Which pocket would Burlington taxpayers rather have picked to finance wasteful Link Transit spending?
For Burlington residents, the city’s experiment with a public bus system is only getting to be a worse deal for taxpayers.
And the likelihood is...
Beer drinkers vs. families at Arts Around the Square; city council votes for beer
Graham mayor Jennifer Talley has been a consistent advocate for restoring the Arts Around the Square street festival that was a popular annual event...
Spending cheerleaders
We’re always rather amazed at how Alamance-Burlington school board members can sit with perfectly straight faces while considering some of the most outlandish ideas...
Haw River needs more frequent elections for mayor
We meant to address this issue several weeks ago, but it’s still relevant, so we want to propose this now: the town of Haw...
Time to let Mebane’s Racial Equity Advisory Committee lapse into history
Occasionally, when we set out to voice our opinions on this page, we debate (with ourselves) whether not speaking out might achieve the purpose...
Time to get rid of LOCAL sales tax on food
Speaking of sales taxes, the General Assembly needs to revisit the sales tax on food.
Oh, yes, there continues to be a tax on food,...
No, not ANOTHER sales tax referendum
We guess we’ll chalk it up to her youth and inexperience, but newly-appointed county commissioner Kelly Allen showed far too much enthusiasm for having...
ABSS budget figures: Eye-popping. Astronomical. Unbelievable. Choose your adjective. And totally unreasonable.
Nearby we have a reader’s comment questioning the newspaper’s objectivity in our lead news story from two weeks ago of having described ABSS’ preliminary...
School board choice is obvious
The resignation of Chuck Marsh from the Alamance-Burlington school board will set in motion a process for selecting his replacement, to serve the remainder...
Alamance County apparently needs its own DOGE
Much attention has been focused nationally on the breathtaking pace of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and his technical wizards who are...
