http://pittcountynow.com Thu, 9 Sep 2010 22:21:16 EDT http://pittcountynow.com/post/366/3/tea-is-brewing-in-the-original-washington.html http://pittcountynow.com/post/366/3/tea-is-brewing-in-the-original-washington.html Super TEA Party Rally on October 2, 2010 on the waterfront in Washington's Harbor District.

On Thursday night, Aug. 5, a group of about 20-25 people got together with Mr. Buzz Cayton of the Beaufort County Patriots in Washington, North Carolina to discuss the planning of a super TEA Party rally along with waterfront in Little Washington on Sept. 25th. The Beaufort Patriots is the TEA Party movement recently formed in that county, by members of the Conservative Men's group. Buzz is President of... Read More]]> Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:11:16 EDT http://pittcountynow.com/post/355/3/ashley-woolard-calls-on-g-k-butterfield-to-to-resign-from-the-house-ethics-committee.html http://pittcountynow.com/post/355/3/ashley-woolard-calls-on-g-k-butterfield-to-to-resign-from-the-house-ethics-committee.html Publisher's Note: Submitted as a press release from the Ashley Woolard Campaign.

GOP First District Congressional candidate Ashley Woolard will call on Congressman G.K. Butterfield to resign from the House Ethics Committee or face investigation, in a series of press conferences Tuesday.

Woolard will appear at the NCGOP Headquarters in Raleigh at 10:00 a.m.; the train station in Rocky Mount at 12:30 p.m.; and the Craven County GOP Headquarters in New Bern, NC at 3:00 p.m.

Butterfield is a memb... Read More]]> Tue, 3 Aug 2010 10:26:53 EDT http://pittcountynow.com/post/343/3/woolard-to-call-on-butterfield-to-return-tainted-contributions.html http://pittcountynow.com/post/343/3/woolard-to-call-on-butterfield-to-return-tainted-contributions.html Publisher's Note: Submitted as a press release from the Ashley Woolard Campaign.

GOP First District Congressional candidate Ashley Woolard will call on Congressman G.K. Butterfield to return tainted campaign contributions from embattled Democratic congressman Charlie Rangel in a series of press conferences Tuesday.

Woolard will appear at the Pitt County Courthouse in Greenville at 10:30 AM, Woolard for Congress Headquarters in Washington, NC at 1:30 PM and the Wayne County GOP Headquarters in... Read More]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:16:36 EDT http://pittcountynow.com/post/339/3/general-stanley-mcchrystal-retires-in-a-private-ceremony.html http://pittcountynow.com/post/339/3/general-stanley-mcchrystal-retires-in-a-private-ceremony.html In a small, and emotional ceremony, General Stanley McChrystal retired from the institution that had brought him so much fame, respect and controversy - the United States Army. In this private retirement ceremony, at 6 p.m. Friday, held at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C. The retirement ceremony was closed to all but three reporters: Greg Jaffe from the Washington Post, Julian Barnes from the Wall Street Journal, and Gordon Lubold from Politico. The following report is compilation of informa... Read More]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:02:23 EDT http://pittcountynow.com/post/294/3/general-stanley-mcchrystal-fired-by-president-obama.html http://pittcountynow.com/post/294/3/general-stanley-mcchrystal-fired-by-president-obama.html General Stanley McChrystal has been relieved of his duties as the General-in-charge in Afghanistan. He will be replaced by Four Star General David Patraeus.

The charismatic and controversial three star general has a short history of being at odds with the President over the timing of implementing the Afghanistan version of the Iraq surge that drove the radical Islamic insurgents and terrorists underground or out of Iraq. On this occasion, the General was recalled to Washington, D.C., and summ... Read More]]> Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:28:48 EDT http://pittcountynow.com/post/260/3/corruption-it-is-legal-in-north-carolina.html http://pittcountynow.com/post/260/3/corruption-it-is-legal-in-north-carolina.html Publisher's note: Some publications will not publish the thoughts and commentary of politicians while they are running for office. We, however, challenge, and encourage those same politicians to express themslves on our growing platform so that the electorate will truly know who they are voting for in the upcoming general election. Comments from our readers regarding these politicians' exposed positions on key issues important to this region are always appreciated.

I have heard about corrupt... Read More]]> Tue, 1 Jun 2010 10:16:07 EDT http://pittcountynow.com/post/226/3/supreme-court-justice-visits-beaufort-county.html http://pittcountynow.com/post/226/3/supreme-court-justice-visits-beaufort-county.html It’s never too early to start campaigning, according to North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Paul Newby, who showed up in Beaufort County last Thursday to elicit support from politicians, activists and Rotarians for his 2010 re-election bid for his second, eight-year term on the highest court in the land.

En route to the Washington Noon Rotary, where he was scheduled speak about the state’s operation to obtain North Carolina’s original copy of the Bill of Rights, Newby stopped at the Bea... Read More]]> Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:38:46 EDT http://pittcountynow.com/post/207/3/commissioners-to-consider-resolution-on-unconstitutionality-of-health-care-reform-act.html http://pittcountynow.com/post/207/3/commissioners-to-consider-resolution-on-unconstitutionality-of-health-care-reform-act.html Beaufort County commissioners have agreed to amplify the voice of dissent to the unpopular health-care overhaul, which was signed by President Obama into law Mar. 24.

