Frankie Waters out did himself again | Eastern North Carolina Now

By:  Hood Richardson

This article discloses where Frankie Waters obtained some of his campaign funds for his election to the Beaufort County Commission during the 2022 election.  Disclosing this information is a task I am reluctant to perform.  However, Fake Frankie Waters went to the trouble of publishing a list of donors to The Beaufort County Conservative Republican PAC.  He spread the information to all who would look at it.  Therefore, turn about is fair play.

A great many of the people in this listing are friends of mine, just like a great many of the people who donated to the Beaufort County Conservative PAC are friends of Fake Frankie.  I hope those who are friends on both sides remain friends. 

I respect the right of any person to donate to any candidate he desires.  Normally all parties in politics respect others rights without making a public issue of individual contributions. I shall continue that respect except when decorum is violated by people like Fake Frankie who have unusual personality traits.

All donations in elections of more than fifty dollars are public information with filings required at very specific times by the board of elections.  The law also limits the amount of money or in-kind service that can be donated to candidates.  The intent of the law was to have free ad fair elections because wealthy people were literally buying elections for super liberal candidates. 

However, there is a way around the law.  Big donors set up PACS (Political Action Committees) and spend millions to elect individual candidates.  This is legal provided there is no collusion (communication) between the candidate and the PAC.  All moneys spent by the candidate, his supporters and the PACs are required to be reported to the Board of Elections and that information becomes public information,  It is available just for the asking.

 Public information is how Fake Frankie, member of the Republican Executive Committee, got caught donating money to Democrats.  Donating to the other side is the moral equivalent to treason if you are a member of an executive committee.

This list is not in alphabetical order nor is it arranged by amount donated.  We do not represent that this list has all donors listed.  It is a compilation of some filings. If errors are proven, we will print a correction.

Tommy Miller     $100                                                       Van Sparow              250

Jerry O. Evans       400                                                       Debrah Y. Sparrow   250

Ernie L. Coleman  250                                                       Charles F. Rose         100

Neil L. Bowen       250                                                       C Harold Smith         500

Rodney Woolard   150                                                       Leamon H. Allen, Jr  1500

Robert Sutter         100                                                       Leroy E. Waters         50

Charles W. Staton  100                                                      Frank W. Waters        1000

Michael Buzzeo     100                                                      Kathy P. Waters          500

Larry Dilley           200                                                       Lee D. Hemick           25

Andrew Fisher       250                                                       Daren K. Armstrong   100

James G. Latham   100                                                       Gail Breed                   100

Gary L. Respess     2000                                                     Michael Buzzeo          200

W. K. Paul Jr.          1000                                                    Charles Slade              300

Jerry M. Waters      250                                                       Mickey Cochran           100

Loretta  Bowen       500                                                       Tomp Litchfield, Jr.   500

Jack Piland             100                                                        Steven L. Lee             500

As nearly as we can tell Frankie Waters donated at least $4,000 to his campaign