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...
Elected officials, not advisory boards, should determine who’s appointed, reappointed to advisory boards
County commissioners need to take a look at the way they make appointments to some of what are supposed to be, ostensibly at least,...
Commendations to judge Andy Hanford
We want to take moment to commend senior resident superior court judge Andrew “Andy” Hanford who took the all too infrequent occasion this week...
Not the county’s best hour, to be sure
As Ricky Ricardo used to tell Lucy occasionally, “Someone’s got some ‘splaining to do.”
That’s our reaction to this week’s convoluted unfolding of the situation...
New commissioner starts with a cloud over her head – although not one...
We outlined at some length last week our concerns about local Republican Party chairman Kathy Page’s plans to hold the meeting of her party’s...
GOP should be open in its selection process for next county commissioner
We were disappointed by the initial decision of Alamance County Republican Party chairman Kathy Page to plan for a secretive gathering of the party’s...
No wonder Graham doesn’t have any money
Sometimes, when we watch local governments in action, we just shake our head in disbelief.
It’s no wonder some local governments don’t have any money...
