We’ve heard the phrase “you can’t save your way to prosperity” tossed around for the last few years. Is it true, or is the federal government putting the last nail in our fiscal coffins with the stimulus package? Let us know your thoughts on today’s open line.
Category: Quick hits
Wednesday’s open line
Want to get in good with a loved one like your friendly neighborhood editor did this morning? Post a special life cycle event recognition on Home in Henderson for sea shells and pocket lint (metaphorically speaking). Email for details.
Tuesday’s open line
Hey? What happened to spring? We’ll entertain your environmental theories here on today’s open line.
State of the state address tonight
Governor Bev Perdue’s State of the State Address will begin tonight at 7:00 p.m. She will discuss the challenges facing North Carolina and her plans to move the state forward during these tough times from the floor of the North Carolina General Assembly.
Monday’s open line
In 1984, George Orwell speculated about the use of television as a device that would propagandize the population and at the same time spy on its movements. Is YouTube now partially fulfilling that role? Let us know your thoughts on today’s open line.
Friday’s open line
I remember thinking when I was a kid in history class that it seemed so unfair that once upon a time people could not vote unless they owned land, among other conditions. Did the founding fathers have a reason for this rule that has been lost over time? Do property owners have a greater stake in the political process, or are the rules of yesteryear just another means of keeping political power away from the commoners and in the hands …
Harrison elected to chair State Board of Ed.
Bill Harrison, former superintendent in Cumberland County Schools, was elected to chair the State Board of Education yesterday. To read more about his new role, please go to www.ncpublicschools.org and look under “News”.
Silent auction Friday for Relay for Life
A SOUP-ER SILENT AUCTION will be held on Friday, March 6, 2009 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. for the Relay for Life.
Thursday’s open line
Recently Gov. Bev Purdue looted $50 million from the Education Lottery emergency fund. Consequently, Vance County Schools may not get its new facility. Any thoughts?
Grocery shop for Vance County Relay for Life
The Vance County Relay for Life has registered with Food Lion’s MVP program to have a portion of your grocery bill donated to the Vance event.
Wednesday’s open line
We were unable to provide coverage of last night’s Vance County Board of Commissioners’ meeting due to one coughing little boy. He’s fine, but we still want to know what happened. Let us know on today’s open line.
Tuesday’s open line
Rental registration? Could this work for Henderson? Let us know your thoughts on today’s open line.
Board of Ed. personnel committee to meet
The Vance County Board of Education’s Personnel Committee will meet today, Tuesday, March 3, 2009 in the Superintendent’s Conference Room in the Administrative Services Center at 1724 Graham Avenue in Henderson. No agenda for the meeting was provided.
Schools delayed two hours
Kerr-Vance Academy, Vance Charter School, Vance County Schools, Vance-Granville Community College, and Victory Christian School will be operating on a two-hour delay tomorrow, Tuesday, March 3, 2009.
County commissioners’ meeting to be rescheduled
Due to the possibility of icy roads tonight, the meeting of the Vance County Board of Commissioners will be called to order only to reconvene for tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. (not 6:00 p.m.). The public hearing for tonight will need to be rescheduled for a later date. Also, the Human Resources Committee meeting has been rescheduled for tomorrow at 4:30 p.m.
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.