The problem with county budget is too much spending, not too little taxing
County commissioner Ed Priola has proven himself a real friend of, and advocate for, Alamance County’s taxpayers this week.
We commend his efforts to dig...
County manager shows her priorities; what will be the commissioners’?
The most fundamental question when putting together a government budget is this: who are you trying to serve? Those who pay the bills (in...
Missing Lenny Williams’ foot on the brake
Lenny Williams was Gibsonville’s mayor for 23 years, but he rarely voted. (Gibsonville’s mayor votes only when needed to break a tie, which proved...
Who cares what the public wants? Graham’s city council begins the end of Sesquicentennial...
A front page editorial is a rare occurrence under current ownership here at The Alamance News. If I’m not mistaken, this is the first...
More Graham foolishness – at taxpayer expense, of course
It’s hard to know where to begin in summarizing four hours of public meeting Tuesday night by Graham’s city council. (Plus another hour behind...
AN ENCORE EDITORIAL: Public engagement? Yeah, right
One of the most sure-fire ways to know that government consultants and bureaucrats are trying to pull one over on the taxpaying public is...
Same song (and dance), different verse: Beware, again, of “advisory” municipal studies and...
Occasionally we believe we hit on some very legitimate concerns that the public would have – if they only knew about them.
We’re going to...
In Elon, small steps toward fiscal sanity
We’ve often commented on the town of Elon’s proclivity for lots of spending and high taxes.
We’ve been surprised that residents haven’t revolted over the...
“Diversity” not the goal, or purpose, for school board members
We’ve often gotten the impression when listening to public speakers commenting at certain public meetings, particularly school board meetings, that the speakers are living...
Burlington officials, and voters, hoodwinked by lowball cost estimates
Burlington officials probably need to take down a few names of consultants who have misled them. And not call on them for advice ever...
