Cut stormwater fees—-but the question is how to do that? In today’s editorial, the Winston-Salem Journal probes the different plans to that, which involve negotiation between the W-S City Council…
Leaders in Lake Junaluska and the Town of Waynesville are wondering if they should try a fourth time to merge or just strike out. Presumably, both sets of leaders are…
For three years, the majority of residents, town leaders, and state senators have supported a merger of Lake Junaluska and Waynesville. House representatives have thus far stopped the measure. Possible…
While other municipalities in the state are being legislated out of their ETJ’s, the Town of Sylva is contemplating expanding its. I mean, we wouldn’t want a discontinuity in aesthetic…
Governments need money. Since they don’t produce anything, they have to resort to parasitic techniques. With the cost of living going up like crazy and threats of a new gas…
The Watauga Democrat weighed pros and cons of eliminating Boone’s ETJ, taking a he-said/she-said perspective. S865 would eliminate the town’s ability to plan on people who cannot vote for members…
Should Lake Junaluska be annexed into Waynesville? Those who want the nice homes with the crumbling infrastructure to be absorbed argue the repairs would cost less if the poor people…
There is the impression that this year the General Assembly outlawed involuntary annexation. That is not quite the case. The ban is on municipalities, not the state legislature. As proof,…
The beautiful thought of de-annexation is being discussed in Mills River. Unfortunately, it pertains only to a dozen parcels serviced by two fire departments. Speaking from my own experience, there’s…
High Point Mayor Becky Smothers and the City Council are officially voicing their opposition to a bill sponsored by Reps. Rayne Brown and Jerry Dockham that would give the Davidson…
CJ’s Sara Burrows ponders where annexation reform will from here in light of the recent Superior Court ruling that petitioning involuntary annexation was unconstitutional. Lexington was one of five cities…
Lake Junaluska may merge with the Town of Waynesville. Advantages listed include “being a larger and possibly stronger town,” and disadvantages include “losing autonomy and identity.” This is according to…