to say so. We think competition in ideas is just as good as competition in other areas.
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At the August County Commissioners meeting, Beaufort Community College President David McLawhorn appeared before the board asking it to adopt a resolution in opposition to the "merger" of Beaufort with Pitt Community College, and presumably according to his comments, with any other college.
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We don't know of anyone who has advocated more strongly for reduced state spending than have we. And in general we think the Republican-controlled legislature did a good job of doing just that, with some exceptions.
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Potash Corp has dropped plans to build a sulfur melting facility at the State Port in Morehead. Governor Perdue journeyed down from Raleigh to make the announcement to hundreds of cheering people.
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