Category: Open Lines

Mr. Obama visited Durham, NC yesterday.  At a company called Cree, which makes lighting products.  Obama also visited Cree and held a ‘town meeting’ there in May 2008 during his presidential campaign.  I wonder how much money those guys have donated to his agenda? First is a clip from his 2008 visit: Now a clip from Monday’s visit: So his original campaign promises in the first clip, he promises relief to the unemployed and to the gas prices. This was …

Governor Perdue has become the first North Carolina governor to veto a budget bill since the position was given power in 1997. You can read the full statement on the article at our website. She specifically cites education cuts as the reason. We’d like to remind all that this afternoon hosts a 7pm city council meeting, and a 7pm Vance county school board meeting.  The Vance County budget work session scheduled for this afternoon has been canceled. The agenda for …

In consideration for Governor Perdue is a new bill that will add a tax to prepaid wireless service.  The revenue from the tax will go towards the 911 fund to support 911 service in the state.  It seems governments are trying to add taxes here and there to make up for shortfalls in revenue.  Businesses are doing it too, my bank previously offered free checking for personal and business however that has been eliminated the last couple of months. Also …

On yesterday’s open line MS relayed a sad tale of someone wanting to adopt from the Vance County Animal Shelter, however the animal they wanted to adobt was put down early the next day before they realized it.  I recently adopted 3 cats from there about 3 weeks or so ago for my family and everyone at the shelter was very nice to us the entire visit.  We worked with Gail who sincerely wanted to get these animals out of …

This weeks version of the new North Carolina voting laws include changes to the identification section of the bill yet again.  Earlier, it was allowed to bring not only a photo ID, but you could instead bring in a copy of a utility bill that included your name and address.  Now that provision is gone, and a photo ID is the only acceptable form in the latest version.  Also in talks is the possibility to reduce the number of petitioners …

Seems all the buzz surrounds Mr. Weiner’s admission that he did send naughty pictures to a 21 year old college girl.  I did enjoy listening to some of his entertaining speeches on the floor in the past, but does this necessitate people calling for his resignation?  He did lie about it outright, but maintains that he did nothing illegal.  Even if Weiner’s statements were accurate about no House or legal violations, under the “Official Code of Conduct” for lawmakers and …

As a follow up to our brief last week, Mr. Obama gave his weekly address Saturday from a Chrysler plant in Ohio. This weekend, we received a reader comment in our email from Stan that reads: Found several one/five gallon cans of old paint/stain. Took them to the dump and gentleman there said they will only accept if dried out. So I went to the landfill and learned from the kind lady there that Vance County does not have a place …

The Obama administration has released a detailed report on “The Resurgence of the American Automotive Industry” for June, 2011. The report discusses the jobs created in the sector, the turnaround of the companies that are now turning a profit, and how entire communities have been revitalized by a strengthened auto industry. Or that’s the blurb they want us to print. I see no mention of the other big news the admin said on Wednesday that the government will lose about …

President Obama has declared June to be national Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month noting:  NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2011 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. I call upon the people of the United States to eliminate prejudice everywhere it exists, and to celebrate the great diversity …

The first day of June and it’s already targeting a 96 degree high for today.  Be sure you stay cool.  My dryer broke over the weekend so yesterday I bought a clothes line for about 20 bucks and hooked it up myself.  The high temps should get the clothes dry in about 5 minutes I figure.  And for free. John Edwards is making the news again with prosecutors and Mr. Edwards arguing over the definition of the words donated and …

We hope everyone enjoyed the weekend, and took some time to honor Memorial Day.  Did the gas prices prevent any out of the area trips your family hoped for?  Gas has come down quite a bit in the last few weeks, but don’t get your hopes up yet.  Summer is just about to start, and prices will increase up to $5.00 a gallon if predictions by Goldman Sachs live up to the hype. It makes you wonder what exactly is …

Vermont became the first state to lay the groundwork for single-payer health care on Thursday when its governor signed an ambitious bill aimed at establishing universal insurance coverage for all residents.  Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin said “Here’s our challenge. Our premiums go up 10, 15, 20 percent a year. This is true in the rest of the country as well. They are killing small business. They’re killing middle-class Americans, who have been kicked in the teeth over the last several …

We’d like to remind everyone of a free event this evening in downtown Henderson, NC.  2011’s first of three free “Meet Me in the Street” concerts is scheduled for Thursday, May 26. Featured band will be The Castaways. A reputable band known throughout the South, The Castaways posses nearly fifty years of experience in the beach music industry. From their beginning in Durham in 1961, The Castaways have been pleasing audiences with their unique flavor of Beach, Soul, and Rock …

If anyone’s curious as to what happened, or what didn’t happen, last Saturday May 21, there was according to Mr. Harold Camping a judgement indeed, and those determined worthy have been decided. “Through chatting with a friend over what he acknowledged was a very difficult weekend, it dawned on him that instead of the biblical Rapture in which the faithful would be swept up to the heavens, May 21 had instead been a “spiritual” Judgment Day, which places the entire …

Last night, the City of Henderson hosted a city council meeting.  If you have any thoughts on the proceedings, feel free to discuss here on our open lines.  If you’d like to submit an article with your take to be published in our news section or simply our opinion section feel free to contact us. This evening, Vance County will host a special called meeting Tuesday May 24th at 4pm in the Commissioners Conference Room in the Vance County Administration …

We hope everyone had a great weekend.  There was plenty to do in and around the area, if you’d like to send pictures of your friends and family enjoying local activities please feel free to send them in. We’d also like to remind everyone of tonight’s city council meeting for a short regular meeting and work session beginning at 6pm. Welcome to Monday’s open lines…

There’s several things to do this weekend in and around Henderson.  Check our calendar for details of this weekends events we’ve posted.  If you know of more please let everyone know in the lines below.   If you could help spread the word to area businesses and functions about our calendar it would benefit the whole community. So, does anyone expect a sudden population decline this weekend?

We had a reporter ready to go for Wednesday’s school board meeting, however we were informed that media was not allowed to attend.  Perhaps the open lines will reveal any details… We’d like to remind everyone that today and Friday Crossroads Christian School is holding an open house event.  You can read more about it on our calendar event page here.

Kudos to the HPD for over 350 felony charges across 12 locals suspected of recent home invasion robberies announced yesterday.  9 people have already been arrested in this investigation.  In relation, a bill is sweeping its way through our state house that would make a persons 8th larceny charge and above an automatic felony.  In detail, it would make a felony if it has been “committed after the defendant has been convicted in this State or in another jurisdiction for …

We’d like to remind all tonight of another city budget work session, starting 6pm. Some comments were made yesterday in regards to a good GOP candidate after Donald Trump has announced he will not run for President.   Wikipedia has a listing of formally declared candidates of John Davis, Newt Gingrich, Gary Johnson, Fred Karger, Andy Martin, Jimmy McMillan, Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty and Jonathon Sharkey.  Others are considering, Mitt Romney, for instance, is as an unofficial candidate (by not officially …