Warren Smith, Author at Washington Daily News

Letters to the Editor

The punishment should fit the crime

To the Editor, Movie theaters, church services and courtrooms all discourage, if not forbid, cellphone use. In point of fact, Beaufort County strictly enforces a ... Read more

by Warren Smith, Friday, November 3, 2017 2:38 pm

Your Take

A new look at Hwy 55 restaurant

Customers may have recently noticed a makeover at Hwy 55 Burgers, Shakes and Fries. The restaurant location in Washington reopened Aug. 15, after undergoing an ... Read more

by Warren Smith, Monday, August 21, 2017 9:18 pm

My Turn

EMS service shouldn’t lessen quality at a higher cost

For several decades the City of Washington has provided EMS service for itself and large areas of Beaufort County. In January 2016, the county commissioners ... Read more

by Warren Smith, Friday, November 25, 2016 6:18 pm

My Turn

Overburdening the county purse strings

The median price of a home in Beaufort County is $117,500. The taxes and fees levied on the owners of these homes increased 10 percent ... Read more

by Warren Smith, Friday, September 23, 2016 4:25 pm

My Turn

Wild misconceptions and real estate disasters

Economist Thomas Sowell suggests answering three questions before approving any public expenditure. “What are the alternatives?” “What is the cost?” “Is there any hard evidence?” ... Read more

by Warren Smith, Friday, September 2, 2016 3:18 pm

My Turn

A trip beneath the bus

This June the county commissioners finalized the budget for 2016-17. The total appropriation was $59.5 million and included a small, but much-disputed, $140,000 capital expenditure ... Read more

by Warren Smith, Friday, July 22, 2016 1:03 pm

My Turn

In the crosshairs of the county board’s political agenda

In the 2016-17 budget, Beaufort County’s commissioners have demonstrated their uncanny ability to both initiate unnecessary pet projects and to abandon long-standing commitments to the ... Read more

by Warren Smith, Wednesday, June 22, 2016 7:08 pm

My Turn

Beaufort County’s worst enemy

The Beaufort County Board of Commissioners is where both fiscal responsibility and good judgment go to die. Unfortunately, the economic vitality of the county has ... Read more

by Warren Smith, Friday, June 10, 2016 7:36 pm

My Turn

Taxes kill economies and ours is dying

The Beaufort County Board of Commissioners is discussing the proposed budget for July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017. It is, yet another, link in ... Read more