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Under the cover of Covid, and now in the shadow of the infamous Election Irregularities of that fated 2020 presidential election, with current emerging alleged election fraud in Nevada and Pennsylvania inconveniently slipping into the public discourse, there is proved a colluded ongoing Election Interference in the nomination of the Republican candidate, the likes of which has never occurred in our Constitutional Republic's history, albeit, the question remains: Do you support the plain-sight Election Interference of the Democratic Socialist party, employing its minions in their Propagandistic Media, and their Two Tiered Justice System?
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Several years ago the county was refused USDA financing for a justice center at the Minute Man site because the project's sponsors could not demonstrate sufficient community support for the proposal.
Several years ago the county was refused USDA financing for a justice center at the Minute Man site because the project's sponsors could not demonstrate sufficient community support for the proposal.
 
Last week I sent you an estimate of the operation expense advantage that could be achieved by a remodeling the Washington courthouse as opposed to building in Chocowinity.
Last week I sent you an estimate of the operation expense advantage that could be achieved by a remodeling the Washington courthouse as opposed to building in Chocowinity.
 
These are estimated daily expense numbers for the new 176 bed jail as based on an average 140 inmate population, i.e., 110 local inmates plus 30 transfers from state prison system (Al Klemm,: My Turn WDN, March 15, 2014).
These are estimated daily expense numbers for the new 176 bed jail as based on an average 140 inmate population, i.e., 110 local inmates plus 30 transfers from state prison system (Al Klemm,: My Turn WDN, March 15, 2014).
 
Earlier last year you began acting on a proposal to fund a new jail at the Washington Industrial Park.
Earlier last year you began acting on a proposal to fund a new jail at the Washington Industrial Park.
 
Why should my taxes be used to favor your friends and their private interests?
 
No one has yet offered any kind of cash flow spreadsheet for the public to use in assessing the proposed jail to be built in Chocowinity.
No one has yet offered any kind of cash flow spreadsheet for the public to use in assessing the proposed jail to be built in Chocowinity.
 
The political propaganda that surrounds the new jail has not helped to inform either the public or the county commissioners.
The political propaganda that surrounds the new jail has not helped to inform either the public or the county commissioners.
 
The next time you discuss the pleas of local businessmen for taxpayer support of their endangered firms, please remember that businesses are not expected or meant to survive the competition of the market place.
The next time you discuss the pleas of local businessmen for taxpayer support of their endangered firms, please remember that businesses are not expected or meant to survive the competition of the market place.
 
"Because the public sector does not allocate its resources based on economic criteria, it can and does continue to allocate resources to under-performing programs – so much so that poor performance becomes a rationale for additional resources."
"Because the public sector does not allocate its resources based on economic criteria, it can and does continue to allocate resources to under-performing programs – so much so that poor performance becomes a rationale for additional resources."
 
The lines below from Adam Smith would argue in favor of getting artificial barriers to business out of the way of entrepreneurs.
The lines below from Adam Smith would argue in favor of getting artificial barriers to business out of the way of entrepreneurs.
 
The Rural Center is getting the axe. The waste, incompetence and tangled interests that your inane economic development schemes have forced on this county have likely lost their inspiration.
The Rural Center is getting the axe. The waste, incompetence and tangled interests that your inane economic development schemes have forced on this county have likely lost their inspiration.
 
We should be dedicating ourselves to recapturing the state and federal tax dollars that are taken away Beaufort County residents by sourcing grants from outside our community to help fund local needs and by cutting the regulatory burdens placed on local businesses.
We should be dedicating ourselves to recapturing the state and federal tax dollars that are taken away Beaufort County residents by sourcing grants from outside our community to help fund local needs and by cutting the regulatory burdens placed on local businesses.
 
If the old owners of the Weir plant and the new prospective buyers of that building were not in perfect agreement on the price at which the property should change hands, then it was their task, as private profit seeking parties, to negotiate until the difference could be reconciled.
If the old owners of the Weir plant and the new prospective buyers of that building were not in perfect agreement on the price at which the property should change hands, then it was their task, as private profit seeking parties, to negotiate until the difference could be reconciled.
 
Although I do not see any way to escape using state and federal grants as the most direct means of recapturing local taxes unfortunately sent to Raleigh and Washington, DC, I have strongly argued against matching grants to local businesses which are funded by additional burdens on local taxpayers.
Although I do not see any way to escape using state and federal grants as the most direct means of recapturing local taxes unfortunately sent to Raleigh and Washington, DC, I have strongly argued against matching grants to local businesses which are funded by additional burdens on local taxpayers.
 
I want to add my thanks for Bob Huets to that of Delma Blinson. Bob has done a great job in moving us one step closer to ending the disaster that the EDC has created with the industrial parks.
I want to add my thanks for Bob Huets to that of Delma Blinson. Bob has done a great job in moving us one step closer to ending the disaster that the EDC has created with the industrial parks.
 
On March 12, 2013, the Washington Daily News reported on a presentation Comm. Al Klemm made to the Workforce Partnership for the stated purpose of "diffusing misinformation" surrounding the proposal to move the jail to the industrial park.
On March 12, 2013, the Washington Daily News reported on a presentation Comm. Al Klemm made to the Workforce Partnership for the stated purpose of "diffusing misinformation" surrounding the proposal to move the jail to the industrial park.
 
