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Latest Comment(s) by John Heermann (view all)
Commented On Republican Purge
Mr. Fucito you seem to have spent a lot of effort explaining why things talked about in a recess dont go into a set of minutes. That all seems logical. What I dont see you explaining is why there was so much effort involved to avoid a meeting or reconvening one. Seems like that WOULD require minutes and nobody wanted the ouster of Unca Hood and the other two ladies to be on record much less that the police were called. If something isnt rotten enough to pass the smell test there usually isnt a need to try to keep it in the dark.
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Jan 26th, 2026 @ 3:36 pm |
Commented On Pete Hegseth Celebrates The U.S. Army’s 250th Birthday: ‘There Is No 1776 Without 1775’
Giving the Army a grand 250th birthday celebration was the right move. It is important to remind the people of this nation (99% who have not served themselves since the creation of the all volunteer military) what it takes to give us the freedoms we enjoy. This is more important given all of the things happening with China, Iran, Russia, North Korea and more. Hegseth served low enough in the ranks not to be corrupted by the bureaucratic and political issues that have been detrimental to the military over the past 20-30 years. His leadership and vision to bring back the focus on lethality and the warrior ethos within our armed forces is vital and necessary. The sharp increase in recruitment since Trump was reelected is a clear demonstration that the people who serve and protect America, many who come from multiple generations of veterans, didnt agree with the Biden/Obama eras of DEI and mismanagement in DoD.
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Jun 19th, 2025 @ 3:54 pm |
Commented On What does it mean to be a Conservative?
Wasn't our nation started because We the People opposed an actual King? Were we not opposed to taxation without representation? Did we not fight back when those who would oppress us came for our firearms, the AR-15s of the day, at Lexington and Concord? Don't our founding documents lay out a limited federal government so that the sovereign states could represent their people according to what they believed best? People shouldn't fear their government, governments should fear their people. They do work for us after all, not the other way around. Its sad to many people don't realize this or remember it. Its a travesty the bureaucrats and seemingly more often the judiciary don't understand this either.
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Latest Comment(s) by Dave Hudson (view all)
I spoke out against the SAVVAS curriculum at the School Board meeting on February 21, 2023. As mentioned in the article, we still don’t have an approved social studies curriculum in Beaufort County after more than two years! Teachers are creating their own lesson plans, utilizing information they find on the internet and other sources but without an approved curriculum to use as a benchmark. The decision was made to table the adoption of the SAVVAS curriculum for a later date. This most likely happened because the Superintendent got egg on his face for trying to push through a “woke” curriculum with a weak school board and received more public outcry than was anticipated. They probably hoped to push it through at a later date when the public wasn’t watching but eventually decided to give up completely in order to pursue finding a science curriculum.
This whole fiasco is just another example of why DOGE is needed in the public education bureaucracy. Administrative staff (bureaucracy) at the county, state and federal levels has grown by 88% since 2000. In the same period, student and teacher levels have only grown by 8%. That means bureaucracy in education has grown at an excessively higher rate than the folks doing the actual educating in classrooms and students being taught. We have also seen a continuing decline in school and student performance scores during the same time. That tells me that the bureaucracy is broken and needs much necessary reform. The issues with our county curriculum selection process are a perfect case study as the article explains. If Dr. Parker and the BCS staff are incapable of choosing more than one curriculum at a time, what are they actually doing? The bureaucrats at the county level and the superintendent are incompetent at best and, at worst, don’t actually care about the education our children receive. It is way past time for them to do their job. It is also way past time for the weak, incompetent School Board to hold the superintendent accountable! |
Mar 19th, 2025 @ 12:47 pm |
This makes sense. The United States has plenty of laws in place to prevent discrimination in hiring practices and to protect the rights of workers without a need for DEI. The Equal Pay Act (EPA), Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and Executive Order 11246 governing Affirmative Action Programs for federal contractors until it was recently rescinded. These programs exist to protect employee rights and rely on merit and selecting the most qualified candidates for a position as opposed to other factors such as race, religion, sexual orientation, etc. DEI changed that trajectory focusing more on an individual's identifying characteristics as opposed to merit in decision making.
