On August 3, 2020, the Beaufort County Commissioners met in an open general meeting to discuss many issues, not least of which is the ongoing and massively expensive repair of the jail doors that have been stretched out now for over a year and a half since first discovered as a problem.
Published: Friday, January 14th, 2022 @ 9:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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These clips taken from the Beaufort County Commissioners' general meeting, July 8, 2019, were supplied by a new contributor who wishes to remain anonymous. The contributor is responsible for the audio modifications.
Published: Thursday, January 13th, 2022 @ 12:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Commissioner Hood Richardson valiantly pitched the argument that Beaufort County should through off the shackles and chains of an Authoritarian governor and reopen its businesses that are arbitrarily deemed nonessential.
Published: Thursday, January 13th, 2022 @ 11:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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When the Beaufort County Commissioners meet they will have many important issues to discuss, most notable of which is the resolution to reopen Beaufort County.
Published: Thursday, January 13th, 2022 @ 9:09 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Beaufort County Commissioners, on December 4, 2017, elected a chairman of the board, and then discussed the public's election of themselves.
Published: Wednesday, January 12th, 2022 @ 2:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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So, the Sheriff is a participating member of this august body of law enforcement professionals that demand accountability from all Deputies. Yet, he does not demand the same from himself.
Published: Friday, December 24th, 2021 @ 2:03 am
By: Harry Meredith, Jr.
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First, I want to thank Commissioner Hood Richardson for bringing Sheriff Coleman's out of control spending and abuse of the overtime budget line item to my attention.
Published: Friday, December 24th, 2021 @ 1:48 am
By: Harry Meredith, Jr.
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When we are in the heat of political battle many of us may have difficulty in identifying the enemy.
Published: Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 @ 10:04 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Not everyone will get the card in the mail. Attached is a copy of both sides.
Published: Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020 @ 10:58 am
By: Hood Richardson
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I regret to inform you that I will not be in attendance at the meeting this evening.
Published: Monday, October 19th, 2020 @ 8:58 am
By: Hood Richardson
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This purpose of this post is to provide a list of all videos, in chronological order, of our evolving informational series - "What's Happening NOW".
Published: Sunday, September 20th, 2020 @ 11:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County Commissioner Hood Richardson, once again, visits the "What's Happening NOW" hot seat, where he delivers some chilling truths about Beaufort County's government.
Published: Saturday, September 5th, 2020 @ 11:24 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County Commissioner Hood Richardson found a way, once again, to keep us informed and somewhat entertained as his explains the bold reality of governing as a Conservative amongst the political backdrop of the long years of Democratic Socialist /nominal Republican control.
Published: Thursday, September 3rd, 2020 @ 5:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In this inaugural episode of Beaufort County NOW's community /regional based program, "What's Happening", where interviewing interesting people will be our prime directive, we talk with 6 term Beaufort County Commissioner Hood Richardson.
Published: Thursday, August 6th, 2020 @ 8:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The handling of the so called Corona Virus Pandemic to date is an example of extreme bad judgment in generating estimates of future contagious conditions, the severity of the virus and has trashed the Constitution of the United States.
Published: Friday, May 29th, 2020 @ 8:12 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Beaufort County has a hole in it budget bucket. It is leaking money. But, the water level never goes down.
Published: Tuesday, April 7th, 2020 @ 6:46 am
By: Hood Richardson
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With over nineteen years of county commissioner experience, and all of it in Beaufort County where Republicans have a robust history of voting like confirmed Democrats, one can immediately sense these probable outcomes, and then act accordingly.
Published: Wednesday, February 26th, 2020 @ 10:50 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Among the medium to small populated counties in North Carolina, Beaufort County is blessed to have a huge, valuable, unique and un movable asset.
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2020 @ 7:55 am
By: Hood Richardson
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We have met our first goal in fund raising. You have donated $2,000. Now I am donating $1,000. We have $3,000. We are on the way to $5,000.
Published: Friday, January 24th, 2020 @ 10:16 am
By: Hood Richardson
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We are within $250 of meeting my challenge. Have you made your contribution to the 2020 Primary election campaign fund. We use this money to support our conservative commissioner candidates.
Published: Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020 @ 9:28 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Commissioner Stan Deatherage took issue with Vidant shutting down the Psych Ward at the Beaufort County Hospital.
Published: Sunday, September 29th, 2019 @ 3:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A bill is now in the North Carolina Senate Rules Committee to provide a method to change the way Beaufort County elects commissioners.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2019 @ 8:49 am
By: Hood Richardson
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It was a small decision compared to Beaufort County's spending on the on the order of 69 million dollars per year.
Published: Saturday, July 27th, 2019 @ 10:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Red flags always mean, caution, we need to be careful in our decision making . For example, another red flag appears when something seems too good to be true, like maybe a free lunch.
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2019 @ 4:20 am
By: Hood Richardson
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The giving away of America's assets: free education; free health care; access to the wealth fare system using anchor babies," etc. is what I have termed, here in Beaufort County, the promised protractive nuisance for Illegals to come in greater abundance.
Published: Monday, July 22nd, 2019 @ 8:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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We are all puzzled by events from time to time and sometimes we never really understand what is going on around us.
Published: Thursday, July 11th, 2019 @ 7:20 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Joan Perry was our speaker last week at the conservative club meeting. She landed on all the Conservative principles. She is against abortion, for limited terms, for lower taxes, for closing the border, against medicaid expansion etc, she is a hunter and supports gun right just to name a few.
Published: Sunday, June 23rd, 2019 @ 8:38 am
By: Hood Richardson
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I have written a lot and talked a lot about unethical behavior and dishonest behavior by several members of the Board of County Commissioners. In general these guys do business in the back room.
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 2:01 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Too many politicians want to make decisions based on what they think you need. Truth is I do not need very much, what about you?
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 9:36 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Sorry Carl, but the Folwell Resolution will not happen in Beaufort County, and will not be even heard.
Published: Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019 @ 12:07 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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During the February Beaufort County Commissioners meeting the County manager, Brian Alligood, took issue with those of us who think continuation budgets are bad things, maybe even evil.
Published: Thursday, March 21st, 2019 @ 3:53 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Those who want to build a new Beaufort County jail are back. They are the same kind of scheme that cost Beaufort County taxpayers over 40 million dollars in new schools about ten years ago.
Published: Saturday, March 16th, 2019 @ 1:05 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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