Hooray for Jesse Jackson Jr. I hope he gets 50 years and has to pay back that three-quarters of a million dollars plus interest.

Well let’s put out the welcome mat again. Some illegal immigrants will be issued a North Carolina drivers license that will have a bright pink stripe and the bold words “No lawful status” raising concerns that it will stigmatize those who show it. Really? How about they are here illegally? North Carolinians, call your congressmen, put a stop to yet another ridiculous idea to open the doors for illegals.

A downtown hotel needs to be at the old Maola building property.

If the Beaufort County Board of Education wants more transparency, updating its board minutes and personnel actions in a more timely manner might be a good start. If you check its website, you can’t even find any of its board actions since at least October. This would probably be a helpful way for the public to keep up with things, if it were even kept up with on the board’s website.

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