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Van Zant said:
( March 14th, 2025 @ 4:52 am )
It's Beaufort County's version of All in the Family. Theres the matrimonial relations between the two boards, and there are also the situations where there are school and commission board members with their offspring employed by the Beaufort County School system. Aw, I bet there is never any conflict of interest there.
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Van Zant: Having served with, and against, the Center-Left Coalition, those whose who swap votes to share power here in Beaufort County, in some various iteration of theirs for the last nearly 15 years, I have had the great displeasure of learning how to exist in slow successful measures, while begrudgingly working with these intellectually challenged political figures.
And, while the Center-Left Coalition does some incredibly stupid stuff, in both word and deed, Commissioner Richardson and I, however deeply frustrated we may appear outwardly, well know how to keep these self-styled marianets in their appointed self-constructed box. Accordingly, the current school board needs to begin the process to form a coalition of Republican badasses to begin what will begin the intense process of forming a shadow political insurgency to remove those among themselves, who could never lead these public schools out of the deep shadows in which they are now intellectually and politically enshrouded. I honestly know in the deepest recesses of my optimistic political heart that we are just one election away from a conservative revolution here on the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners, and in that same note of optimism, I am hopeful for the Beaufort County School Board as well. |
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Must a struck a nerve with the matrimonial board members. It seems the appearance of impropriety is of no consequence to the commission husbands. Quite the contrary since the response is to double down.
As screwed up as the BC Commission is, at least you can tell who the board members are and who the staff members are. The lines are so blurred on the BC School Board. It's like alternate reality. |
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Van Zant: If anyone deserves the right to be publicly angry with these intellectually deprived members of the Center-Left Coalition, it is me; however, I am honor bound to do the People's business during these public meetings, and I shall never "grind my personal /business axe" on the People's time.
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Regarding the March 3 Commission meeting: What a shocking lack of decorum.
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I watch th Mar3 Commissioners meeting,& saw a Clown Show!
What an embarrassment Ed Booth is to th pple of this county. He completely slanders Hood right there n front of th world.He should resign n shame. His lack of integrity&judgment was n full view. The 4 I refer to as Mr Opposites is bec they consistently vote nay to anything Hood purposes. Even simply a light to let them know when they are being recorded was too much 4 them. However w/out even a night to sleeping on it, they voted to pay $500,000 for 4ac. NOW THAT contrast is a perfect example of what is wrong w th 4 Mr. Opposites. They made fools of selves & now they just want to move on & hide their errors by not demanding a title search to resolve any festering doubts abt th dishonesty of that whole boondoggle. I feel bad 4 Hood&Stan saying this,but I think we need term limits. All BAD BAD stuff going on here in BeaufortCounty&Washington Govt, however Stan made an inspiring speech during the Comments section. Part 1 of 2. |
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Continued Part 2 of 2.
All Bad BAD BAD stuff going on here in Beaufort County & Washington City Govt., however Stan made a speech immediately after the call for Commissioner comments that I found inspiring. Good job Stan. Sooo since lawyers are worthless, how do the citizens force justice on the unethical? HOw do WeThePpl find a entity in Federal or State Govt that will bring a hammer down on those cheating us of the right to have a Govt OF the Ppl? Or as I often say, we have NO rights, we only think we do. Get crosswise to any Govt body or its agencies and you will quickly find out. |
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It is a good thing I was not lurking in the dark corners of that meeting, or I might have made myself known to that slanderous politician.
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Ethics in Government is truly very simple: Don't be corrupt; follow the general statutes, and do not ever intentionally misrepresent oneself.
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Big Bob I’m not sure what your comment is even referring to. I was commenting on the video of the meeting as a whole.
I agree with Mr. Langley in that we are all members of the same body. “For the body is not one member, but many. If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. And if they were all one member, where were the body? But now are they many members, yet but one body. And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.” I believe all the commissioners are respectable men and all of them make valid points and raise appropriate concerns regarding the issues at hand. A little back and forth debate is a good thing if questions can be asked and answered without things becoming personal. The commissioners wont and shouldn’t always agree, they each bring their own point of view and field of expertise, but they also shouldn’t just vote in lock step with their faction to “stick it to the other guy”. If there are issues that need to be called out then they should be. We are told to rebuke our brother if we see him step out of the light, not out of hate, but out of love. That he may be ashamed and judge within himself his own ways. May we be wise as serpents yet gentle as doves. Let us not get too rebellious against one another that our intents become so harsh against our neighbors. “Vengeance is mine” so saith the Lord. Let us aim to be honest in our actions and endeavors toward each other, seeing the big picture beyond the political degree. If we be divided we fall. |
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Washingtonian I’m sure you’re probably right. I’m not too studied up on water treatment engineering, give me a few weeks to look into it and I could figure it out, but it just seems like a water treatment plant should treat the water effectively. If it’s not, we should know why.
And a sewage treatment plant dumping into the river just doesn’t sound good whether the water was treated or not, I’m sure it was probably an emergency due to flooding but still. |
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W.S.
The NCDEQ is like th rest of Govt... Inefficient & negligent. The NCDEQ local employees want to "go-along to get-along" w the local small town Govt's Bosses. They do this because they LIVE here & R subject to th same needs of th rest of us 2B accepted...especially by those who R powerful, & could get them fired. They dont want even a small town Govt complaining loudly about them. The NCDEQ in Raleigh R just paper pushers who put their pronouns in their signature lines, & work to COVER for any actions of the local NCDEQ employees. If we want to make things right in NC, we have to do more than just Talk abt it here. Regarding Schools? Isnt the titlesearch a matter of public records that anyone has a right to request & view. Perhaps it has to be in writing. My question is how did 9 acs owned by WashingtonCitySchool s end up owned by th RedevelopmentCommiss ion of Washington. When th change was made to BeaufortCo SchoolSystem shouldnt school-owned-land,been automatically handed over? |
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