Before town commissioners opened discussion on building a new Swansboro Public Safety Facility at their Oct. 23 meeting, they were urged by the public to make progress.
Onslow County Republicans won big in the 2020 general election. Outside of losing some of the regional and national seats, voters in the county went straight ticket on the ballots, which also caused a bit of an uproar after the results were released.
Now that Onslow has been painted red again, where does the party go from here? For starters, electing a new board of volunteers.
During the Onslow Republican Convention on Saturday, March 6, a new executive board was elected to serve the Onslow GOP for the next two years.
Peyton Foster, secretary (defeated Christy Lopez), Melinda Highers, chairman (defeated Cynthia Lacorte), Bob Roupe, vice-chair (defeated Christine Lee-Card), Lori Ready-Digiovanni, treasurer (defeated Roy Herrick Jr.) and Josh Foley, assistant treasurer (defeated Al Carpenter). Jerry Morse ran for second vice-chair and William Argenbright ran for parliamentarian with Lacorte s team but was also defeated.
The Onslow County Republican Party announced late Wednesday night their nomination for who would replace Former Commissioner William Shanahan on the Board of Commissioners after he stepped down on Dec. 8 in preparation for transitioning to his new judicial duties as a District Court Judge.
Mark Price, who was also formerly on BOC, was nominated by the the party s executive committee as their choice to fill the vacant seat. The party has 30 days to forward the board their recommendation.
Onslow GOP Chairwoman Lee Barrows was unable to be reached for comment early Thursday morning, however she indicated on Monday that the party will submit the letter to the BOC immediately after the vote of the executive committee.
The Onslow County Republican Party is expected to take action this week to fill a vacant seat on the Board of Commissioners.
Former Commissioner William Shanahan resigned his seat on the board Dec. 8 in preparation for his transition to his new judicial duties as a District Court judge.
Shanahan was elected to the board as a Republican and the executive committee of the Onslow County Republican Party has 30 days to forward to the board its recommendation for who should fill the vacant seat. Provided the party does so within that time, the board must accept the recommendation of its executive committee, according to North Carolina general statute 153A-27.1.