Category: Quick hits

Anyone with first-hand experience of yesterday’s Curfew Committee meeting, please let us know what happened below. We hear it was…quite an adventure. For anything else, the floor is yours. Dance! It will amuse us!

Home in Henderson offers its congratulations to political newcomers Peter White, Dan Brummitt, and Scott Hughes and wishes them every success as they prepare to take their respective offices. Congratulations also go out to Doug Berger, who was elected to his second term in the NC Senate last night. Conversely, we offer consolations to those who did not fare as well in their campaigns and good luck in their future endeavors. Now comes the time for “Wednesday” morning quarterbacking. Have …

Ah, the big day is here at last. Don’t forget to vote. You can do your unofficial exit polling here on the Election Day’s open line. Remember, the rules about unpaid endorsements of candidates still apply. Please do not flood the blog with VOTE FOR X! and VOTE FOR Y! messages! Thank you for your cooperation.

Well, your genius editor forgot to pick up his press packet from the County on Friday, so you’ll have to read about Monday’s meeting here in The Daily Dispatch. It’s exactly one day until the Big Dance. It’s no mystery what we’ll talk about. Just keep it civil, please!

Folks, remember that when you think you’ve determined someone’s real identity based on spelling, style, tone, syntax, and other fairly unreliable literary features, you are really just indulging in speculation. There’s only one person who knows for sure, and trust us when we tell you that you don’t want to know! That being said, we’d love to hear some speculation as to winners and losers in some of the races other than the sheriff’s race this coming Tuesday. Let’s have …

Henderson City Council member Bobby Gupton has been on a mission to point out what he perceives as inequities in the joint funding arrangements between the city and the county (i.e. city residents paying approximately double what county residents pay for the same services). What can be done to correct this presumed imbalance? Give your suggestions on this or anything else on today’s open line.

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Although Home in Henderson encourages discussions of the upcoming election, it does not allow open endorsements (e.g. VOTE FOR X! or VOTE FOR Y!) of candidates except on a paying basis. Also, remember that libelous remarks and unproven allegations about candidates, businesses, or anyone else will be summarily edited or stricken. We believe that this editing is necessary to protect the forum so it may continue to serve Henderson far into the future, and we hope that readers and comment …