Majority Board News Today

The Douglas County School Board is meeting Friday night to discuss the future of superintendent Corey Wise. The rare Friday night meeting comes after the conservative majority reportedly held a closed-door meeting with the superintendent, requesting he resign or risk being fired.

Elections this year with republicans, who in turn have been stacking the county board of elections with republicans. and those new republican majority boards are becoming national news in a hurry. consider the case of montravis king, a senior at the historically plaque college in north carolina, where he has lived and voted since 2009. this year mr. king decided that he would run for city council in elizabeth city. but the chairman of the local republican party this week challenged his right to ...

Here anymore. and the new republican majority board heard the challenge on tuesday and the new republican majority board said, yeah, you know what, kid, you dont live here anymore. you cannot run for city council. we no longer consider you to be a resident. you do not qualify. since apparently the rules for qualifying to run as a candidate are the same as qualifying to vote so says the local paper, the "elizabeth city daily advance." that means if a student at the local college is disallowed for...

Montraveous king has lived there and been registered to vote there and has indeed voted there since 2009. the chairman of the county republican party says as far as hes concerned, you dont live here anymore. and the new republican majority board heard the challenge on tuesday and the new republican majority board said, yeah, you know what, kid, you dont live here anymore. you cannot run for city council. we no longer consider you to be a resident. you do not qualify. since apparently the rules f...

Vote at the college in elizabeth city since he got there in 2009. hell be a senior this fall. he served as president of his universitys naacp chapter. this year mr. king decided he wanted to run for city council. says he wants to stay in elizabeth city after he graduates and wans to help elizabeth city see how great it is. what an asset it is to the city to have all those students in town. this week at the county board, the republican party chairman stepped in and said no. he formally challenged...