by Bra5c0 | Sep 12, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, NCPC News
For nearly two decades, I was a journalist and was usually among those dispatched to cover incoming hurricanes. I saw firsthand the devastation that these storms can cause, and I’m grateful for the hard work being done by so many to prepare for Hurricane Florence. I...
by Bra5c0 | Sep 3, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
We’re not sure if we should laugh or cry at the opinion piece published in the Fayetteville Observer under the name of Billy Richardson of Fayetteville. Richardson is not only an elected state official. He’s also a lawyer. So it’s no surprise that he would leap at the...
by Bra5c0 | Sep 3, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
There is a deeply regrettable thing about lawyer and state representative Billy Richardson adopting, whole cloth, the arguments of the plaintiffs’ attorneys in the ongoing nuisance trials in an opinion piece. It is this: He uses precious ink and a public forum to do...
by Bra5c0 | Aug 31, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
Federal Judge Earl Britt on Friday lifted his gag order in the ongoing nuisance lawsuits. The gag order was imposed in late June and had been challenged by a wide range of groups, including the defendant in the cases (Murphy Brown) as well as the North Carolina Pork...
by Bra5c0 | Aug 28, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
Leaders from across North Carolina are continuing to show support for agriculture and the 2018 Farm Act amid ongoing lawsuits, as their schedules have permitted. The county commissioners in Onslow County and Polk County are the latest to show support for farmers at a...