The answer is "none." In Beaufort County, our Board of Commissioners is going to send the help to do it, with little or no oversight.
Published: Friday, August 3rd, 2018 @ 6:45 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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During the fast and furious fray at the July Commissioners meeting about charging the $350,000 of surprise billing for a jail inmates medical costs to last year's expenses six commissioners suddenly started accusing me of covering up stealing in the Social Services Department.
Published: Tuesday, July 17th, 2018 @ 5:20 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Psychologists, while studying how rats react to sudden changes in their organized colonies observed a behavioral pattern in" normal" colonies.
Published: Saturday, July 7th, 2018 @ 8:43 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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If you think you got a good deal or a fair deal in the revaluation of your property for taxes this year, there is a very good chance you did not.
Published: Wednesday, July 4th, 2018 @ 6:53 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Based on appeals from several property owners the 2018 tax valuation may have over-valued many properties in the county.
Published: Monday, June 25th, 2018 @ 5:44 am
By: Hood Richardson
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The Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners has managed recently to eclipse a long list of bad decisions.
Published: Friday, June 1st, 2018 @ 8:24 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Beaufort County sold a tax foreclosed house and lot at the April meeting for $12,285 dollars.
Published: Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018 @ 11:53 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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I confess, as a Beaufort County Commissioner I sometimes wonder what is really going on.
Published: Tuesday, February 21st, 2017 @ 8:45 am
By: Hood Richardson
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On Wednesday December 21, 2016 Judge Gregory McGuire heard the complaints filed some of the stock holders against the Pantego Creek, LLC managers.
Published: Monday, January 9th, 2017 @ 1:28 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Even disinterested voters in this election have an unusually clear and knowledgeable definition of almost all the candidates.
Published: Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 @ 8:51 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Some Beaufort County schools are over crowded. And some schools are as much as half empty.
Published: Sunday, November 6th, 2016 @ 1:30 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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During the past four years Beaufort County has had a major change in financial policy.
Published: Friday, November 4th, 2016 @ 2:51 am
By: Hood Richardson
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There has not been a lot a talk about Belhaven not having a hospital since the first of the year.
Published: Sunday, March 13th, 2016 @ 10:10 am
By: Hood Richardson
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There is that old "HEE HAW" refrain. "If it were not for bad luck, I would have no luck at all". I have noticed the same principle applies to judgement.
Published: Friday, March 11th, 2016 @ 10:50 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Just about anything the any government does gets complicated very quickly. All government functions, from federal to state to county are complicated. The average person has great difficulty in understanding the policies, the whys and wherefores of all those people and the decisions being made...
Published: Monday, February 29th, 2016 @ 3:39 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Candidate for mayor, Adam O"Neal, suddenly realized something unusual was going to happen in the Belhaven polling place on election day.
Published: Saturday, January 23rd, 2016 @ 5:14 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Unless the commissioners dissolve the authority board the county will loose the 6.4 million dollars. This false representation by Commissioner Ron Buzzeo during an open meeting.
Published: Thursday, July 23rd, 2015 @ 3:08 am
By: Hood Richardson
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One does not examine Beaufort County Cartel Politics without stumbling head long into ethics.
Published: Monday, June 29th, 2015 @ 10:57 am
By: Hood Richardson
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During the Monday June 1 meeting, six commissioners again refused to agree to guarantee a loan for the Town of Belhaven so the Town can acquire title to the abandoned hospital property.
Published: Wednesday, June 10th, 2015 @ 8:07 am
By: Hood Richardson
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I am using the word “saga” in the sense of an old story that has repeated itself over an over through out history.
Published: Sunday, June 7th, 2015 @ 1:12 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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On June 1 at 8:30 AM the Mayor of Belhaven, Adam O’Neal will begin his second walk to Washington, DC. There will be a short ceremony beginning at 9:00 AM at the Wynn’s Gut Park on the water front in Belhaven before the walk begins.
Published: Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015 @ 10:35 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Think you know the answer to this question? I thought they represented the business interests of the City of Washington and the surrounding community with an occasional foray into Beaufort County business interests.
Published: Friday, August 22nd, 2014 @ 12:00 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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The Belhaven Hospital is closed, locked and being stripped of everything anyone may use to operate a hospital. Vidant the owner of the hospital business, also known as University Health Systems, presented the public with a reason.
Published: Sunday, August 10th, 2014 @ 11:25 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Grand Juries are required by General Statute to inspect the county jail one time each year. The Beaufort County Grand Jury did its duty according to their report dated June 23, 2014.
Published: Monday, July 7th, 2014 @ 8:33 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Talk about split personalities, undefined goals, and confusing the information. You may be surprised to know what the real motives are behind the players. What looks like a mermaid is really an octopus.
Published: Monday, June 30th, 2014 @ 10:08 am
By: Hood Richardson
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I wrote an article during March of this year about how the military is trying to obtain air rights over several counties in eastern North Carolina using subtle deception.
Published: Tuesday, June 24th, 2014 @ 3:00 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Lying is a tough subject for most of us to talk about. The absolute, unvarnished truth can cause a lot of trouble. All of us are guilty, at times, of not telling the whole truth.
Published: Tuesday, June 24th, 2014 @ 12:01 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Last week I told you how the Gang of Four, comprised of Democrats Ed Booth, Jerry Langley, and Robert Belcher along with the ultimate RINO Al Klemm were going to spend Beaufort County's entire savings, about ten million dollars.
Published: Friday, June 13th, 2014 @ 1:58 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Sometimes people do not understand what their elected County Commissioner or Senator or House member are supposed to do.
Published: Thursday, June 12th, 2014 @ 2:50 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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The county and state budgets are no different from your household budget. Governments, other than the Federal Government, can not spend more than they take in.
Published: Sunday, May 25th, 2014 @ 12:38 am
By: Hood Richardson
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I never cease to be amazed that there are residents of Beaufort County who continue to struggle to understand the jail issues. Some people are dedicated to the thought that every government and every person on the planet makes decisions based on facts, reason and logic.
Published: Wednesday, May 21st, 2014 @ 2:19 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Sheriff Alan Jordan made known to the county manager that I, a Beaufort County Commissioner, would not be allowed to enter "his building" if I showed up to accompany the structural engineer on his inspection of the building. This happened on Thursday April 10th.
Published: Friday, May 9th, 2014 @ 12:31 am
By: Hood Richardson
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