Statement from BCDP Chair
Well, team, last night did not go as expected. It’s shocking, devastating, and anger-inducing. We need to give ourselves time to mourn,...
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Shelley Allen
Nov 5
Guest column: Want to be heard? Elect Democrats, Brunswick Beacon
Guest Column, Brunswick Beacon , 10.24.24 If you think Republican elected officials don’t listen, you’re right. The good news is,...
Shelley Allen
Nov 5
In your guts, you know he's nuts, Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon , 10.31.24 In 1964, the Civil Rights Act ended segregation and employment discrimination based on race, color, religion,...
Shelley Allen
Nov 5
Invasion of the party snatchers, Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon , 10.31.24 They walk among us, in MAGA hats and tee-shirts reading, “F*** your Feelings.” They call our first woman Vice...
Shelley Allen
Nov 4
Letter to the editor: The calls are coming from inside the house, Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon , 10.31.24 Gen. Mark Milley was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the last 16 months of Trump’s presidency....
Shelley Allen
Nov 4
With liberty and justice for all, Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon , 10.31.24 Liz Cheney and Kamala Harris campaigning together showed what’s missing from our public discourse: a...
Shelley Allen
Nov 4
Letter to the editor: Project 2025 - Sinking NOAA, drowning Americans, Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon , 10.24.24 If you pay your federal taxes dutifully, you’ll be getting a lot less for your money if Trump is reelected....
Shelley Allen
Oct 24
Letter to the editor: Women should make decisions about their own selves, Beacon
Brunswick Beacon , 10.17.24 The authors of the Constitution did not deem women worthy of full rights. It took 72 years from the first...
Shelley Allen
Oct 24
Drowning in MAGA's lies, Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon , 10.17.24 “Planet of the Apes” ends as Charlton Heston finds a half-buried Statue of Liberty and realizes that the...
Shelley Allen
Oct 24
Trump will worsen inflation, Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon , 10.17.24 On October 9, the Consumer Price Index reported that inflation dropped to 2.4%, even lower than Trump’s 2.5%...
Shelley Allen
Oct 23
Letter to the editor: Storm damage worse because of Republican legislators
Brunswick Beacon , 10.10.24 Brunswick County is represented in NC’s Senate by Bill Rabon (District 8) and in NC’s House by Frank Iler...
Shelley Allen
Oct 23
Letter to the editor: JD stands for "Jarring Dishonesty," Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon , 10.10.24 JD Vance is historically unpopular. He said kids are better off if mothers stay with husbands who beat them....
Shelley Allen
Oct 23
Letter to the editor: Trump retaliates, Rouzer refuses, Biden and Harris rush relief, Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon , 10.10.24 In March 2020, Trump shut down the economy due to COVID, triggering America’s worst economic contraction....
Shelley Allen
Oct 16
Closing argument: Want to be heard? Elect Democrats
If you think Republican elected officials don’t listen, you’re right. The good news is, Democrats do. “Shut the hell up!” he explained....
Shelley Allen
Oct 9
Press release - Sign of the times: Free speech suppression
It’s fair to think your First Amendment rights are the same as those of the political majority in Brunswick County, correct? Not so fast,...
Shelley Allen
Oct 9
Media advisory - Connecting the red dots: Silence of the GOP
MEDIA ADVISORY Contact: Lon Anderson A Note to the Media from BCDP Chair Shelley Allen Recently, we in...
Shelley Allen
Oct 5
Letter to the editor: Same old story, more dollars than sense, Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon , 10.03.24 On 9/17, I tried driving to Wilmington for a doctor’s appointment. I spent three hours driving in circles...
Shelley Allen
Oct 5
Inquiring minds, Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon , 10.03.24 Given my 33-year career as a public school teacher, mainly in Brunswick County, I care deeply about our...
Shelley Allen
Oct 5
Letter to the editor: The fish rots from the head down, Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon , 09.26.24 Mark Robinson is the Republican nominee for governor because Trump picked him. Trump called Robinson “an...
Shelley Allen
Oct 5
Trump, Vance, Nazis torment Springfield, Ohio; Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon , 09.26.24 At the Harris/Trump debate, when Trump shouted, “In Springfield they’re eating the dogs, they’re eating the...
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