How many raises are enough?
We were amused, but not particularly surprised, by this week’s newest aggrieved group, substitute teachers, who somehow figure they are entitled to some sort...
Another high-handed bureaucratic spending decision
There’s an old expression, more commonly used in northern areas with larger Jewish populations, “What am I, chopped liver,” by which the speaker questions...
This is representation?
We don’t often comment on national issues or votes in Washington.
But we cannot help but express our bewilderment at the votes of North Carolina’s...
Last we heard, town councils were supposed to be in charge of their town’s...
Well, we’ve recently been critical of several municipal boards – specifically, Mebane’s and Burlington’s city councils – because they took action at their council...
We’re just getting together for a “get-to-know-you” lunch; yeah, right
We don’t know what’s going around – in the drinking water, or something – but it seems that local public officials are growing more...
Oh, just by the way. . . get ready for a property tax increase
As we’ve often noted on this page, many of our irritations and frustrations with local public officials and the boards on which they serve...
Mebane’s city council should be embarrassed and ashamed by its secret meetings
We never to cease to be surprised, and outraged, that public officials think it is perfectly OK to duck behind closed doors to transact...
Time to reconsider Burlington’s economic incentives policies
And while we’re on the subject of unnecessary government secrecy, let us give due attention to the city of Burlington’s policies regarding incentives proposals.
Last...
We merely report
We confess to being somewhat uncomfortable over the past month or so as one outside political group – the Carolina Leadership Coalition (a political...
The superintendent strikes again – with an emphasis on both pragmatism and academic...
Regular readers of this page will wonder, perhaps, if we’ve gone soft to find so many good things to say about the school system’s...
