If Washington University is such a prestigious school, why in the world did it offer a provost job to Holden Thorp?

A seminar for inland fishing. Boy, that’s like showing a local how to breathe. I’ve seen it all.

Wow, Pat McCrory’s got a cold, cold heart: cut the unemployment benefits to the poor people. What an Ebeneezer Scrooge-like maneuver. I’m afraid this is going to cost the Republicans in the next election. But you get what you deserve. You North Carolina people voted for him.

Seems like Hood Richardson wants the new jail built behind the county courthouse so that he can get top dollar for his building right next to there. Way to go, Hood.

I think if anybody needs to be removed from the county commissioners, it needs to be the history teacher, Stan Deatherage.

Why don’t you build a new jail out there where the old Beaufort County home was located? That would be a perfect place out there.

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