Comments by Buzz Cayton | Eastern North Carolina Now

It appears that we need an orientation program for elected officials. Especially the School Board and County Commission. Who is hired help, and who is running the asylum?

Commented: Tuesday, September 16th, 2025 @ 11:18 am By: Buzz Cayton

What the left and mentally disturbed do not understand is that you cannot kill a phantom warrior. They just created one of God's best.

Commented: Saturday, September 13th, 2025 @ 5:47 pm By: Buzz Cayton

More Chicken Little. "The sky is falling".

Commented: Monday, September 8th, 2025 @ 9:50 am By: Buzz Cayton

If their appointment is signed by an autopen, is that a legal appointment?
There are ways to detect if it is the Pen or a handwritten signature.

Commented: Monday, September 1st, 2025 @ 11:20 am By: Buzz Cayton

When we get back to people over party, we can do a better job of rebuilding our Nation.

Commented: Wednesday, August 27th, 2025 @ 11:26 pm By: Buzz Cayton

Running a town, county, or country is like running a business. We can see the success of our country under the leadership of a businessman and not another person with no business experience. We would do well to take a good look at our current City Council. Who on there now has business experience? Why do we need to raise taxes? What is this Council doing for the people of Washington after you leave Third Street? How about flooding and potholes? What are they doing to create Washington as a Bedroom Community for Greenville? Millions are spent on Main Street, but there is not enough parking. What are their plans for growth and development? I have not heard any. Maybe I missed it. Hope someone can fill in the blanks for me.

Commented: Sunday, August 10th, 2025 @ 5:22 pm By: Buzz Cayton

We need more real Republicans in the House and Senate and fewer Rino's so we can clean up this mess. Our current Judicial System is a joke.

Commented: Friday, August 1st, 2025 @ 11:53 am By: Buzz Cayton

Trump's success is scaring those with deep ties to the "Deep State". Some of these are Closet "Deep Staters". Most of them have to be careful. Remember the Scripture, "He who is without sin, let him cast the first stone".

Commented: Sunday, July 27th, 2025 @ 9:43 pm By: Buzz Cayton

When will this “weak kneed” school board learn that Cheeseman is hired help? He sits beside the school board Chairman and reads the rules at the opening of the school board meeting for the meeting. There are no assignments given by the board to Cheeseman, and no “return and report” from Cheeseman. Eight out of thirteen schools are poor-performing schools. Why? Half of our consolidated school buildings are empty. (Our county commission chairman wants to build another one) Aurora did not just happen. Cheeseman has allowed this erosion since he has been here. After all, they are just mostly black kids, Let’em ride the bus. If we move the remaining students to Chocowinity and the new one thousand k-6 monstrosity building does not fill up here in Washington, which it will not. Then the next move will be to bring Chocowinity k-6 to Washington, close Bath and bring those to Washington and “voila”, the problem is solved. We can have more consolidated schools, and Cheesman is a hero.

Commented: Friday, July 25th, 2025 @ 10:39 am By: Buzz Cayton

Abraham Lincoln quoted in the Gettysburg Address:
"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. .. testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated, can long endure." We have been tested and will continue to be tested, but thanks be to God, this great experiment has long endured, and I pray that we will remember those who have given their last great measure of devotion to protect this wonderful country, and that we may all stand as examples like those that have made this a great nation.

Commented: Saturday, July 5th, 2025 @ 11:00 pm By: Buzz Cayton

Let's take a survey. How many people with business experience do we have on any of our boards? Look at the gallant effort that has been put into trying to save Aurora, except for the school system. Many things attract young people to a community to make it grow. The basics that they all look at are the three S's—school, Service, and Safety. When you kill the school, they do not look any further. The debacle of our county and city taxes and our school system is terrible. Half-filled school buildings, eight schools out of thirteen with poor ratings, 30-35% of our Children at reading level. So instead of fixing the Problem, let's close of one of the poorly rated schools and make the Superintendent look better. After all, they are mostly black kids, let'em ride the bus one to one and a half hours one way to school. That's the easy way out for the board, but a lousy way to run a railroad.

Commented: Tuesday, June 24th, 2025 @ 11:21 am By: Buzz Cayton

Sometimes when you peel back the onion, you find the rot. Sometimes it is more than one onion. Sometimes you may find mold on the cheese. This whole debacle did not happen overnight. The school has been allowed to deteriorate over the last few years. New young move-ins look for the three S's, Schools, Service, and Safety. Without the first S they do not look any further.

Commented: Tuesday, June 10th, 2025 @ 12:15 pm By: Buzz Cayton

We went through this ordeal with Savvis and the second choice. At the time this was being reviewed, the opening shot from Savvis was the Rain-bow Flag. The second choice selected by Cheeseman's finest committee has a slide on "how to confront the church". Adam Oneal showed this in a slide presentation made to the school board. If it is true that Hudson is pushing this, he needs to talk to the church people who supported him in the last election. It has been suggested several times that the board review the Hillsdale social studies curriculum, which is free and comes with the lesson plans but it has been stalled by this bunch at every turn. As we see our country waking up to reality, we see this bunch living on the wrong side of history. Woke is broke and DEI is dead. The board needs to wake up and examine why you have low-performing schools and 30 to 35% of our children at reading level.

Commented: Wednesday, June 4th, 2025 @ 6:46 pm By: Buzz Cayton

I apologize to the general public for supporting and working to elect these no-votes to the School Board. This turned out to be a real mistake. I pray that we will be able to find competent replacements for them in the next election. What about the County Commission and dollars over people? Look at their surplus funds and the recent Reval. Where is the heart of Elthel Booth, School Board; Ed Booth and Jerry Langly, County Commission, who should be champions for the predominantly black students in Snowden. All voted to close the school. Let's be sure that those who go to vote next time never forget. Did this bunch drink the Frankie Waters Kool-Aid on more school consolidation, along with Cheeseman? They just drove the nail in the coffin for Aurora and Created a nightmare for first graders riding a school bus.

Commented: Wednesday, June 4th, 2025 @ 2:26 pm By: Buzz Cayton

This entire group seems to treat this like a dart game—tossing a few million dollars here, a few million there, just to see what sticks. And if it doesn’t work out? No problem—they’ll just build another one.

Who has been hired to assess what’s actually needed? Cheeseman? None of the current School Board members have the credentials to make these decisions without input from qualified demographers, engineers, and traffic consultants.

This “seat-of-their-pants” approach to running our county must end. It’s clear we need a serious house cleaning.

Commented: Friday, May 30th, 2025 @ 3:25 pm By: Buzz Cayton

Bring the whole fam damily so they can vote Democrat. What a deal.

Commented: Friday, April 11th, 2025 @ 9:02 am By: Buzz Cayton

It can be challenging to remain completely objective when addressing deeply ingrained prejudices and beliefs. The primary necessity within the Local Republican Party should be to set aside minor personal conflicts and concentrate on the actual needs and improvements required for local governance and the methods through which we can implement them.
The Republican Party should prioritize what benefits the people, free from personal bias. Morality, integrity, honesty, and truthfulness are often missing in national politics. While the local party can't control the national scene, they can uphold these values locally.
"Trust but verify," "Consider the source," and "We the people" are essential principles that should be kept in mind for future endeavors of the Local Republican Party.

Commented: Sunday, April 6th, 2025 @ 11:36 am By: Buzz Cayton