Beaufort County Republican Party steps in another Cow Pile
It is no secret there are two Republican Parties in Beaufort County—the RINO’s (Republican In Name Only) and the Conservative Republicans. Both factions are far apart in their beliefs. The division lines are drawn between a group of liberal Republicans who have mostly moved here from other places, along with local Democrats who realize the only way they can have political influence is to join the Republican Party, dubbed the RINOs. The other faction is the basic everyday conservatives, much like Ronald Reagan, and as some would contend, Donald Trump.
It is no secret that the liberal faction, the RINOs, control the Beaufort County Republican Executive Committee and has driven the conservatives out of participating in the Republican Party Executive Committee.
I have not been allowed to speak at Party events, Executive Committee meetings and have been banished during (illegal) secret votes. Hostility hangs heavy in the air. I no longer try to participate with these “important people” none of whom could get elected dog catcher. The Chairman, Carolyn Garris, informed me that I no longer have ex-officio rights which are guaranteed by the fact that I am a 27 year elected Republican to a public office. She brought charges against other conservative Republicans, alleging disloyalty, while she approved of the behavior of Frankie Waters, who sits on the Republican Executive Committee while donating money to Democrats.
The lack of respect for following the rules of the Beaufort County Republican Party shows up clearly in the appointment of the Secretary to the Republican Executive Committee. The rules state that no person who has been convicted of a felony may be a member of the Committee. There is such a person on the Committee. Her name is April Holloway. Her conviction involves the taking of a large amount of money, about $100,000. She is Secretary to the Executive Committee having been recruited by Carolyn Garris and her buddies.
During, at least the last three, elections the Executive Committee has used their resources, lists, and personnel to campaign against conservative Republicans. They worked against Tandy Dunn to get RINO John Rebholz in office. The Party secretly used email lists to help their candidates without making the lists available to all Republicans candidates.
During the 2022 elections they sent $14,000, that was raised for local candidates, to the statewide judges’ campaigns, claiming the judges had no money. Actually, the judges had several hundred thousand dollars for campaigning. The reason was that The Beaufort County Conservative Club recruited several conservative candidates for school board and commissioner races. The RINOs had only one candidate, Fake Frankie Waters. They were not about to use that money to defeat Fake Frankie by helping conservative candidates..
Voters need to be aware of who is who in the Primary. The Conservative Club will have five candidates in the running for the five school board seats in the November elections. That is, if our three Conservative Republican candidates win their primary elections in March. Picking who to vote for in the School Board elections comes down to “not voting for incumbents”. Conservative candidates running for the School Board in the March 5 primary are: Stacey Davis, District 5 (Old Ford), Raymond Start, District 7 (River Road) and Brian Wood District 9 (Pinetown).
Incumbents on the School Board are allowing the Superintendent to make many liberal and woke decisions. Discipline in all schools is bad. I am not talking about only in the halls. Order in classrooms is not good. Problem students are not weeded out. There is a lot of the “woke” content (CRT, LGBYQ, new math) presented to students. In order to change the way schools are run, we have to change the people who make the decisions. That is the School Board.
The Conservative candidates for County Commissioners are: Tandy Dunn, Steve Carawan and Hood Richardson. In this race, the most important thing is to not vote for incumbents Randy Walker and John Rebholz. There are five candidates in the Commissioner primary race. Each voter can vote for only one candidate, regardless of the number of seats to be filled. There will be four winners who will be on the November ballot. Hopefully we will lose a RINO in the primary.
The Chairman of the Beaufort County Republican Party is running for Register of Deeds. She now has a temporary appointment to that position. She stopped recording important documents on paper within days of her taking office without the approval of the Board of County Commissioners. Your deeds and powers of attorney are now recorded only on the internet. What could possibly go wrong? She has violated several laws in doing this. The RINOs and Democrats have voted not to hear any more about her malfeasance. The qualified conservative candidate is Tim Melton.
There is some good news in the political battle between conservative Republicans and RINOs. During the 2020 and 2022 elections more than half of the total votes cast were for conservative Republican candidates. I hope these voters continue to use common sense in picking candidates and continue to turn out to vote for conservatives, including President Trump.
The bad news is that the Beaufort County Republican Party will be using the mailing lists, contact lists, headquarters, donated money, and anything else they can think of to support their RINO candidates. All voters should use their heads before signing anything, donating money or volunteering to work for the Beaufort County Republican Party. The Conservative Club is working with and supporting the conservative Republican candidates.
The best way to clean up the Beaufort County Republican Party is to elect conservative candidates, not the hand picked RINOs of the Party. Local elections are just as important as national elections.
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To Firebrand: If ignorance were bliss, the Bird of Paradise would nest in your head.
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Van Zant, the letter was never lost. There never was a letter. Hood Richardson does not get to decide his privileges with the Executive Committee. NCGOP Plan Of Organization does. Either way he has no voting rights. He is irrelevant. Time for him to go away.
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In your, oh so humble opinion.
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Big Bob: It is a knowing thing, not a telling thing.
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You can tell yourself that all you want.
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Again Big Bob, you wouldn't know.
Like most of your comments here, this is way over you comprehension level. |
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Leftist, fascists' MAGA ---we are what we are.
Doesn't take a genius to see: Democrat Republican MAGA All 3 distinct entities. |
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Big Bob: You are Leftist, and have NO idea what constitutes a Real Republican.
You parrot the words of an Idiot President, and the sum of his Non Patriot Lying Sycophants, so why would anyone of substance care what you spew. Concurrently, I would argue, however, that you do possess a glimmer of what constitutes a true RINO. |
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I dont consider most of you republicans. Your a third party - MAGA
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Firebrand: Read what Van Zant wrote on this site and lick your lying wounds.
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Hood I would not call you a Conservative. You are the RINO here. You have just been pulling the wool over everyone’s eyes for years. Time for you to go on March 5. And all your hateful cronies too.
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First off, he said that according to the state plan of organization, under Administrative procedure, "When an ex officio member of a Committee ceases to hold the office that ENTITLES him to such membership, his membership terminates automatically."
So, we then looked at the county plan of organization. It stated, "Elected officials SHALL be ex officio members of the Beaufort CEC [County Executive Committee], with rights to be recognized to speak or debate but not to vote."
I then asked him about the Forfeiture of Official Privileges section of the county plan of organization where it states, "Any current or former officer or Member of a Precinct Committee or County Executive Committee who, for any reason, is removed or resigned from said position shall forfeit all rights and privileges in any way connected with that position." I asked would that apply in any way in this particular situation? On that he said, an ex officio member SHALL be there because of his elected office. He has the right to exorcise that right or not. That's his or her choice.
Putting all this together with the actual minutes of the Beaufort County Executive Committee meeting, where the Commissioner only resigned his voting at large position anyway, makes it look bad for the local committee. They are clearly abusing their power and going to extreme lengths to drive conservatives out of the party.