GOBGB : LeRoy - The Alternative Candidate

“Did you ever decide which commissioner’s seat you were gonna file for?” asked Bubba.

“I never really gave it a thought beyond our first conversation”, LeRoy answered.

LeRoy continued, “the way I understand it, if you file for one of the township seats, you have to live in that township. You can live anywhere in the county and file for what they call the ‘At Large’ seat.”

Immigration: Melting Pot vs. Boiling Pot

A Conservative’s Viewpoint
     On March 18, 1903, the double-stacked Italian steamer Nord America sailed into New York Harbor with her cargo of Italian immigrants, most of who were traveling in steerage. It was a beautiful day with temperatures in the 50’s. Can you imagine the excitement and visualize the scene as these new arrivals crowded the [...]

Purchase of Car Dealership Property OK’d

     The Currituck County Board of Commissioners at their Monday, February 18 meeting voted to approve the purchase of the former Courtesy Ford Dealership property in Moyock for use as a County Visitors Center to be operated by Currituck County Travel and Tourism Department.
     The purchase price for the two parcels of property to be acquired totals [...]

Raines : Broken Government

Last week I shared that while I was researching the “Separation Of Powers” doctrine that is one of the underpinnings of our government, I discovered that John Dean has written books titled “Bush-Cheney Presidency: Worse Than Watergate” and “Conservatives without Conscience“. (John Dean was White House Counsel to Richard Nixon.) You may recall that last weeks article dealt with the three branches of government and how the Bush/Cheney presidency has been warping their protective boundaries. If you missed it you can find it and all past articles at: http://liberalviewpoint.home.mchsi.com/home.html. This week I went online to Amazon.com, a convenient, cheap way to buy books, and found his latest book, “Broken Government”, $29.95, Viking Press, 2007. The subtitle is “How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches”. I was shocked – here was a prominent Republican saying almost the same things I had just written about. I immediately ordered it second-day shipping.

Meeting : Camden Board of Commissioners

[ March 16, 2009; 7:00 pm; ] The Camden County Board of Commissioners will hold the second regular meeting of the month on Monday, March 16, 2009 at 7 p.m. in the Commissioner’s meeting room at the Historic Camden County Courthouse.

For agenda information, contact the Camden County Manager’s office at (252) 338-1919 or visit the County website ( http://www.camdencountync.gov/ )