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Onslow Memorial Hospital Wants to Pay Mommy-Bloggers, Not Interested in Dads

Onslow Memorial Hospital (Twitter, Facebook) is seeking to pay mommy-bloggers and not offering equal opportunities to dads.
It’s a move I’ve called sexist, ignorant and foolish.
Certainly, moms have a particular perspective on raising children. Certainly, in Jacksonville and Onslow County moms have to deal with particular issues that other moms (you know, the non-married-to-military kind) don’t. [...]

2009 Elections: If I Were Running for Jacksonville City Council

Filing for 2009’s municipal elections are over and the slate of candidates for November’s ballot is complete. It’s time to stop guessing who will pony up to run and prognosticate about the campaigning.
Since there’s not much campaigning to analyze so far, I figure that it’d be useful to lay a baseline…Which is how I would [...]

2009 Elections: Candidate Filing is Upon Us

Candidate filing for the 2009 municipal elections will begin Monday, July 6th and end at Noon on Friday, July 17th.
Filing fees (MS Excel) and more information on the municipal elections is available at the Onslow County Board of Elections website.
There are four seats (Willingham Ward 1, Sullivan Ward 2, Thomas (At-Large) and Williams (At-Large) [...]

Tuesday Tidbits

My week is almost over. I’m off tomorrow at Noon until Monday. So, yays for me.
If you thought recent dramas in Jacksonville were over, you were wrong. The folks at Americans for Prosperity have attacked Mr. Phillip Cherry (Director of the Onslow County Library System) for sending out an email requesting citizens speak at a [...]

Transit: An Email Regarding Smart Transportation for Jacksonville/Onslow County and Eastern NC

The following is an email sent to Representative George Cleveland (Rep, NC House-14) and Senator Harry Brown (Rep, NC Senate-6). Brown and Cleveland have been assigned to their respective Transportation Committees and are in positions that could bring NC DOT efforts to the Jacksonville/Onslow area and Eastern North Carolina.
Congratulations on your appointment to the NC [...]

Onslow County: Holiday Greetings

The Onslow County Board of Commissioners wishes all the County residents a happy holiday.

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Food Pantries?

As I was doing laundry today, I noticed a flier for the Angel Food Ministries. It’s an organization that provides food through a network of churches throughout the U.S. There are two churches locally that provide the service (Queens Creek United Methodist Church and Trinity United Methodist Church). The menu for May (and I’m guessing [...]

Bike to Work: Day 1

Dude. Riding the bike to work is teh hawesome.
The path is mostly clean, smooth, and quiet. No rushing traffic, no stupid drivers, no loud music. It was great!
The newly finished pedestrian and fishing bridge over Northeast Creek is definitely a highlight of the ride. It’s built on the remains of an old railroad trestle. It’s a [...]

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