Retreats out of the public eye pretty worthless
It would be a tough call which of two government board “retreats” this week was the more juvenile or sophomoric – to say nothing...
The Sesquicentennial Park ambush
The only thing more shocking than city councilman Jim Young’s duplicity (see above) was that the ringleader of Tuesday night’s ambush for moving the...
Why bother asking a candidate’s position on anything? In the final analysis, they’re...
We keep wondering whether there’s any need for this newspaper to continue making the effort, and taking up the considerable space it requires, to...
Not a good look for public participation in Swepsonville
The longer we observe local governments, the more often we shake our head in disbelief at the creative ways so-called “public bodies” find to...
Yeah, it’s only Swepsonville; but small towns have to obey the law, too
We hate to “go after little towns” when they don’t comply with the North Carolina Open Meetings Law, but everyone – both small towns...
Beware “comprehensive” municipal planning documents
It’s hard to know who has more empty rhetoric: municipal planning consultants or school system bureaucrats (see separate editorial below). Both must have gone...
A failing school system plans for more failure
We’ve been amused, though not terribly surprised, by the school system’s avoidance of any real accountability for the absolutely dismal academic performance reported by...
Blame-shifting: somehow ABSS’ poor performance is commissioners’ fault?
We were a bit surprised by some of the public’s reaction to last week’s headline – in print and online – that the school...
It’s high time for solutions, not excuses, for poor academic performance from ABSS
There are, inevitably, creative attempts by ABSS school officials to divert attention away from their own failures by blaming others for the school system’s...
Voices can’t be loud enough to make council listen about Sesquicentennial Park
We continue to be baffled by the obsession some Graham city council members have with removing the Sesquicentennial Park located at the northwest corner...
