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House Speaker Thom Tillis is under siege. We have been reporting here that we continue to pick up rumors on Jones Street and from Administration operatives that there is a broad and deep resentment growing against Tillis' high-handed method of operating.
Published: Friday, May 24th, 2013 @ 1:31 am
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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Essentially what the report documents is that as much as $20 million of school construction from the $39.6 million bond construction program was built in the wrong place and too little was spent on schools that should have had more construction than was done at those schools.
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Rep. Mike Speciale continues to impress us. He has co-sponsored what may very well become one of the most important bills in this year's General Assembly.
Published: Monday, May 20th, 2013 @ 5:39 am
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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Several of North Carolina's legislative leaders have taken the position that if the Federal government enacts a law that it is unconstitutional for North Carolina to nullify the application of that law to North Carolina.
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HB 983, now pending in the Legislature is another example of how public policy is made, and especially how it is administered, that is based bogus science and data that borders on "witch's brew."
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A group of legislators, mostly from the western part of the state, decided that public notices required by law should be able to be published electronically rather than as has been required by law since before the internet was invented, in certain newspapers.
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Mark Creech the director of the Christian Action League delivered a straight forward message to a special meeting of the Beaufort Patriot Tea Party that had invited Ministers in the area to hear a presentation on "Christian Ideals for Government".
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The Navy has not decided where to build the "Outlying Landing Field" commonly called the OLF to provide training for its Oceana and Fentress airfields located in the Norfolk area.
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At the Third District Republican Convention Saturday (4-20-13) in Morehead City there was an interesting discussion related to some of the resolution presented to the delegates for debate.
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On Jones Street (where the Legislature meets) there are hundreds of "great ideas" bubbling around--in the form of new laws. We suppose, when we elect lawmakers, they think they ought to make laws.
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So Mike Easley has crawled out of his hole. Got his law license back and apparently he is ready for speaking engagements. He is now an education expert.
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It is obvious to us that the Ruling Class in Washington really believe we are a bunch of ignorant doofuses.
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So why can't we all just get along? Let's come together and find some common ground.
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Thom Tillis may have just killed his chances of becoming North Carolina's next U. S. Senator.
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Once again, we have been treated to yet another example that says that either Barack Obama is the worse liar to ever serve as president, or the most ignorant in terms of economics we have ever had.
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Beaufort County will be sending 28 people to Charlotte June 7-9 to the North Carolina Republican Party Convention. The cadre was self-selected at the recent County Convention.
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The Elite Media in this country in on a crusade to bastardize our traditional culture. We have no doubt about it.
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Keith Kidwell is the new chairman of the Beaufort County Republican Party. He will guide the party through to the 2014 elections.
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Some 113 delegates and 87 alternates will assemble Tuesday night (3-26-13) in the Beaufort County Republican Convention.
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It is expected that there will be a major fight at the Beaufort County Republican Convention Tuesday night (3-26-13). The current divisions in the Grand Ole Party will likely play out in the election of officers and Executive Committee members. Here's the background.
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A record crowd heard a report from newly installed Lt. Governor Dan Forest who told the group what this new administration had discovered as it took over the Executive Branch in January and some of the issues being confronted by the GOP General Assembly.
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The SBI's now getting involved. That's the story out of Wilmington in the Port City Daily. First some background.
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We often hear conservative complain about expansion of Federal power and it is usually contended that such encroachment on our individual rights is far beyond what our Founding Fathers envisioned when the U. S. Constitution and Bill of Rights were ratified.
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Barack Obama is a master of its use. Al Klemm and Alan Jordan are running a close second. What is it? It is the use of the Straw Man.
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Imagine this: Governor Pat McCrory issues orders to all of the local school systems in the state to insure that by year's end every child will be performing where they should be performing in math, science and reading and to do whatever it takes to see that this happens.
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The local mullet wrapper is pushing the Turnage again. It recently published an article about the bank putting the building on the market for sale.
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There are some really funny things I have observed about the "gun control debate."
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Our state's ferry system is truly a treasure and I would hate to see us mess up a good thing. There are two aspects to the ramifications of adding and increasing tolls on the ferry system -- impact on tourism and impact on the local economy.
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The Carolina Panthers want a new stadium. They want the taxpayer to pay for a major chunk of the cost.
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Bob Woodward, the Washington Post editor with arguably the deepest inside connections in the White House published an article Friday (2-22-13) that in effect calls Barack Obama a liar. The issue is who is responsible for "sequester."
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In a surprise, and some would say "underhanded," move four members of the Beaufort County Commission voted February 14, 2013 to build a new jail in the Industrial Park several miles outside downtown Washington.
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This is the first in a series that analyzes the Jail Study done by Todd B. Davis, Sr. with Moseley Architects.
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We have recently learned that the Federal Government has an assassination program that has been in operation for several years now.
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At the last County Commissioners meeting Commissioner Robert Belcher (D) made an impassion argument that firearm ownership should be restricted, in spite of the U. S. and N. C. Constitutions prohibiting such restrictions.
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