Kudos to The Daily Dispatch for yesterday’s op-ed piece, “Saying yes and ‘no’ to Mondays”. To summarize, our printed-news friends reaffirmed what Mr. Spock of Vulcan taught us many years ago: when it comes to life and death (and the scheduling of meetings of importance to the community), the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. Carry on.
Category: Opinion
Tuesday’s open line
Did anyone make it to the Golden LEAF forum? If so, how was it? We made it to the Vance County Arc and the school board meeting, and two out of three ain’t bad, we’re told, especially when your newsroom fits in your backpack. Let us know the skinny on today’s open line.
Monday’s open line
Between Golden LEAF, Vance County ARC, and the Vance County Board of Education, there’s a lot for conscientious Vance residents to do this evening. We’re glad the Dispatch has finally gotten into the spirit of realizing that these things need to be scheduled so that citizens have the option to attend all of these functions. We’re sorry that it took an empty newsroom to bring them around to our way of thinking.
Opinion: A cheap fix
by Elissa Yount The county is up to their old tricks of trying to get the City Council to commit city tax revenue to our county for economic development.
Opinion: Orange-Brecken. project changes disturbing
by Elissa Yount There is an important public hearing to be held on Monday, April 13, at 7:00 p.m. in City Hall concerning the Orange-Breckenridge Street Project Area.
HiH video review: The Tale of Despereaux
What do you get when a mouse simply refuses to be timid… scared… mousetrap-shy… in fact, all the things a mouse should be? You get Despereaux!
Opinion: Breathing new life into a dead horse
by Elissa Yount Editor’s Note: These articles have been contributed to Home in Henderson to generate ideas and bring to light topics that should be of interest to the taxpayers of Henderson in the upcoming municipal elections. The hope of HiH is that these articles may, if you choose, enable you to begin a dialog both on the blog and with your representatives about where they stand on these important Henderson issues. Home ownership is what builds wealth in a …
Opinion: Can two live as cheaply as one?
by Elissa Yount Merging city and county government deserves a thorough going over with a fine tooth comb.
Business leaders call for Grad. Project volunteers
by North Carolina Business Committee for Education Officers Mary Linda Andrews, Chair, Albert Eckel, Vice Chair and Dale Whitworth, Treasurer Every year, North Carolina companies donate millions of dollars to support education in our state.
HiH video review: Twilight
I love watching movies. I love writing movie reviews; that’s why I do it.
Friday’s open line
Some readers may have noted the bill in the Assembly to change the name of the NC Education Lottery to the “North Carolina State Lottery”. What do you know? The doom sayers were right. Here’s your open line.
Wednesday’s open line
I read in The Daily Dispatch yesterday that Demario Thomas was sentenced on Monday for the killing of Danielle Terry.
Opinion: All pain, no gain
by Elissa Yount It is exciting news that the stimulus package is going to provide money for the high speed rail corridor.
Opinion: Belly up for the fat tax
SB 287 proposes, among other things, to raise costs for members of the State Health Plan who smoke or are obese.
Opinion: The wrong cart before the right horse
by Elissa Yount Editor’s Note: Former two-term Henderson City Council member Elissa Yount has agreed to write an article to be published each Wednesday for a few weeks or more. Her purpose in composing these columns is to address issues that she believes are important for citizens to think about as the filing date for running for the council approaches in June. She encourages readers to submit questions to her, and she will see if she can find the answers. …
Opinion: Not-so-candid cameras
by Elissa Yount While out and about in Henderson on Friday morning, there was a lot to notice.
Monday’s open line
The weather report keeps saying snow, but as of the writing of this open line, I don’t believe it. The trend has been in recent years to “sensationalize” the weather and give us the worst-case scenario without regard as to probability. TV news executives don’t have to deal with rooms full of sullen, disappointed children the next morning when the ground is bare. With that, here’s the open line.
To the editor: Bogus ad
I wanted to let you know that the following ad appeared in The News & Observer and was on Triangle.com all last week. It is an attempt to scam people…
Friday’s open line
It looks like I won’t be a participant in the free Weatherization Assistance Program after all (We make too much. Big surprise). However, we’re told that there are several opportunities for the middle class, including tax credits (30%) on retrofits and sales tax reductions on vehicle purchases. You can get more information about the fledgling program here.
To the editor: Stimulus package passed unread
Dear Jason, I read that the economic package was passed, barely, and NO ONE had read it!