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...
The First Amendment prevails
We’re pleased that the criminal charges against this newspaper’s senior writer, Tomas Murawski, were dismissed Wednesday by the district attorney’s office.
Murawski and this newspaper’s...
County manager’s budget: something for just about everyone – except the beleaguered taxpayer
This week’s presentation of the county’s manager’s proposed 2021-2022 county budget was as vivid an illustration as we’ve seen lately of the difference between...
Continued mask mandate in courts is nonsensical
Senior resident superior court judge Tom Lambeth is usually the epitome of what a good judge should be: prudent, even-handed, thoughtful, and dispassionately examining...
Elon: Beware the complex issues and land mines hidden in a supposed “nondiscrimination” ordinance
Elon alderman Quinn Ray is on a crusade. He keeps bringing up to his board the idea of enacting what he terms a “nondiscrimination”...
Mebane faces a crossroads on what kind of city it will be: charming,...
The city of Mebane has a major test of its values on the horizon.
The city, which has adopted the moniker “positively charming” to describe...
