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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Those writing checks to the Beaufort County Government got the same disrespectful handling this year we got last year.
Published: Saturday, June 29th, 2019 @ 8:41 am
By: Hood Richardson
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In about 1998, shortly after I was elected to the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners, several of us who watched local government closely realized the news articles, and for that matter reports from the ruling class of commissioners, did not fit with what actually happened.
Published: Sunday, June 23rd, 2019 @ 7:05 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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It has been a while since i sent you an email. a lot has been going on during the month of may.
Published: Saturday, June 8th, 2019 @ 4:07 am
By: Hood Richardson
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The jail is not intended to be a resort hotel or to bring aid and comfort to criminals. It is to keep dangerous people away from the public and for convicted criminals to serve up to 90 days.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2019 @ 9:47 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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This government disaster is not costing what the all knowing, all seeing, Beaufort County master manipulators thought.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2019 @ 11:20 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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In a recent article titled "With friends like these, we don"t need enemies", I explained how the Democrats have managed to keep control of the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners when they have only two votes.
Published: Saturday, February 16th, 2019 @ 12:07 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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The Beaufort County Commissioners must deliver a budget for Fiscal Year 2019 /2020 for the county government in their charge to govern.
Published: Friday, February 15th, 2019 @ 7:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It is no secret among the truly conservative county commissioners and conservative Republicans that Democrats have held leadership positions on the Board of County Commissioners for the past 12 years.
Published: Friday, February 15th, 2019 @ 1:45 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: Monday, September 10th, 2018 @ 12:49 am
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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The most important business of the people in the first meeting of a singular political /governmental year is the selection of the board's chairman. Almost always, maybe always, it sets the roles of certain commissioners to do the people's business for the balance of the year.
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2016 @ 2:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In the realm of the Limited Voting election scheme, which is rammed down the collective throats of all Beaufort County Citizens and taxpayers, no county commissioner candidate has ever gotten as many votes as did The Hood in this 2016 general election.
Published: Sunday, November 13th, 2016 @ 3:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In an effort to further our commitment in keeping our audience informed with issues pertinent to Beaufort County and surrounding areas, Beaufort County Now is providing live coverage for the election results tonight.
Published: Saturday, November 12th, 2016 @ 5:37 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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With the vote totals still coming in, and if the vote totals hold as of 10:30 pm, this election night of November 8, 2016, the Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners will change, maybe dramatically, maybe in a minor way.
Published: Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 @ 10:59 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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The Beaufort County Republican Party will be hosting Coffee with the Candidates
Published: Tuesday, August 9th, 2016 @ 1:36 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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What Led Self-professed Conservative Walter Jones to Endorse Self-professed Liberal Arthur Williams?This system worked quite well; they were a great team - Ed was unbeatable and Arthur was to be the ascending Democrat in one local seat or another, after Ed retired, and Ed did one day retire.
Published: Sunday, June 24th, 2012 @ 1:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The liberal Gang of Five Beaufort County Commissioners declared victory at the County Commissioner meeting on June 4th with the passing of the 2012/2013 budget.
Published: Sunday, June 17th, 2012 @ 11:40 am
By: Hood Richardson
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The below reports are from Jessica Hult and Jenny Cooper both of whom attended the NCGOP Convention last weekend and handed out the attached flyer. Both were approached and questioned (grilled?) about the flyer. Below they report their experiences.
Published: Friday, June 8th, 2012 @ 11:55 am
By: Esther Graham
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It is election night, primary, 2012, and NC House Representative Bill Cook won the Republican nomination for the NC Senate, District 1, seat, while Norman Sanderson won the Republican nomination for NC Senate, District 2, seat.
Published: Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 @ 12:38 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It is important to vote, but much more important to know the difference between the worthy and the worthless If you have been keeping up with the political commentary in BCN, you would well know that we have fully expressed our position as to who possess the "right stuff" to serve in this Republic.
Published: Tuesday, May 8th, 2012 @ 7:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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NC House Rep. Bill Cook is running for NC Senate, District 1, since his NC House District was re-districted into extinction.
Published: Sunday, May 6th, 2012 @ 1:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Have you ever wondered whether the people who pay good money to go to professional wrestling matches also vote on election day? If not, read this and then ponder that question a bit.
Published: Friday, May 4th, 2012 @ 4:21 am
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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Primary election votes are a lot more valuable than general election votes, especially in local elections. There are several reasons. There are about one third more Democrats registered than Republicans.
Published: Sunday, April 29th, 2012 @ 12:24 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Jerry Evans, candidate for Senate District 1, second mailer is following the pattern of liberal Democrats who believe the saying that "If you tell someone the same thing enough times, they will start believing it".
Published: Saturday, April 28th, 2012 @ 9:47 am
By: Hood Richardson
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For some people, it does not matter whom I endorse for elected office. I well understand that; however, I offer prayer that these, and other, voters are not so petty that my endorsement gives them purpose to show up just to vote against my favored candidate.
Published: Saturday, April 21st, 2012 @ 11:05 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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N.C. Rep. Bill Cook, R-Beaufort, and real estate broker Jerry Evans say regulations are stifling economic growth in eastern North Carolina's Senate District 1, a vast region of eight coastal counties.
Published: Thursday, April 19th, 2012 @ 12:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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