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Progress is starting to take place with the addition of Steve Rader.
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Progress is starting to take place with the addition of Steve Rader.
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Poor decision making and leadership are detrimental to the well being of Beaufort County.
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Poor decision making and leadership are detrimental to the well being of Beaufort County.
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If we vote the way we have always voted we will get the kind of government we have always gotten
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If we vote the way we have always voted we will get the kind of government we have always gotten
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It is always easier for government to waste money when you forget whose money it is
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It is always easier for government to waste money when you forget whose money it is
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This is how the Gang of Five commissioners make decisions with your money
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This is how the Gang of Five commissioners make decisions with your money
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The Board of Commissioners needs to wake up and address the issue of protecting recorded records, including the risk of a serious power grid failure
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The Board of Commissioners needs to wake up and address the issue of protecting recorded records, including the risk of a serious power grid failure
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Bad tax policy is bad for the People of Beaufort County
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Bad tax policy is bad for the People of Beaufort County
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The trouble is, eventually you run out of other people's money to spend=Margaret Thatcher
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The trouble is, eventually you run out of other people's money to spend=Margaret Thatcher
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Government officials living in the lap of luxury while us peons and surfs pay for it with our county taxes.
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Government officials living in the lap of luxury while us peons and surfs pay for it with our county taxes.
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Commissioner Stan Deatherage took issue with Vidant shutting down the Psych Ward at the Beaufort County Hospital.
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Commissioner Stan Deatherage took issue with Vidant shutting down the Psych Ward at the Beaufort County Hospital.
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One of the terms that frequently comes up at Beaufort County Commissioners meetings is "micro manage". It is used by the five "Demopublicans".
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One of the terms that frequently comes up at Beaufort County Commissioners meetings is "micro manage". It is used by the five "Demopublicans".
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Beaufort Observer endorses incumbent county commissioner, Stan Deatherage, as its top pick for the Republican nomination for commissioner, with Candidate Keith Kidwell as their second choice.
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Beaufort Observer endorses incumbent county commissioner, Stan Deatherage, as its top pick for the Republican nomination for commissioner, with Candidate Keith Kidwell as their second choice.
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I am a big concept guy, but I well understand that elected leaders are also charged with oversight.
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I am a big concept guy, but I well understand that elected leaders are also charged with oversight.
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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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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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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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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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Everyone, except for the Yellow-dog Democrats, should pay close attention to what happens at the Republican precinct meetings Tuesday night. It will determine the future of Beaufort County for some time to come.
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Everyone, except for the Yellow-dog Democrats, should pay close attention to what happens at the Republican precinct meetings Tuesday night. It will determine the future of Beaufort County for some time to come.
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Beaufort County Commissioner Al Klemm touts himself as Beaufort County's economic development commissioner. He recent wrote a letter to the County Compass which we printed in the December 13 edition as a Guest Commentary.
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Beaufort County Commissioner Al Klemm touts himself as Beaufort County's economic development commissioner. He recent wrote a letter to the County Compass which we printed in the December 13 edition as a Guest Commentary.
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Rather, we are reporting what we view to be a major story...that Al Klemm continues to betray the people in Beaufort County who believe in Republican principles. We believe we have a duty to expose Klemm's betrayal of those principles.
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Rather, we are reporting what we view to be a major story...that Al Klemm continues to betray the people in Beaufort County who believe in Republican principles. We believe we have a duty to expose Klemm's betrayal of those principles.
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Nominal "Republican" Al Klemm voted to give presiding control of the Beaufort County Commissioners to the Democrats Monday night as the newly sworn-in board elected its leadership for the coming year.
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Nominal "Republican" Al Klemm voted to give presiding control of the Beaufort County Commissioners to the Democrats Monday night as the newly sworn-in board elected its leadership for the coming year.
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The Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners will meet to discuss a variety of issues in their General Meeting on Tuesday, November 13, 2012
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The Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners will meet to discuss a variety of issues in their General Meeting on Tuesday, November 13, 2012
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We don't believe the national polls that say that a large number of people are still undecided who they will vote for Tuesday. But just in case there are any such folks out there we will review how we see the electoral landscape in this election at this point.