At Monday night’s Beaufort County Board of Commissioners meeting, Commissioner Stan Deatherage presented the board with a resolution requesting that North Carolina enjoin a lawsuit with 14 fellow states to sue the federal government over the constitutionality of the Health Care Reform Act. The request would be sent in the form ... Read More]]> Thu, 8 Apr 2010 15:04:31 EDT http://pittcountynow.com/post/197/3/yes-we-can-yes-we-can.html http://pittcountynow.com/post/197/3/yes-we-can-yes-we-can.html This impassioned cry rose up from the U.S. House of Representatives, once the Democrat majority slapped each other on the back and passed the U.S. Senate’s version of ObamaCare that was passed in the Senate before Senator Scott Brown was elected in Massachusetts. This is the same bill that used taxpayer dollars to bribe (let’s be honest) Senator Ben Nelson (see the Cornhusker Kickback) and Senator Mary Landrieu (see the Louisiana Purchase). The Senate, where the Democrats have a d... Read More]]> Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:06:32 EDT http://pittcountynow.com/post/121/3/beaufort-county-commissioner-hood-richardson-announces-his-candidacy-for-n-c-senate-1st-district.html http://pittcountynow.com/post/121/3/beaufort-county-commissioner-hood-richardson-announces-his-candidacy-for-n-c-senate-1st-district.html Incumbent Senator Marc Basnight has a challenger for the seat he has held since 1984. Enter 4 term Beaufort County Commissioner Hood Richardson, who has long given voice to the unwavering conservative Resistance in eastern North Carolina for nearly 14 years, as his deceptively energetic Republican challenger. Commissioner Richardson is scheduled to meet with the State's leading Republicans in Raleigh on Wednesday, February 17, 2010, to engage their support.

Senator Marc Basnight has long bee... Read More]]> Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:46:46 EST http://pittcountynow.com/post/110/3/greg-dority-files-for-the-4th-district-congressional-seat.html http://pittcountynow.com/post/110/3/greg-dority-files-for-the-4th-district-congressional-seat.html Republican Greg Dority, a man who well understands the organized madness of a full frontal campaign, takes the battle on the road to North Carolina's 4th Congressional District to vie for the seat currently held by Reprsentative David Price. Greg Dority has run well, while running consistently hard, for the 1st District Congressional Seat in 2002 against Incumbent Frank Balance, and later against the disgraced Democrat's replacement G.K. Butterfield in 2004. Dority has long taken this Quixoti... Read More]]> Wed, 3 Feb 2010 13:28:01 EST http://pittcountynow.com/post/92/3/the-shot-heard-round-the-world-just-down-the-road.html http://pittcountynow.com/post/92/3/the-shot-heard-round-the-world-just-down-the-road.html In 1837, poet Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote “Concord Hymn” regarding the battle of North Creek Bridge on April 19, 1775 in Concord, Massachusetts. This battle, where the Massachusetts Militia were drastically outnumbered by three companies of British Regulars, was one of the first battles of the American Revolution. The heavy losses inflicted upon these well trained, well equipped British Regulars, as they fell back to seize refuge in Boston, was the initial clash of not only the Ameri... Read More]]> Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:18:03 EST http://pittcountynow.com/post/29/3/public-hearing-north-carolina-community-colleges-admission-of-illegal-immigrants.html http://pittcountynow.com/post/29/3/public-hearing-north-carolina-community-colleges-admission-of-illegal-immigrants.html I Was Embarrassed for my Fellow Man.The Stupidity ... Oh, the Stupidity!

On Friday, December 18, 2009, I represented Beaufort County at a public hearing on the North Carolina Community Colleges' decision to allow illegal / undocumented immigrants admission to the Community Colleges, providing that they pay out of state tuition. My initial impression with the collective theme of that impassioned crowd, after a number of speakers (10 or more) spoke: Wear your heart on your sleeve, but check your... Read More]]> Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:50:40 EST http://pittcountynow.com/post/19/3/congressional-candidate-ashley-woolard-kicks-off-his-campaign-at-rally.html http://pittcountynow.com/post/19/3/congressional-candidate-ashley-woolard-kicks-off-his-campaign-at-rally.html It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon at the Woolard’s residence, which is part of their family estate, on Market Street Extension. The sky was blue the music, the music was very entertaining, and the conversation was definitely concerning politics, and the direction of our government; its resulting influence upon our society.

Ashley Woolard’s residence is a lovely renovated farm home sitting atop the high ground adjacent to a recently harvested farm field. The white clapboard s... Read More]]> Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:03:14 EST http://pittcountynow.com/post/6/3/ashley-woolard-announces-his-candidacy-for-the-u-s-house-of-representatives-1st-district.html http://pittcountynow.com/post/6/3/ashley-woolard-announces-his-candidacy-for-the-u-s-house-of-representatives-1st-district.html Ashley Woolard Announces his Bid to Oust G. K. Butterfield

Former candidate for the First District Seat in the United States House of Representatives, Grey Dority, announced, by way of the introduction, that "Beaufort County's Favorite Son Ashley Woolard" would run and win the seat currently held by G. K. Butterfield.

Ashley Woolard took his place behind the podium and gave a rousing speech that began with, "Much has changed since G.K. Butterfield was first elected to the Congr... Read More]]> Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:48:40 EST