The Beaufort County Commissioners, at their regular monthly meeting May 7, 2012, discussed reorganizing the Economic Development Commission and its Committee of 100.
( Published Friday, May 11th, 2012 @ 5:22 pm )]]> At the May 7, 2012, meeting we saw one of the most significant displays of bad government we have ever seen. The item on the agenda was simply: "Resolution to End Corporate Welfare In North Carolina and Beaufort County."
( Published Friday, May 11th, 2012 @ 5:22 pm )]]> Landowners need consumer protections built into North Carolina law to prevent potential financial losses, property damage, and mortgage mayhem from complicated oil and gas leases, said officials in the state Attorney General's Office April 26 to members of the Environmental Review Commission.
( Published Friday, May 11th, 2012 @ 5:22 pm )]]> The NC General Assembly convenes on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 in Raleigh. We will be there!
( Published Friday, May 11th, 2012 @ 5:21 pm )]]> Beaufort County Manager Randell Woodruff present his proposed budget for FY 2013 to the Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night (5-7-12). It could be characterized as a "hold the line" budget with the resulting property tax rate being the same as this past year ($.53 per $100 in property value).
( Published Friday, May 11th, 2012 @ 5:21 pm )]]> The Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners will meet to discuss a variety of issues in their General Meeting on Monday, May 7, 2012.
( Published Friday, May 11th, 2012 @ 5:21 pm )]]> Upon completion of studies at the University of North Carolina School of Government at Chapel Hill, NC, Sharon C. "JoJo" Singleton was presented the North Carolina County Clerk Certification at the Clerks Annual Conference held in Winston-Salem, NC on April 21, 2012.
( Published Friday, May 11th, 2012 @ 5:21 pm )]]> On Monday, April 23, 2012 the NC Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Transportation met in Raleigh. Rep. Tim Spears (Democrat, Washington County) proposed legislation to repeal any new or increased ferry tolls.
( Published Friday, May 11th, 2012 @ 5:20 pm )]]> Demand for new charter schools in the Tar Heel State has surged following the enactment of a bill approved by the N.C. General Assembly and signed into law by Gov. Bev Perdue in 2011 that lifted the 100-school cap.
( Published Friday, May 11th, 2012 @ 5:20 pm )]]> Those of us at the Beaufort Observer have spent more time reporting on the Beaufort Hospital than any other single story in the last three years. It is, as we have learned, a sordid tale, with many angles.
( Published Friday, May 11th, 2012 @ 5:20 pm )]]> Across North Carolina, some county governments are saving money by privatizing services. A recent John Locke Foundation report catalogues privatization practices from 44 counties.
( Published Friday, May 11th, 2012 @ 5:18 pm )]]> A new report on economic competitiveness from the American Legislative Economic Council shows North Carolina is ranked 23rd among the states on the 2012 ALEC-Laffer Economic Outlook Rankings.
( Published Friday, May 11th, 2012 @ 5:18 pm )]]> The City of Washington Agenda for their meeting of the whole on Monday Evening, April 23, 2012.
( Published Friday, May 11th, 2012 @ 5:17 pm )]]> In a surprise announcement today, April 18, 2012, Tommy Thompson, Executive Director of the Beaufort Economic Development Commission and the Beaufort County Committee of 100, has resigned.
( Published Friday, May 11th, 2012 @ 5:17 pm )]]> Four members of North Carolina's congressional delegation earned an "F" grade for their votes on fiscal issues during the 2011 session of Congress, according to new rankings from the National Taxpayer Union, a limited-government advocacy group based in Washington, D.C.
( Published Friday, May 11th, 2012 @ 5:14 pm )]]> But since the building has sat empty, the maintenance expense for the county has skyrocketed. Thus, Mr. Richardson suggested that by selling the building it would eliminate future maintenance expense, having to pay the debt service on the loans and put the building on the tax roles.
( Published Friday, May 11th, 2012 @ 5:13 pm )]]> The North Carolina civics lesson continues! Our journey is not over. Just because the NC Attorney General "sided with the legislature" does not mean we have won or lost.
( Published Friday, May 11th, 2012 @ 5:13 pm )]]> North Carolina Attorney General, Roy Cooper, reported to the North Carolina Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee that it was his opinion that the Ferry Tax enacted by the North General Assembly must go forward.
( Published Friday, May 11th, 2012 @ 5:13 pm )]]> We trust that our leaders have already begun to consider how to fix this debacle. In that light we want to make a couple of points.
( Published Friday, May 11th, 2012 @ 5:13 pm )]]> Beaufort County continues to suffer from the Blind Mice making up the Gang of Five on our County Commission.
( Published Friday, May 11th, 2012 @ 5:12 pm )]]> The people of Beaufort County were treated to an amazing scene in the reaction of some commissioners to a recent request from Dr. Don Phipps that the County fund a population study of the students in the school system.
( Published Friday, May 11th, 2012 @ 5:08 pm )]]> The City of Washington Agenda for their meeting on Monday Evening, April 9, 2012.
( Published Friday, May 11th, 2012 @ 5:08 pm )]]> A senior official in the North Carolina Department of Commerce launched a scheme in November to direct more than $2 million in federal funds to a small Raleigh-based nonprofit organization that he chaired last year.
( Published Friday, May 11th, 2012 @ 5:08 pm )]]> Opponents of natural gas "fracking" heckled, hissed and tried to drown out vastly outnumbered speakers supporting the controversial process during a public hearing Tuesday night.
( Published Friday, May 11th, 2012 @ 5:04 pm )]]> What is wrong with government, at all levels, was on full display Monday night (4-2-12) at the Beaufort County Board of Commissioner's meeting.
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