Taxes collected from all the people should be spent only for the benefit of all of the people, not selected groups.
Published: Sunday, May 28th, 2023 @ 8:28 am
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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When we are in the heat of political battle many of us may have difficulty in identifying the enemy.
Published: Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 @ 10:04 am
By: Hood Richardson
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As we approach the November 3rd election date, we need to consider the character of every candidate, whether Democrat or Republican.
Published: Wednesday, November 18th, 2020 @ 1:52 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Beaufort County Republican primary voters will have three groups of candidates running for county commissioner to choose from this election, and they reflect the three groups that have been on the commission over the past few years.
Published: Wednesday, March 4th, 2020 @ 5:32 am
By: Steven P. Rader
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I am getting complaints about the quantity and quality of the filming of commissioner meetings.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2020 @ 10:19 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Among the medium to small populated counties in North Carolina, Beaufort County is blessed to have a huge, valuable, unique and un movable asset.
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2020 @ 7:55 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Early voting started today in Washington, Belhaven and Aurora early voting will be later this month.
Published: Thursday, February 13th, 2020 @ 4:03 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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The Beaufort County Republican Executive Committee is charged with replacing former Beaufort County Commissioner Gary Brinn, R, now deceased, since the election is less than 2 years from the commissioner's death and replacement.
Published: Sunday, November 10th, 2019 @ 8:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The annual Beaufort County Republican Party convention was held at the Beaufort County Court House on March 19, 2019.
Published: Wednesday, April 17th, 2019 @ 4:37 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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It happened at the Commissioners meeting on October 1, and again at a special called meeting on October 22 2018.
Published: Sunday, November 11th, 2018 @ 1:39 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Beaufort County Commissioners by a vote of 5 to 2 requested Sheriff Ernie Coleman present a policy providing for a notice to be given by his department to the person(s) designated by the inmate should the inmate be admitted to the hospital.
Published: Sunday, September 30th, 2018 @ 11:10 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Belhaven Mayor Adam O'Neal drove nearly 30 miles west from his Town of Belhaven to present the news from his hamlet on Pantego Creek, and, right now, the news is not good.
Published: Friday, January 20th, 2017 @ 9:51 pm
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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Just about anything the any government does gets complicated very quickly. All government functions, from federal to state to county are complicated. The average person has great difficulty in understanding the policies, the whys and wherefores of all those people and the decisions being made...
Published: Monday, February 29th, 2016 @ 3:39 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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The Facility was designed by MHA Works of Greenville. It is being constructed by A.R. Chesson of Williamston, it is a 7,395 square ft. free standing metal facility.
Published: Tuesday, January 5th, 2016 @ 2:13 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Unless the commissioners dissolve the authority board the county will loose the 6.4 million dollars. This false representation by Commissioner Ron Buzzeo during an open meeting.
Published: Thursday, July 23rd, 2015 @ 3:08 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Never before in the last two decades, has this 5 term county commissioner, of some estimable intellect on these pertinent matters of the People's business, witnessed commissioners, and their appointed staff take a more flippant, patriarchal attitude toward the welfare of all of our county's citizens
Published: Thursday, July 2nd, 2015 @ 4:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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One does not examine Beaufort County Cartel Politics without stumbling head long into ethics.
Published: Monday, June 29th, 2015 @ 10:57 am
By: Hood Richardson
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I am using the word “saga” in the sense of an old story that has repeated itself over an over through out history.
Published: Sunday, June 7th, 2015 @ 1:12 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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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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Tonight in Beaufort County, two Republican commissioners left the board of county commissioners, and two Republican county commissioners took their place, bringing the total to: 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats. As in the past, the Democrats took control of the board and may well remain in control.
Published: Wednesday, December 17th, 2014 @ 6:04 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Stop the Jail Committee is pleased with the outcome of the election.
Published: Thursday, November 13th, 2014 @ 3:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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There are approximately 48,000 people in Beaufort County with approximately 32,000 registered voters. The Democrats control half of this number with the remainder being split between the Republicans and the Unaffiliated voters.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 11:37 pm
By: Harry Meredith, Jr.
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