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Latest Comment(s) by David Hudson (view all)
Commented On Another Political Campaign Begins
Mr. Garrison, I attended those meetings and spoke out myself against the closing of Snowden. Those statements were not political. They were based on doing what was right for the community, which was to keep the local school open and operating in the area from which it's student population was drawn. There were elected officials who spoke out as well against closing the school (Charles Hickman, Stacey Davis, Stan Deatherage, Hood Richardson and the late Mayor Williams). I do not believe their statements were political just because they hold office. In fact, their reasons against closing the school were the same as the many, many other non-elected citizens who spoke out against closing the school. I don't recall ever hearing anyone speak out in support of closing the school at those meetings. Having the courage and fortitude to stand up, speak out, and work for your community is what is required and expected from a leader and an elected official. It's not politics, it's doing what is right. In my opinion, you fell way short of the bar.
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Nov 10th, 2025 @ 2:13 pm |
Commented On Political Sausage
I find it hard to believe that the members of the School Board didn’t realize filling the District Six seat was a partisan issue. The School Board elections have been partisan races for the past two election cycles and all current members have had to run in a partisan election to win their current seat. An outdated policy, whether they read it or not, would not have been a reasonable excuse to anyone with common sense to not understand how the process worked. This is especially true considering some of the board serve on the county Republican Executive Committee or attend the meetings.
What is more concerning is the lack of ethics or outright corruption. The example mentioned at the end of the article seems to be a violation of the NC Open Meetings Law (N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-318.11) which covers what can and can’t be discussed in closed sessions by the board. Furthermore, cronyism and nepotism are forms of corruption. North Carolina has regulations and policies in place to prevent abuses associated with nepotism and cronyism which are designed to ensure fairness and prevent abuses of public trust. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be any higher-level oversight of what is transpiring in Beaufort County. The only recourse left to the people is to vote out the guilty parties in the next election. |
Jul 23rd, 2025 @ 12:33 pm |
Commented On Answer to “Let’s Get it Right!”
Mr. Williams – I recognize, and appreciate, that you did vote against closing Snowden when the final vote was held. I believe you did represent the feelings and desires of the overwhelming majority of people not only south of the Pamlico, but across the county as a whole in doing so. I belatedly realized that I had only named those County Commissioners and School Board members who voted in favor of closing the school in my article discussing the issue published on June 6th and not those who voted against the decision.
Commissioners Richardson, Deatherage and Dunn, in addition to School Board members Hickman and Davis also cast votes for saving the school, which was the correct decision in my opinion. They were all outspoken critics of closing the school and sought ways to prevent the closure during the process. I wish that you had been more outspoken about keeping the school open in public comments during the meetings concerning the issue. As a former Infantry officer, I was taught and believe that there is no substitute for leadership by example as expounded in the Infantry motto: "Follow Me!" I feel that your position as Vice Chair of the School Board and having served multiple terms on that board place you in a position that could have helped convince or sway the votes of other members into making the same choice as you. Regardless, when the time came, you made the correct decision to vote against closing Snowden in my opinion. |
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Commented On Michelyn Alligood Hollar
 Rest in Peace Michelyn, you were always a great friend and a wonderful person. You will be greatly missed. |
Mar 18th, 2026 @ 10:40 am |
As an Independent, I personally do not care if you are a Democrat or Republican or who you support, Scott Hammonds has been a great sheriff and I will continue to support him! #TEAMHAMMONDS
Also, as Bubba said: "Ernie Coleman was one of the worst sheriffs", if not, the worst in my lifetime that is! |
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The attack suspect driver lived in Texas based on divorce records, and previously lived in Fayetteville, NC... See here on WITN's website: www.witn.com
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Latest Comment(s) by David Anderson (view all)
Commented On Dept. of Commerce hit with another scathing audit of economic development grant monitoring
Stan, that is Susan Klutz (spelling).
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Commented On Dept. of Commerce hit with another scathing audit of economic development grant monitoring
FYI... that isn't a picture of Sharon Decker.... just sayin
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Latest Comment(s) by David Jones (view all)
Commented On Happy New Year!
Agree 100%
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Jan 3rd, 2022 @ 7:17 pm |
Commented On DOD is going to now fight climate change
Wow! Planes grounded for lack of spare parts, Navy stretched thin around the globe, and a report saying that we could not win a cyber war. Throughout his presidency, Trump boasted of having re-built our military and made it the greatest in all the world. I didn’t realize that he had failed at that too.
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