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Latest Entries by Government Man (view all)Apr 9th, 2026 @ 10:16 am |
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Mr. Van Zant, from what I know about politics, with this county GOP, this is no way to stock a government with the best elected leaders available.
They truly disgust me from what I read here on this publication. |
Mar 5th, 2026 @ 10:45 am |
Mr. Brown knows something about the law side of government, and I do as well, and I am voting on election day (as I always do) for Mr. Don Brown to better serve our public.
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Mar 1st, 2026 @ 8:16 am |
Commented On Beaufort County Commissioner Stan Deatherage is Endorsed by Washington Mayor Pro Tem Nick Fritz
As someone who knows how government works at all levels, let me tell you the essence of what I learned from the business I retired from: Government is interlinked and connected.
After moving to Beaufort County, I essentially wanted to know how the local governments operated, especially the county government, which is by far biggest gorilla in a small room, so to speak. What I learned from that evaluation is that Stan Deatherage, along with that Hood fella, stands head and shoulders above all the rest, therefore, Commissioner Deatherage, you have my non elected endorsement similar to the one Mr. Fritz so generously awarded you in the last few days. |
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Latest Entries by Joe Davis (view all)Jun 4th, 2026 @ 5:13 pm |
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Great story, go Shannon!! A true servant land and mom and lover of the people!
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Feb 20th, 2026 @ 8:01 pm |
Commented On What's all the chatter about?
Great article!
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Feb 17th, 2026 @ 11:55 am |
important data!
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Latest Comment(s) by Litter Box Liberal (view all)
Commented On Beaufort County Republican Executive Committee Chaos
Are elected officials like Garris allowed to hold office on this executive committee? This Kidwell character is allowed to bloviate past his allotted times adding little substance while bullying his way through meetings like a bull in a china shop!
It’s time for him to go like Tillis or better yet just change your party affiliation from RINO to democRAT. Anyone dissenting or questioning, especially Richardson appears to be ignored and stifled in their objections to seemingly parliamentary misdemeanors that are in fact serious transgressions of board etiquette. Additionally, your committee leader Garris along with ex-officio member Kidwell appear to be attempting to ignore and burry a serious lawsuit. My recommendation is that real Republicans resign and disown this organization if serious changes are not made especially before their liability is brought the court through this lawsuit. |
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Latest Entries by Travis Martin (view all)Dec 6th, 2025 @ 11:30 pm |
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Latest Entries by Shannon Jarvis (view all)Jan 28th, 2026 @ 8:35 am |
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Latest Entries by Steve Bonner (view all)Aug 3rd, 2025 @ 6:31 pm |
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Commented On Let's Get It Right!
First, let me acknowledge that the roles of County Commissioners and School Board Members are not easy. When done well, these positions require dedication, thoughtful decision-making, and hard work. Thank you to all who serve and help keep the county functioning as smoothly as possible.
That said, there is a quadrant of this county, the third largest of six townships and the fourth most populated, that is the source of the most local income and tax revenue and includes multiple communities and an incorporated town, that is now functioning worse from the decision of the School Board. This area and its school district are now destabilized. The elementary school and the people it served were not considered important enough for elected officials to explore reasonable alternatives before removing the school from an entire township community. Consolidation has been ongoing for over a century. For the first 50 years, and during the 60s and 70s desegregation, it made sense. But as it has become more centralized, it increasingly fails to serve the unique needs of local elementary aged children, especially in remote communities like Aurora when viewed through the lens of child well being. Despite the education and experience among Board Members, the emphasis was less on children than on balancing the county’s overall education budget at the expense of one of its most underserved and remote school populations. Instead of lobbying for more resources to meet the actual needs, the Board chose to close the least visible school. We’re hearing from families now forced to relocate, change jobs, or cancel their plans to move into the area. Others, who just moved here before the closure decision, are scrambling to figure out how to manage their children’s schooling and their family’s stability. Busing small children for long hours each day should have been reason enough to reconsider. But the impact goes beyond logistics; this decision is dismantling a community one family at a time. Had proper impact studies been conducted, as required by state policy, the Board would have likely seen this coming. But for most Board members, this isn’t your district, and these aren’t your families being affected. While I don’t believe the decision was made with malice, I do believe that if this were your children, your school, and your community on the line, you and others would have made a different choice. |
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Latest Entries by Nick Fritz (view all)Feb 25th, 2026 @ 1:12 pm |
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Latest Comment(s) by Nick Fritz (view all)
Commented On An update from the front
Auditor, you are certainly correct that this information is held inside the city's books. Auditors can not add or delete information, only verify and perhaps reorganize. The problem is that the books are not open to the public. Since November 4th, I've requested three simple bits of information several times: 1. If any debt has been added during this fiscal year, and what our current total debt is. 2. What percentage of the budgeted amounts has been spent in each fund and how much we are below budget. 3. If we wanted to pay off any debt, how much is unrestricted and available for us to do so. When I asked Greenville for this information I received it in a few hours. I have yet to receive it from Washington.
