School system leadership, not legislative report, is the real joke

It’s hard to know where to start this week with all the outrageous statements and actions by local politicians and bureaucrats. However, it seems to...

County manager’s sneaky, backdoor scheme to conceal incentives information from taxpayers is a real...

Well, we’ll have to chalk this up as a rare occurrence, if not a first. While expressing our deep disappointment in the decision of commissioner...

State grant dollars are Graham’s, not its mayor’s

We don’t seem to be conveying very well to Graham mayor Jennifer Talley what it is that we find objectionable about her insistence on...

Taxpayers, beware; an enormous property tax hike is coming your way

County commissioners continue to flail about on next year’s county budget.  They keep having a series of special meetings, all ostensibly to hear and...

Frittering away tax dollars without any public input

Leave it to politicians to fritter away money – whether tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or millions – and, in some cases, to...

Sheriff should stick to his job; he’s not an expert on budgets or taxes

We continue to believe that sheriff Terry Johnson is one of the most competent and effective law enforcement officers anywhere in the state. His commitment...

ABSS: More mediocrity, guaranteed

Well, we see that the current members of the Alamance-Burlington school board are just as committed to mediocrity as their predecessors had been. The first...

Just how gullible does Burlington’s council think Burlington voters are?

Burlington voters must be collectively scratching their heads, wondering just how gullible Burlington’s city council thinks they are. The council seems to be plowing ahead...

Making zoning applicants lie in order to have their requests approved

We don’t often offer much commentary on zoning issues within local municipalities, but several recent cases in Burlington have piqued our concern. The latest fad,...

No reason public meetings shouldn’t be broadcast; they should at least be recorded

We don’t know what must be in the water that appears to be causing grown adults who are ostensibly “public officials” to think they...

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