Bloviations

The Bloviations of Thomas Brock

Letter to the Editor: Regarding the Article “Rails-to-Trails bridge earns state engineering award”

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

The below is the text of a letter to the editor of the Jacksonville Daily News regarding this article.
Dear Editor,
The January 6th, 2009 edition of the Jacksonville Daily News featured an article titled “Rails-to-Trails bridge earns state engineering award”. This article unfairly portrays the Rails-to-Trails project, and the associated pedestrian bridge, as unused and unpopular [...]

Onslow County: Pollard Pay Problem Polled then Padlocked

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

The Jacksonville Daily News website has a poll related to the Register of Deeds pay controversy. Go vote. It’s fun.
It appears that the Onslow County Board of Commissioners has no interest in discussing Becky Pollard’s pay during their December 15th meeting.
Says Commission Chairman W.C. Jarman:
"It is not on the tentative agenda and as far [...]

Onslow County: Former State Senator Tommy Pollard Pushing to Get Wife a Raise

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

Even before Ms. Becky Pollard was sworn in as Onslow County’s Register of Deeds, her husband, former State Senator and former member of the NC Department of Transportation Board, Tommy Pollard was lobbying the Onslow County Board of Commissioners to give his wife a raise.
Lindell Kay reports in the Jacksonville Daily News:
Tommy Pollard passed out [...]

Guest Post: Lindell Kay’s Rogue Post

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

(Note from Thomas Brock: What follows is a guest post from Lindell Kay. Read more of Lindell’s writing at the Jacksonville Daily News and at his blog, Off the Cuff.)
My father, soon to be 79, has only one testicle. He has never disclosed to me exactly how that came about. In fact, it took me [...]

New Bern Sun Journal: End of Man on a Bike

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

I’ve gotten word from Justin Schoenberger that the New Bern Sun Journal’s “Man on a Bike” online column has come to an end. Unfortunately with his workload at the Kinston Free Press, he’s not able to spend a lot of time on the bicycle.
Schoenberger has a great writing style and has had quite a few [...]