Your accusation of my ignorance or deception is curious. I do not claim to be anything more than a citizen-representative reporting back to my fellow citizens. While I am certainly not a municipal accountant, and I suspect neither are the other 99.99% of residents and former city councilmen and mayors, I have a rudimentary grasp of finance and accounting. Like most, I rely on the high-paid director of finance, the finance department, and the expensive outside annual audit for information. When none of that information is supplied expeditiously or intelligibly, I have little recourse except to become suspcious and seek outside opinions. If you have this skillset, I highly encourage you to investigate and I would greatly appreciate your feedback. My goals are pretty straightforward. I want to lower our property tax rate and naturally the budget is a fairly big part of that. The audit is inordinately important to me because I cannot get these numbers from our finance department and I'm trusting that I will get them from the auditors. I do not leap to the conclusion that things are nefarious. The state auditor said that sloppiness is far more common than graft. What I am saying is that this information has been elusive. I cannot speak to past experience or history, I can only speak to my personal experience since November 4th. And I intend to continue relaying that experience openly to all who care to hear about it. I appreciate your reading and I appreciate any advice and criticism. |
Jan 9th, 2026 @ 6:03 pm |
Commented On City of Washington Government Will Know Change
I called out the city manager about our deplorable financial state. He could have produced facts that made me look like a fool if I was wrong. Instead he resigned. Really, that says it all.
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Nov 26th, 2025 @ 9:41 pm |
Stan, we have a real opportunity during this election. Lou Hodges is not running; William Pitt withdrew from the race; and Brooks barely skated in last time. That's three potential seats. If the conservatives in Washington really turn out this year the Republicans will control the Washington City Council for the first time in living memory. We can accomplish amazing things. If we use that wave of enthusiasm we can tip the scales during the County Commisioners race and we can have the the city and county controlled by conservatives! This is the year to make great things happen! Let's ruduce property tax to nearly zero percent, trim the budget by 10%, cut utility costs by 10%, and ferret out all corruption, waste, fraud, and abuse!
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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 William Bonney (view all)
Commented On Washington, N.C., Deserves Better Than This
I despise what is woke. It makes me real mad that they breath the same air as me and mine.
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Apr 9th, 2026 @ 7:26 am |
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When I hear about how these RINOs are ruining my county and my country, it makes me real mad.
Me and my buds will vote big in the November for the real Republicans. |
Mar 5th, 2026 @ 10:54 am |
I am just now finding out about all these "RINOs" in Beaufort County politics, and what I hear about about them "RINOs" makes me real mad. I reckon them "RINOs" better steer clear of me when I get mad like this.
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Latest Entries by JMan (view all)Jun 6th, 2024 @ 3:22 pm |
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Latest Comment(s) by JMan (view all)
It should surprise no one that Biden would oppose such a bill. Otherwise, what would be the point of he and his Demon-Crats allowing MILLIONS of Illegal Aliens to freely enter our land and supporting them with whatever they need? Buying Votes -- Buying Votes!
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Jul 14th, 2024 @ 10:57 pm |
Commented On The day the Democrats Putinized America
From the article: "Voting for Trump is not a moral option. It is a matter of civic duty. It is an act of democratic defiance against a political system that has become dangerously, structurally, morally corrupt."
I agree. My wife agrees. (She was the first Trump believer in the family) When the illicit "verdict" was handed down, my wife asked me to go online and find us a TRUMP flag. When the flag arrived this week, I brought down our American flag and hoisted the new TRUMP flag. "TRUMP 2024 Save America Again!" Don't confuse my intentions with those who wish to destroy America. I think the America I believe in is in great peril. I served America in the U.S. Army. I believe in America. I think America is the greatest country in the world. Well . . . I did . . . until first Barack Obama and now Joe Biden (under Obama's puppeteer control) took the reins of this once great nation. Folks, the 2024 election is critically important. After his first term, TRUMP now knows who the snakes are (certainly including RINOs), he knows how they operate, and he knows where they hide. He just needs to finish the job and flush them out for all to see. God Bless America and God Bless Donald J. Trump! JMan |
Jun 8th, 2024 @ 7:22 pm |
My wife and I have friends who left United and went with Global. It's concerning and sad when congregations don't agree and run off to start a new church. (non-Biblical disagreements) But when a large church body (national / international conference) shoots its own self in the foot [so to speak] and drives off huge numbers of their people, it's particularly saddening.
We are told in the Bible that God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. His sacred Word hasn't changed. And at end of the Revelation, it's even clearly stated that anyone who adds to or takes away from the Word will be judged severely. Other churches also change their directions, but this is not acceptable in God's sight when it comes to Biblical matters. We are even warned by the early Apostles that wolves will come in sheep's clothing. Happened Then - Still Happening Today. JMan |
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Latest Entries by Ben Coulter, Ed.D. (view all)Oct 19th, 2023 @ 2:05 pm |
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