ABSS: Good news, for a change
We’ve had plenty of occasions on this page to critique the poor performance of ABSS schools, administration, and school board over recent years.
But this...
Much ado about . . . data centers
Public speakers at last week’s public hearing and the county commissioners to whom they expressed their concerns may have breathed a sigh of relief...
Beware expanding the (Burlington) city council
Another topic which looks to us like a solution in search of a problem to address is the idea embraced by Bur-lington’s city council...
Selling off Sesquicentennial Park: such a shame
All we can do is continually shake our head in disbelief and disgust that Graham’s city council can be so deaf to the overwhelming...
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...
