ABSS board chairman’s partisan actions reveal yet another reason to go to partisan school...
We’ve increasingly begun to believe that Alamance County lawmakers should go ahead and introduce legislation to convert the Alamance-Burlington school board into a partisan...
The lady in the window is gone
For decades, from at least the 1990s through early 2022, people coming to The Alamance News office on West Elm Street would likely be...
Sen. Thom Tillis needs to work to curtail, not expand, Medicaid
We continue to be puzzled by the actions and statements of Sen. Thom Tillis, now in the thick of discussions and debate about the...
OK, school system, you got the money; now what will you do with it?
School officials are always claiming that if they just had more money, oh the good things they could do.
Well, they largely got what they’ve...
Approval with no votes? Huh?
We’ve acknowledged many times that this newspaper’s publisher is not an attorney and the newspaper is not a law firm, but basic common sense...
Editorial views on the county budget and property tax rate increase
Editorials related to the commissioners' consideration of the budget – and the ultimate 3-2 vote in favor of a 2½-cent higher property tax rate:
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The Mini-me: Kelly Allen
We didn’t have particularly high hopes when then-Haw River mayor Kelly Allen was tapped by the local Republican Party last November to serve out...
ABSS vs. County. Why now?
We’re often perplexed by the actions and philosophy of the Alamance-Burlington school board.
And no more so than this week, when the board voted to...
What did commissioner candidates say about tax rate when they were running for office?...
Alamance County commissioners are scheduled to vote Monday night on this year's budget.
The key issues are spending priorities and the property tax rate.
The most...
Giving credit where credit is due
As we’ve noted on several occasions, we’re not very impressed with county manager Heidi York’s command of managing local government.
But we want to give...
