Not a good finale to Patsy’s service
Well, it was just a couple of weeks ago when we expressed admiration on this page for school board member Patsy Simpson for her...
No higher taxes, or slush funds, for fire districts
One of the lesser-known dimensions of a property revaluation year is that, in addition to revised property tax rates for the county (to be...
Patsy Simpson has served well
We’ve certainly heard a number of accolades and brickbats in response to this week’s announcement from long-time school board member Patsy Simpson that she...
Does the county really need this much courthouse?
Are we the only ones who think county officials need to slow the “new courthouse” train at least a little bit?
County bureaucrats, led by...
And Elon wonders why it has a parking problem?
Sometimes we wonder how government survives without spending thousands and thousands of dollars on government “consultants.”
We were amused by the conversation at Elon’s town...
DOT should scrap trendy roundabout
And on the topic of transportation fads, the N.C. Department of Transportation needs to scrap the roundabout that it now has planned for the...
Graham restricts public access in the name of “security”
We’ve seen a lot of excesses, high-handedness, and downright stupid local government actions and decisions over time.
But this week we have to give the...
Commissioners’ daylong retreat largely a waste of time
Monday’s so-called commissioners’ retreat was, as best we can assess, a colossal waste of time for the four (of five) county commissioners who attended....
Backroom shenanigans
One of the most interesting aspects of the commissioners’ retreat this week was the brazen effort by county officials – primarily through the county...
Remedial lesson: new high school was to relieve overcrowding, not prolong it
We’re not sure where remedial education is needed more – among some members of the Alamance-Burlington school board or among some of the school...
