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Yes, I Have an Entertainment Complex
The Sylva Herald has articles on a couple of enraging items. Think of all the poor taxpayers you know working junk jobs just to get the bills paid. Then, enjoy…
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But Don’t Use Lunches as Training Treats
The Sylva Herald informs us parents of students at three WNC schools will receive snail-mail notifications that their children are attending “low-performing” schools. Not to worry. The schools are only…
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Fair
Assuming zoning can’t be avoided, Mike Clark wrote a letter to the editor of the Sylva Herald, with a fair idea about how to zone the Cullowhee Planning Area. .…
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Help Government: Be Naughty
If government only served to reduce vice and crime, then Sylva would have it made. The Sylva Herald laments the following revenue shortfalls: $50,000 in ABC store sales $10,000 in…
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What? Shall We Drink that Jobs May Abound?
Jackson County Sheriff Jimmy Ashe was relieved of his duty of “approving suitability and providing a local government opinion of applicants for alcohol permits.” Ashe reportedly angered local media outlets…
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Saturated with Conservation Easement News
The Sylva Herald is but the latest in the parade (pronounced pah-ROD) of media outlets to celebrate the fad. It posted a gleeful announcement about another person’s decision to restrict…
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Suggested Rail Subsidy
The Great Smoky Mountains Railroad might return to Dillsboro. A draft agreement exposed by the Sylva Herald proposes the following terms: Jackson County and the TTA would pay one-half of…
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Some Retain Buying Power
A review by the Sylva Herald of the Jackson County Commissioners’ approval of next year’s budget speaks of increased spending. Consideration of a pay increase for all county employees earning…
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Big Aspersions
Sylva town board member Danny Allen announced March 17 his intentions to resign. He suffers cancer, and claims the stress is making it worse. He told the Sylva Herald he…
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Tightening Belts & Pulling Together
In the words of the Sylva Herald’s Nick Breedlove: This budget year might be one of the tightest in recent times, with county leaders asking departments to make 3- to…
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You Have to Pass the Ordinance to Find out What’s in It
A few months ago, the Town of Sylva passed an ordinance to prevent business owners and employees from parking on two main streets. Those who disobeyed were given $50 tickets.…
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Bears Treated Like Dilbert Will Bite
PETA has petitioned the USDA to shut down a bear park in Cherokee. It is one of the bear parks game show host Bob Barker recently publicly advocated closing. PETA’s…