With the greatest respect, well understanding that our parabolic traffic growth could 'end in a proverbial tomorrow', we here at BCN just had our best month in one of the traditionally slowest times - November in an off-election year.
Published: Sunday, December 22nd, 2013 @ 2:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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There has been quite a bit of internal drama with Craven County's Republicans during the last year.
Published: Sunday, October 27th, 2013 @ 9:30 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The people DownEast, specifically in the eastern portions of Beaufort County north of the Pamlico River and those in Hyde County are being faced with a double whammy - the loss of the inpatient facility at Pungo Hospital in Belhaven and the loss of a reported 127 jobs.
Published: Friday, September 6th, 2013 @ 8:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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With a wink and a nod, the left-wing media continues to help push the deceptive agenda of the teachers union (NCAE) in the Tar Heel State. It is readily apparent that neither the NCAE nor the media support real educational reform in North Carolina.
Published: Monday, August 19th, 2013 @ 4:38 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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Last Thursday, July 18, 2013, a rather large delegation of Beaufort County's very best Republicans sojourned to Raleigh to the NC GOP headquarters to meet with recently elected chairman Claude Pope about egregious improprieties foisted upon the local party by the state party.
Published: Friday, August 16th, 2013 @ 10:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Despite having 152 convicted murderers on death row, North Carolina has not conducted an execution since 2006.
Published: Sunday, August 11th, 2013 @ 12:12 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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Government has truly become Big Daddy in many people's minds. Nothing proves this claim more than recent arguments on the floor of the North Carolina Senate regarding SB 594.
Published: Saturday, August 10th, 2013 @ 8:20 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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Vladimir Lenin said, "A lie told often enough becomes the truth." Professional educrats (education bureaucrats) and their buddies in the mainstream media have taken this quote to heart.
Published: Wednesday, August 7th, 2013 @ 6:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A human face was put on sex trafficking in a recent Senate Judiciary 1 committee meeting. Anna, a young lady who was the victim of sex trafficking when she was a teenager, gave powerful testimony before the committee.
Published: Saturday, August 3rd, 2013 @ 3:51 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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North Carolina businesses have struggled mightily against the 15,000+ new regulations, amendments and rules that have been implemented in our state over the past decade. Our high unemployment rate and stagnant growth are proof that you cannot regulate an economy into riches.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 1:33 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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The Democrat complaint list goes on and on against photo voter ID in North Carolina: voter suppression, new Jim Crow laws, onerous requirements for college students to cast ballots, etc.
Published: Saturday, July 27th, 2013 @ 1:53 am
By: Thom Goolsby
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Attorney General Roy Cooper's recent dog and pony show was an embarrassment to his office. Cooper had gotten wind that Senate budget writers were planning to transfer the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) from Cooper's control to the Department of Public Safety (DPS).
Published: Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013 @ 12:52 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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"The prosecutor is a racist and the first-degree, cold-blooded killer is a victim." This two-part statement is the claim of every legal appeal under the ill-conceived Racial Justice Act (RJA).
Published: Sunday, July 21st, 2013 @ 10:55 am
By: Thom Goolsby
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The circus came to the State Capitol this week, complete with clowns, a carnival barker and a sideshow.
Published: Thursday, July 18th, 2013 @ 11:46 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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When Republicans fought hard this session to stop sex trafficking in our state, little was heard from so-called women's rights advocates.
Published: Thursday, July 18th, 2013 @ 8:34 am
By: Thom Goolsby
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For good reason, the Racial Justice Act (RJA) was recently repealed by the North Carolina General Assembly.
Published: Tuesday, July 16th, 2013 @ 5:42 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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While I am hardly a political animal - don't really have the time for it - I have, over the years, been rather astute in recognizing the obvious, especially the dubious moves of politicians. I see this odd behavior often from Democrats, and sadly, I now see it from some Republicans as well.
Published: Monday, July 15th, 2013 @ 9:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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High taxes have stifled North Carolina's economic growth for decades. The Tar Heel State has the highest taxes in the Southeast and ranks 44th as the worst state in the country for business, according to the Tax Foundation.
Published: Monday, July 15th, 2013 @ 7:22 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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Several weeks ago I penned a column where I referred to the weekly protests by political leftists at the General Assembly as "Moron Monday." I was completely off base and now realize my mistake.
Published: Saturday, July 13th, 2013 @ 7:19 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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Originally a part of Bath County, Craven was annexed in 1712, and named after one of the Carolina Lord Proprietors, the Earl of Craven.
Published: Sunday, June 30th, 2013 @ 3:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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NCGOP activists have poured into Charlotte this weekend for their state convention. They'll hear from some of the US Senate hopefuls looking to replace Kay Hagan.
Published: Sunday, June 9th, 2013 @ 10:32 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The executive committee of the Craven County Republican Party has unanimously voted to issue a letter of censure against state House Speaker Thom Tillis.
Published: Thursday, May 30th, 2013 @ 10:32 am
By: Brant Clifton
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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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The News and Observer is reporting that the Chivcago based Invergy is shelving the Pantego Wind Farm scheduled to begin later this year.
Published: Saturday, January 12th, 2013 @ 9:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Let me tell you why we're here today--at a new location with a different view. We're here on historic grounds with our majestic and beautiful State Capitol behind us looking out at our capital city and the rest of our state.
Published: Saturday, January 12th, 2013 @ 6:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina's newly sworn-in governor, Pat McCrory recently visted eastern North Carolina and met with representative from many locat governments at the Tryon Palace in New Bern, North Carolina's former center of government in colonial America.
Published: Thursday, January 10th, 2013 @ 5:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Candidates for North Carolina's Insurance Commissioner Debate will be held in Morehead City on Monday, September 17, 2012. It will be most interesting to see just how the current insurance commissioner, Wayne Goodwin, defends his record.
Published: Friday, August 24th, 2012 @ 12:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I recently had an eye-opening conversation with an activist who is arguably a mover-and-shaker / household name in Charlotte area Republican politics. This person has been following the drama in the state House District 6 runoff between Mattie Lawson and Arthur Williams.
Published: Sunday, July 29th, 2012 @ 1:05 am
By: Brant Clifton
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