Category: Quick hits

Don’t forget to check out HiH Classifieds. At $5 a week, there’s no better, more cost-effective way to get your message out to, at last month’s count, over 8,000 fellow Hendersonians and residents of Vance County. To learn how, read all about it here. With that, we give you (a slightly belated) weekend open line.

Here’s a little tidbit sent to us about a rehab program that seems to be having some success in Wyoming: Drug Court. Could something like this work here? Let us know your thoughts on today’s open line.

Here’s a little something that shows American ingenuity at its worst: candy-flavored smack. Contemplate this latest woe on today’s open line.

According to the Raleigh News & Observer, counties may be getting some Medicaid relief from the state in the next budget. This would be welcome news for Vance, for whom the burden of Medicaid has been a legislative priority for years. The question is, what should they/would they do with the savings? Let your thoughts on this or anything else be known on today’s open line.

WBT reported yesterday that the N.C. House Judiciary Committee agreed to make adoptee-birthparent access easier. You can read about it

Internet connections, regulated housing, solid infrastructure, low taxes, free (courtesy of the state) laptops, affordable insurance premiums… Can we really have it all in an era of shrinking budgets? You make the call on today’s open line. And, remember. Be nice.

I know I’m going to get savaged eight ways from Sunday for writing this, but I’m still advocating an intelligent, reasoned debate on the issues for this blog. Even though one can choose anonymity, there’s still room for civility and decency. Let’s give it a try. The floor is yours (sigh).

A long-time reader forwarded us a link to this article in the New York Times on “pay to stay” prisons. Essentially, in many states, for a per diem cost, non-violent offenders can upgrade their prison accommodations. Note: The New York Times Web site requires a free registriation to view its content. Is this equal treatment under the law? Let your opinion be heard on today’s open line.