Ok, well, not really, but they did pen the following line.

It?s inappropriate for any governmental entity to give the impression that it endorses a particular business.

They were referring to the town of Oak Island accepting $8/day for advertising on the public channel.  But doesn’t it also seem the logic SHOULD apply to incentive money????  The StarNews has backed incentive deals before, but I don’t think they’ve looked at that game with the same logic.