Archived Results for August, 2010

(Total Found: 13)

The Governor's visit was plum embarrassing

Governor Perdue came to town Friday. It was embarrassing. Her handlers couldn't have done a much worse job, all the way around.
August 25th, 2010

PCS is Now Officially on the Sell Block

On August 17, 2010, BHP Billiton of Australia tendered an unsolicited offer to purchase Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan for 38.5 billion dollars.
August 23rd, 2010

Civitas gives Beaufort County government an ‘A’ for efficiency

This distinction is especially notable, in that only 12 of North Carolina’s 100 counties managed to earn an ‘A’ in government growth for the first decade of the 21st Century.
August 23rd, 2010

Perry v. Schwarzenegger: California becomes the latest battleground for Gay Marriage Rights

On August 4, a federal court in California struck down the gay marriage ban, popularly known as Proposition 8, and handed a victory to thousands of gays and lesbians.
August 23rd, 2010

Imagine this: Judge a teacher by how much improvement the students make

Last Saturday the LA Times published student test data. Obviously that was not what made it revolutionary. But what they did was publish the data by teacher. And that if revolutionary.
August 23rd, 2010

Barack Obama Doesn’t Care About the Economy: Part I

Good old-fashioned (John Maynard) Keynesian economic stimulus is not necessary a bad thing; not if you spend the public’s money wisely.
August 18th, 2010

GOP narrowly votes to not replace Baldwin in commissioner race

Deatherage spoke against appointing a third candidate on the basis that the move would be unprecedented, as well as unwise.
August 12th, 2010

GOP to vote on replacing Baldwin in commissioner race

Deatherage rejects the potentiality of replacing Baldwin with someone who didn’t earn their candidacy through the primary, only to take votes away from himself and Klemm.
August 12th, 2010

Charity Comes from the Heart and Not from Laws

As a human being, I am touched at the virtues that Shirley Sherrod came to embrace. I am thankful that her lesson is the one we are talking about instead of divisive racist inuendo.
August 12th, 2010

Cost/Containment collects thoughts on collecting cash

Concerns regarding methods for transitioning revenue into cash led to a confusing exchange between Cost/Containment Committee members and BRHS Chief Financial Officer Chris Riggs.
August 12th, 2010

Ashley Woolard calls on G.K. Butterfield to resign from the House Ethics Committee

Butterfield is a member of the House Ethics Committee judging embattled Congressman Charlie Rangel on charges of tax evasion and corruption in a September House trial.
August 12th, 2010

OUTRAGE – MUSLIMS PLAN MOSQUE at GROUND ZERO

when I watch the footage of 9/11, I can remember it all just as clearly as the very day the carnage and destruction actually occurred.
August 12th, 2010

School Board adopts core sex ed. curriculum

The Beaufort County Board of Education heard a report from its staff on the development of a revision in the Health curriculum required by recent state legislation.
August 12th, 2010
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