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...
Celebrating 150 years of local news
“We propose editing and publishing at this place a weekly newspaper, and as evidence of our intention so to do, we, to-day, introduce to...
Elon taxes are (still) too high
Elon’s town council members sat like bumps on the proverbial log this week as they heard a consultant tell them – over and over...
Taxpayers: beware the fine print in annual government audits
We’ve often thought that local government needs better oversight, especially in financial matters.
One can attend, or watch online, many local government bodies where much...
