Each month, Beaufort County's governing board convenes to do the People's business, and each month Commissioner Hood Richardson has a plethora of issues.
Published: Monday, March 28th, 2022 @ 6:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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All politics, all governing is local as I am often heard to repeat almost ad nauseum, and it is local because it is the local taxpayer that "pays the freight" for incredibly ignorant policy, by bone crushingly stupid politicians.
Published: Saturday, March 26th, 2022 @ 6:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Each month, Beaufort County's governing board convenes to do the People's business, and each month Commissioner Hood Richardson has a plethora of issues.
Published: Friday, February 25th, 2022 @ 1:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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One of the top issues for any board of county commissioners is the manner in which these public servants handle the policy on the disposing of the solid waste (garbage and other unwanted matter) of its citizens.
Published: Friday, February 25th, 2022 @ 12:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Each month, Beaufort County's governing board convenes to do the People's business, and each month Commissioner Hood Richardson has a plethora of issues.
Published: Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022 @ 4:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Each month, Beaufort County's governing board convenes to do the People's business, and each month Commissioner Hood Richardson has a plethora of issues.
Published: Wednesday, January 19th, 2022 @ 10:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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I hoped, when Gov. Cooper declared a public health emergency March 14, that he was also planning ways to reduce spending to offset some of the lost sales and income tax revenue.
Published: Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 @ 12:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"My problem," the notoriously reckless actor Errol Flynn was once reported to have quipped, "lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income."
Published: Tuesday, April 26th, 2016 @ 10:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Colleges and universities are complex operations-often with billion-dollar budgets. The stakes are high: what happens on our campuses affects not only students but the society at large.
Published: Sunday, August 30th, 2015 @ 5:37 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Efficient, effective, accountable, and transparent — are all goals legislators and policy advisors tout when crafting the state's budget. While these outcomes are goals for lawmakers, there are many decisions that must be made in order to achieve these goals. The budget process is not set...
Published: Thursday, January 22nd, 2015 @ 12:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Your car breaks down, and it'll cost $300 to fix. What do you do? Well, perhaps you rearrange your budget and cut back on other spending for a few weeks. Maybe you have room left on...
Published: Wednesday, March 6th, 2013 @ 8:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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How do you think all those politicians in Washington, DC got to be so good at covering up how much money they are really spending? They learned how to do it in places like Little Washington, NC.
Published: Sunday, June 3rd, 2012 @ 1:43 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Would you write a check for the same amount as your County taxes, hand it to a stranger and say "I am trusting you to spend this money in my best interest."? That is what almost all of us do with our taxes each year.
Published: Tuesday, May 29th, 2012 @ 8:20 am
By: Hood Richardson
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