Following are a few items on the Asheville City Council agenda: The $19 trillion national debt pushed onto future generations is not enough. Therefore, the members of Asheville City Council…
Let’s look at this logically. Is it a good thing to consolidate the ABC boards of Jackson County and the Town of Sylva? That all depends on whether or not…
Tryon Commissioner George Baker, who cast the lone vote against trying to rescind the last tax increase, wants to give the local ABC store a bailout. Baker said the ABC…
I was recently reading a historical essay that remarked that the varying opinions expressed about what transpired at a particular ceremony was probably somewhat influenced by the abundance of alcohol.…
Tryon’s ABC store is closed until further notice. The state and the town took the action for an audit and inventory, and they changed the locks. Reportedly, this has something…
Asheville City Councilman Cecil Bothwell apologized to his peer Jan Davis. Bothwell is running for Congress; Davis, for re-election. Allegedly, Bothwell told the Mountain Xpress Davis was corrupt for dealings…
If you live in Maggie Valley, and you are reading this, maybe you should run for alderman. Colin Edwards resigned over “irreconcilable differences” with board members, which may well have…
*The High Point Enterprise endorses Guilford County’s proposed sales-tax hike; local conservatives will no doubt let county commissioners hear it when the issue is debated at Thursday night’s meeting; *Guarino…
Less than a week after Greensboro ABC general manager Katie Alley was placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into improper behavior, a High Point ABC employee cries foul over…
Update: Alley is put on administrative leave. Greensboro ABC general manager Katie Alley—who’s under scrutiny for allegedly accepting gifts from liquor companies —-
The Winston-Salem Journal weighs in on problems with local ABC boards: Multi-billion-dollar businesses can’t be run efficiently without adequate operational standards. But that is pretty much the way 167 local…
This week’s Carolina Journal Online Friday interview features a conversation with constitutional scholar Kyle Scott about the unity of our fundamental rights to life, liberty, and property. Jon Sanders’ guest…