County government appears broken, mismanaged, extravagant – or all of the above
Something’s wrong with Alamance County government.
That’s the inescapable conclusion we’ve come to after the latest meeting of the county’s board of commissioners.
We’re not quite...
ACC: suck it up
The audacity of some public officials never ceases to amaze us.
Alamance Community College, which enjoys widespread support throughout the county, was rewarded by voters...
Goose, gander, and Graham
“A governing board member shall not vote on any legislative
decision regarding a development regulation adopted pursuant to this Chapter where the outcome of...
Who needs a budget?
Nineteen days.
That’s how long it took for Alamance County’s commissioners to ignore the budget they just adopted last month and layer on a half...
Memo to county manager: Graham is the center of the county
We hate that we apparently need to provide remedial education for the county manager Bryan Hagood, but someone needs to remind him that the...
Don’t grow too fond of any local politician; they’ll almost surely disappoint. ...
We’ve learned never to get too enamored of any local politician.
Just when you think you finally have a few good, well-principled people serving in...
Taxpayers aren’t laughing at school system’s ineptitude: no plan, no planning, just a...
Well, it was really a week for laughable public meetings of local boards (see adjacent editorials), but, as usual, the school board didn’t want...
Kudos to 3 commissioners who remembered who they represent
Alamance County taxpayers owe a debt of gratitude to three county commissioners who managed to remember them this week by rolling back the property...
A true public servant has passed; it’s not such a great day in...
Over his 35 years as mayor of Mebane, Glendel Stephenson became famous, for among other things, his trademark comments at almost every groundbreaking, ribbon...
Attention board chairmen and mayors: learn to use the gavel
Several local chairmen need to learn how to use, and not be timid about using, their gavels to control their board’s public meetings.
Now that...
