form of local government for small municipalities
This week, Carolina Beach’s Town Council met to discuss regulations on accessory buildings. According to the Town Council’s own documents, the discussion started because “A few of the Commissioners had…
Carolina Journal’s Dan Way has a story out today on past management and compensation practices in Indian Trail. Because of the local interest, I’ll reprint the story in full: RALEIGH…
Could this idea stray any further from the appropriate role of local government? The idea of banning what a town council deems to be talk that’s too loud is absolutely…
Maggie Valley’s festival grounds director and town manager have been suspended with pay over the $16,000 spent on a concert that lost money when it was rained out. The concert…
Mills River was once a bucolic jurisdiction that didn’t play games. It had a very low tax rate and stuck to core services. Unfortunately, just as growth beyond levels of…
Plans to spend, spend, and spend continue to emerge from Chapel Hill officials. From the Chapel Hill News: Town Council members support roughly $48 million in parks and greenways projects…
The Town of Blowing Rock recently went against the grain and voted against entering into an agreement for consolidating 911 services with Watauga County. Thanks to an “intimidation list” and…
Jamestown resident Pat Mattern urges his fellow citizens to turn out Tuesday, when the Town Council will discuss the proposed $4 million renovation of the town’s public golf course. In…
As reported on 11/25/2009 (see below), a continued weak economy combined with rising debt obligation is putting pressure on the Town Council to either increase taxes & fees or reduce…
Categorizing people based simply on their race is wrong, period. Here’s a great example of how silly things become — even in Chapel Hill, where the town’s liberal residents pride…
Two days after Mark Kleinschmidt narrowly got past Matt Czajkowski by 244 votes to become the new Chapel Hill mayor comes this story from the Daily Tar Heel, which declares…
William Tucker gives us a nostalgic look at newspapering back in the day: I doubt if I ever would have remained a reporter for long if it wasn’t for the…