Last year on March 19, the then executive director of the Economic Development Commission presented his report for 2011 and his assurances for EDC's coming achievements in 2012.
Last year on March 19, the then executive director of the Economic Development Commission presented his report for 2011 and his assurances for EDC's coming achievements in 2012.
 
Economic development, as envisioned in Beaufort County, is the poster child for bureaucratic ineptitude and crony capitalism.
Economic development, as envisioned in Beaufort County, is the poster child for bureaucratic ineptitude and crony capitalism.
 
The industrial parks have incurred capital ($6.5 million) and current ($3.5 million) costs of $330,000 per job created (30 jobs).
The industrial parks have incurred capital ($6.5 million) and current ($3.5 million) costs of $330,000 per job created (30 jobs).
 
Concerning the November 13, 2012 meeting of the Beaufort County Commissioners and the request for a study on the impact of tourism in Beaufort County, the data to date seems to make little or no sense and the various sources do not even confirm each other's findings.
Concerning the November 13, 2012 meeting of the Beaufort County Commissioners and the request for a study on the impact of tourism in Beaufort County, the data to date seems to make little or no sense and the various sources do not even confirm each other's findings.
 
espite the traditional praise of "melting pots," "big tents" and "rainbow coalitions" the strategy behind our country's election process is to activate the ethnic, racial and social differences that exist among its people.
espite the traditional praise of "melting pots," "big tents" and "rainbow coalitions" the strategy behind our country's election process is to activate the ethnic, racial and social differences that exist among its people.
 
The supporters of the EDC have made the argument that the spending on economic development has a multiplier effect on our local economy, whereby each dollar spent locally by the EDC is magnified by some positive fraction.
The supporters of the EDC have made the argument that the spending on economic development has a multiplier effect on our local economy, whereby each dollar spent locally by the EDC is magnified by some positive fraction.
 
"Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under." H. L. Mencken
"Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under." H. L. Mencken
 
Economic Development Commissions 10 year quest for the relocation of large employers wasted millions of dollars and mired the county in idle infrastructure which is uselessly degrading with time.
Economic Development Commissions 10 year quest for the relocation of large employers wasted millions of dollars and mired the county in idle infrastructure which is uselessly degrading with time.
 
I have made no secret of my belief that the Economic Development Commission (EDC) has been incompetent and amateurish in its approach to economic development. It would have been impossible for the EDC to have failed more miserably or over a broader range of issues.
I have made no secret of my belief that the Economic Development Commission (EDC) has been incompetent and amateurish in its approach to economic development. It would have been impossible for the EDC to have failed more miserably or over a broader range of issues.
 
Commissioners have just sold the QSII building. It is impossible to know if they should have waited or continued ownership. W
Commissioners have just sold the QSII building. It is impossible to know if they should have waited or continued ownership. W
 
The Quick Start II building is now offered for sale at $1.5 million. This is $900,000 beneath its construction cost and the loss must be increased to include financing, maintenance and depreciation of the structure due to age.
The Quick Start II building is now offered for sale at $1.5 million. This is $900,000 beneath its construction cost and the loss must be increased to include financing, maintenance and depreciation of the structure due to age.
 
We gave away over $1,250,000 in expenses, salaries and crony capitalist subsidies and guarantees between June 2011 and June 2012 while maintaining and funding an empty QSII, an undeveloped Folly on Frederick Rd, and an unoccupied Skills Center.
We gave away over $1,250,000 in expenses, salaries and crony capitalist subsidies and guarantees between June 2011 and June 2012 while maintaining and funding an empty QSII, an undeveloped Folly on Frederick Rd, and an unoccupied Skills Center.
 
Recently President Obama, speaking in Roanoke, Va., commented, "If you got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."
Recently President Obama, speaking in Roanoke, Va., commented, "If you got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."
 
Has the "Big Blue Blister of Debt" been placed with a professional Realtor? Has anything been done to price and market the building? What costs are now accruing form our continued ownership?
Has the "Big Blue Blister of Debt" been placed with a professional Realtor? Has anything been done to price and market the building? What costs are now accruing form our continued ownership?
 
Professor Sowell is not singling out president Obama's policies, other than to see them as a misguided continuation of programs which every administration has forced on American taxpayers and consumers in order to placate special interests.
Professor Sowell is not singling out president Obama's policies, other than to see them as a misguided continuation of programs which every administration has forced on American taxpayers and consumers in order to placate special interests.
 
On June 4, 2012, you mentioned to the Beaufort County Commissioners that, earlier in the day, Mr. Tom Thompson, executive director Economic Development Commission (EDC), had failed to attend a meeting where you had expected to discuss the unfiled and overdue 2011 EDC annual report with him.
On June 4, 2012, you mentioned to the Beaufort County Commissioners that, earlier in the day, Mr. Tom Thompson, executive director Economic Development Commission (EDC), had failed to attend a meeting where you had expected to discuss the unfiled and overdue 2011 EDC annual report with him.
 
What is actually sane about this report? What do you find acceptable about a one sided public relations piece being submitted, 75 days late and only after a threatened suspension of pay, in place of documented tool for management review and oversight?
What is actually sane about this report? What do you find acceptable about a one sided public relations piece being submitted, 75 days late and only after a threatened suspension of pay, in place of documented tool for management review and oversight?
 
We address the much belated Beaufort County EDC report, now finally submitted, through contributor Warren Smith's correspondence to Beaufort County Commissioner Al Klemm.
We address the much belated Beaufort County EDC report, now finally submitted, through contributor Warren Smith's correspondence to Beaufort County Commissioner Al Klemm.
 
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