An open letter to the LCPS School Board, Part 1: Nov 1 meeting's masks in school's vote

“This is notice that I am not asking your permission to send my child to school without a mask. Those efforts by others, as kind and congenial as they were, were met with total disregard, and are now over. My request wouldn’t be quite as kind. We, those of us who choose, will not be sending our children with masks. And school staff may not require them when they arrive. This is our decision, not yours.” …

“I will point out the hypocrisy in your masking rule. Highlight the falsehoods and politically driven one-sided arguments preceding your vote, and advise you that continuing along this path constitutes a violation of our children’s rights as citizens not to be used as medical research subjects.” …

“You should reconvene for a special session and by the end of this week record a vote to make masks in school optional.”

John Hood: Don’t buy myth about voter turnout

Republicans in much of the country enjoyed significant success during the 2021 election cycle. They elected a GOP governor in Virginia, almost elected one in New Jersey, won several important judicial races in Pennsylvania, and even elected their first Republican candidate to local office in Seattle (city attorney) since the 1980s.

Kinston Police: Early morning high speed chase ends in Craven County

On Monday, November 08, 2021, at approximately 1:11 am, officers from the Kinston Police Department checked out with a suspicious vehicle behind Premiere Theatre located at 1176 Hill Farm Road. Officers made contact with two juvenile individuals inside the vehicle and were investigating the purpose why they were at the property when the driver of the vehicle attempted to back over one of the officers.