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We don't believe the national polls that say that a large number of people are still undecided who they will vote for Tuesday. But just in case there are any such folks out there we will review how we see the electoral landscape in this election at this point.
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After one gets past the personality issues it is easy to see that major changes in the way Beaufort County handles money could happen if a conservative board were to be elected.
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After one gets past the personality issues it is easy to see that major changes in the way Beaufort County handles money could happen if a conservative board were to be elected.
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At the October 16, 2012 Candidate's Forum, Jay McRoy unwittingly let his true attitude about the county's budget process show through his façade of "conservatism."
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At the October 16, 2012 Candidate's Forum, Jay McRoy unwittingly let his true attitude about the county's budget process show through his façade of "conservatism."
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Calling the last 30 days before elections the "silly season" is definitely a huge understatement.
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Calling the last 30 days before elections the "silly season" is definitely a huge understatement.
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We think Mr. Langley raised an important--indeed an absolutely vital--issue that we should address in Beaufort County. He contended that "when we cut taxes we cut services."
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We think Mr. Langley raised an important--indeed an absolutely vital--issue that we should address in Beaufort County. He contended that "when we cut taxes we cut services."
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Early voting for the November 6, 2012 election begins on October 18. In anticipation of this, The Beaufort County Republican Party endorsed the following Republican candidates in the November 6 election at the regular monthly meeting of the Executive Committee.
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Early voting for the November 6, 2012 election begins on October 18. In anticipation of this, The Beaufort County Republican Party endorsed the following Republican candidates in the November 6 election at the regular monthly meeting of the Executive Committee.
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We got it right last week with the article that accused the Economic Development Council (EDC) of trying to delay the approval of changes in the laws and by-laws until after the November election. Stan Deatherage and I had a stop gap measure which was the presentation of thirteen resolutions to th
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We got it right last week with the article that accused the Economic Development Council (EDC) of trying to delay the approval of changes in the laws and by-laws until after the November election. Stan Deatherage and I had a stop gap measure which was the presentation of thirteen resolutions to th
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The article in the September 20th issue of The Compass about Christine Mele's opponent deciding to discontinue his campaign because of a "veiled threat" and "obscene epithet" he received by telephone is indeed thought provoking.
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The article in the September 20th issue of The Compass about Christine Mele's opponent deciding to discontinue his campaign because of a "veiled threat" and "obscene epithet" he received by telephone is indeed thought provoking.
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Looks like the Beaufort County Commissioners are serving up a large helping of Obama style change. Obama promised change. Sure enough things changed, for the worse. Cannot say we did not get change.
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Looks like the Beaufort County Commissioners are serving up a large helping of Obama style change. Obama promised change. Sure enough things changed, for the worse. Cannot say we did not get change.
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For over a year we have been publishing articles on the dysfunctional Beaufort County Economic Development Commission and its cohort non-profit the Committee of 100.
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For over a year we have been publishing articles on the dysfunctional Beaufort County Economic Development Commission and its cohort non-profit the Committee of 100.
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The Beaufort County Commissioners think they have a buyer for the ill-fated Quick Start II building in the Washington Industrial Park.
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The Beaufort County Commissioners think they have a buyer for the ill-fated Quick Start II building in the Washington Industrial Park.
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Well, Mitt Romney has finally released his 2011 tax return, all 379 pages of it. Yes, 379 pages!! And now we are going to start hearing about all the "bad" things he did and "good" things he didn't do in his return.
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Well, Mitt Romney has finally released his 2011 tax return, all 379 pages of it. Yes, 379 pages!! And now we are going to start hearing about all the "bad" things he did and "good" things he didn't do in his return.
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What store?? The Beaufort County store. You know, the store run by our County Commissioners. It sure doesn't seem to be the Commissioners. Well, at least five of 'em.
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What store?? The Beaufort County store. You know, the store run by our County Commissioners. It sure doesn't seem to be the Commissioners. Well, at least five of 'em.
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Essentially what the article reported was the approval which was sought and obtained by a representative of the Beaufort County Health Department to accept a grant to provide nutrition education to elementary school children at selected schools in Beaufort County.
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Essentially what the article reported was the approval which was sought and obtained by a representative of the Beaufort County Health Department to accept a grant to provide nutrition education to elementary school children at selected schools in Beaufort County.