A Commissioner's View  

We will provide an opinion, through the experience of 4 term county commissioner Stan Deatherage, that will provide an insider's approach to problem solving through governing.

As much as I would to claim this high level of creativity in expressing succinctly the social malaise that exists within the Occupy Movement, I cannot.
Why the titular "The Amazing Story of the Incredible Shrinking President?" Because the man, who is presiding as the chief executive charged with leading the most influential nation in this most unsettled world, is becoming very small, very quickly.
It was a clear beautiful, royal blue sky day on Wall Street. The S & P futures were up markedly, awaiting a positive open, as I turn to get my first cup of coffee. I return to CNBC to get the morning business news, when I notice that the S & P futures are falling, and they're falling fast.
I have not fully weighed in on this fact, as others have in my publication and in the Beaufort Observer, but honestly, with my time in such short supply, I have to pick my spots.
I wish I could say that all politicians have the taxpayer's best interests at heart, but in this election for Beaufort County Commissioner, we are finding out otherwise.
Is this the year that we take back our government, or is it the year that we continue to bow to the special interest in Beaufort County?
Good old-fashioned (John Maynard) Keynesian economic stimulus is not necessary a bad thing; not if you spend the public's money wisely.
President Barack Obama cares more of his muddle-headed constituents than he does about the environment. He proves this daily with his sweeping inaction in the Gulf..
Does the discredited, publicly funded political action committee for Barak Obama, Acorn, remain as a remnant within the context of the local census management team?
At the NACo Lesgislative Conference in Washington, DC, the philosophy of the "The Man" was well engaged.
The Democrat Machine wishes that I could have been there for the "goosebumps" here that day as we came as a nation ObamaLand.
This begins the exposition of an extended communication effort proffered by the N.C. Democrat Machine to my person. I am exposing it now because of how wierd it has all become in ObamaLand.
President Obama is finding that his former prowess as a community organizer has not prepared him to be the leader of the free world.
As a youth growing up in a United States of America that understood the pain of sacrifice, the remembrance of Pearl Harbor was an annual event.
It appears that the Beaufort County Board of Eduacation does not wish to emulate the journey of the determined salmon: Swim upstream just to die a silent death.
The Beaufort County Board of Eduacation must move in a direction that will either benefit the education of our youngest citizens, or sue their parents - the collective taxpayer.
This is an opinion piece about a county commissioner, who, on occaision, just gets fed up with the staus quo.
The current United States Congress and the President of the United States are simpatico on this one issue: There will mortgage the twin futures of our nation and our children to get into office.
I attended the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners' (NCACC) annual conference in Hickory, North Carolina.
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