Valleyfield ethics?
Readers of this page will recognize that the newspaper has been fairly consistent, and insistent, that public officials should not be involved in issues...
Lawmakers need creative solutions to fill teaching, law enforcement vacancies and prevent jurisdictions from...
We’re not sure that Alamance County’s legislative delegation in Raleigh can pull it off, but they and other members of the General Assembly need...
A brand new $67M high school for just 238-564 students? Really?
We’re certainly glad that at least a majority of school board members demonstrated both fiscal responsibility and common sense this week.
The question was how...
How many raises are enough?
We were amused, but not particularly surprised, by this week’s newest aggrieved group, substitute teachers, who somehow figure they are entitled to some sort...
Another high-handed bureaucratic spending decision
There’s an old expression, more commonly used in northern areas with larger Jewish populations, “What am I, chopped liver,” by which the speaker questions...
This is representation?
We don’t often comment on national issues or votes in Washington.
But we cannot help but express our bewilderment at the votes of North Carolina’s...
Last we heard, town councils were supposed to be in charge of their town’s...
Well, we’ve recently been critical of several municipal boards – specifically, Mebane’s and Burlington’s city councils – because they took action at their council...
We’re just getting together for a “get-to-know-you” lunch; yeah, right
We don’t know what’s going around – in the drinking water, or something – but it seems that local public officials are growing more...
Oh, just by the way. . . get ready for a property tax increase
As we’ve often noted on this page, many of our irritations and frustrations with local public officials and the boards on which they serve...
Mebane’s city council should be embarrassed and ashamed by its secret meetings
We never to cease to be surprised, and outraged, that public officials think it is perfectly OK to duck behind closed doors to transact...
