Why can’t county commissioners get to revenue neutral?
We don’t understand the county commissioners’ action this week in seemingly deciding to walk away from further decision-making just as they were about to...
Some principals should probably also have been banned from graduation
All six Alamance-Burlington high schools held their graduations this past weekend. Missing from walking to pick up their diplomas were 82 seniors who had...
The self-fulfilling momentum of bureaucracy
We acknowledge that the “budget season” is a frustrating one for us to follow.
Every factor in local government – both at the county level...
Pranks vs. outright vandalism
Our wholehearted applause to ABSS superintendent Dr. Dain Butler for his courage, decisiveness, determination, and tenacity in taking prompt action against ABSS students who...
Kudos for a (half-hearted) rollback of property tax hikes
Our commendations to Burlington’s city council and a majority of Mebane’s city council for making modest improvements in the property tax rates proposed by...
Which of these things is not like the other?
One of our favorite childhood games was one contained in the old Highlights magazine. It was entitled, “Which of these things is not like...
Thank you to the U.S. Postal Service
We’ve certainly had a sufficient pool of examples to complain about service deficiencies in the U.S. Postal Service over the past several decades.
But when...
Last chance to stop property tax increases
Just a reminder to taxpayers: time is running short on being able to register your protest to stop planned hikes in local property taxes.
County...
No progress on cutting county manager’s proposed tax hike; in fact, regression
Alamance County property owners might as well get ready now to fork over more of their hard-earned money for higher county property taxes.
County commissioners...
Looks like it’s time for taxpayers to get out the pitch forks, tar, feathers,...
Well, we admit, we are absolutely flabbergasted.
Alamance County manager Heidi York unveiled her first county budget this week. (She started with the county just...
