Beaufort County - Washington HOOD RICHARDSON HAS LOST THE PLOT Commissioner Hood Richardson’s two recent columns are not examples of principled conservative disagreement. They are personal tirades filled with contemptuous nicknames, reckless accusations and scorched-earth rhetoric aimed at Republican Chair Carolyn Garris and anyone who refuses to join his faction. “Queen Garris.” “Minions.” “Ilk.” “Cronies.” A “warm cow pile.” That is not statesmanship. It is a tantrum. Richa
