will kingmaker Democrat Langley still be in the catbird's seat?
Published: Monday, December 5th, 2022 @ 12:45 pm
By: John Steed
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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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Commissioner Jerry Langley formally initiated the conversation among the Beaufort County Commissioners that a new jail or "Public Safety Complex" (vernacular for Progressives) should be considered and built.
Published: Saturday, July 27th, 2019 @ 3:07 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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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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During the past four years Beaufort County has had a major change in financial policy.
Published: Friday, November 4th, 2016 @ 2:51 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Here tonight, December 7, 2015, at the general meeting of the Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners, former chairman of the Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners, Jerry Langley, was elected to serve as the Chairman this night, and will serve until the next December general meeting.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 4:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Shortly after Commissioner Richardson's bold mover to make Democrat Jerry Langley chairman of the Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners, he discussed three agenda items; all topical, two most important, one very important ... at least for this writer.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 6:28 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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At Monday night's Beaufort County Commissioner's general meeting, the commissioners voted 4 to 3 to ban certain political speech ascribed to by Commissioner Hood Richardson.
Published: Tuesday, January 13th, 2015 @ 10:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last night, at Beaufort County's General Meeting for October, a majority of Beaufort County Commissioners saw fit to snatch away Commissioner Hood Richardson's constitutional right to his political speech to further their Authoritarian agenda.
Published: Thursday, October 30th, 2014 @ 12:00 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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No Mr. Chairman: An abject point of fact is that Beaufort County has never had a Republican majority of the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 10:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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When reason gets stretched to the breaking point I start asking myself " What does everybody else know that I do not know?"
Published: Thursday, October 3rd, 2013 @ 1:42 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Often referred to as the "Blue Goose" because of the special colors it had been painted, it had become a "bad joke" and a financial black mark for Beaufort County.
Published: Monday, February 18th, 2013 @ 12:37 am
By: Betty Murphy
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The Beaufort County Board of Commissioners voted four to three retain Jerry Langley as chairman of the board.
Published: Monday, December 3rd, 2012 @ 11:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Deatherage's motion failed, with only him and Commissioner Hood Richardson voting in its favor; and Commissioners Jay McRoy, Al Klemm, Robert Cayton, Ed Booth and Jerry Langley voting against.
Published: Tuesday, April 5th, 2011 @ 10:54 am
By: BCN
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Earlier tonight, a crowd of mostly hospital employees chanted "UHS! UHS!" as a procession of Beaufort County commissioners walked into a private room to meet in closed session.
Published: Friday, January 7th, 2011 @ 10:37 pm
By: BCN
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For the second time in one month, Beaufort County has received State representatives bearing gifted incentives to persuade multi-state companies with a local presence to favor expansion here.
Published: Tuesday, December 14th, 2010 @ 9:46 pm
By: BCN
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Richardson's motion proposed: Commissioner McRoy and Commissioner Klemm exclude themselves from voting on future items regarding Beaufort County Hospital due to their conflicts of interest.
Published: Wednesday, December 8th, 2010 @ 2:54 pm
By: BCN
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The winning candidates for commissioner, all incumbents, were sworn in by Beaufort County Clerk of Court Marty Paramore, who administered the Oath of Office.
Published: Monday, December 6th, 2010 @ 9:07 pm
By: BCN
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DOT: We won't likely use eminent domain
Published: Saturday, June 12th, 2010 @ 11:20 pm
By: BCN
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He withdraws motion after strong dissent from fellow commissioners
Published: Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 @ 9:07 pm
By: BCN
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