Here’s hoping ABSS is getting better than “low-performing”
Alamance-Burlington school officials and their supporters were practically giddy this week over what they consider to be, as the superintendent put it, “a banner...
School system’s unreasonably high budget demand enables commissioners to hold the line against...
Our thanks this week to Alamance County’s commissioners who held the line against increased spending demands made by the Alamance-Burlington school board.
State law has...
The advantages of being a public sector employee
We often wonder when we’ll reach the tipping point where there aren’t enough private sector workers to finance the salaries and benefits of government...
Local government budget observations, assumptions, and favorite gimmicks
Some day, we’d love to be a “fly on the wall” at the conferences that local government officials go to, in order to confirm...
County manager’s duplicitious portrayal of property tax rates
The late U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-New York), who served for 24 years between 1977-2001, was an entertaining politician with a wide variety...
Weak-kneed school board buckles to the union mob
We’re frequently disappointed in the lack of academic focus that members of the Alamance-Burlington school board demonstrate, and no more so than this week.
The...
Elon’s hodgepodge of crazy ideas
It’s almost always entertaining to follow the semi-monthly meetings of Elon’s town council.
Rarely does one municipality consider so many inane ideas.
But this week’s meeting...
The latest bizarre traffic consultant idea: a “road diet,” or let’s deliberately create a...
We are rarely surprised by some of the strange, even kooky, recommendations that come up at various government boards and councils.
But even we could...
What’s next for Sesquicentennial Park?
So where does the council go from here?
It seems pretty obvious to us that the council needs to at least consider what might be...
Giving Bonnie credit where credit is due
We’ve been critical of her positions and comments on these pages in recent months, so let us give credit when we can to Graham...
