Category: Quick hits

The kids will be disappointed, but it looks like we’ll dodge that fluffy white bullet that some call “snow”. As we celebrate keeping the sled, shovel, and rock salt in storage, you can give us your thoughts on our weekend open line.

We remind all people of all genders that this is the last weekend before Valentine’s Day. It’s a quiet day today in terms of government, so just talk amongst yourselves.

The Public Utilities Committee will meet today at 4:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at City Hall. The Clean Up Henderson Committee will hold an important seminar at 6:00 p.m. in the County Commission’s chambers in the old courthouse. There will be a presentation by Loree Adams, MSW and Sgt. Keith Garner of the Henderson Police Department on gangs in Henderson. A group from Lee County who have formed a coalition of concerned citizens to fight the gang problem …

There will be a City Council Priority-Setting Workshop at the City Operations Center beginning at 9:00 a.m. According to a memo circulated by Henderson Mayor Clem Seifert, the meeting will start by identifying what each of the issues are and then separate the issues into four categories: federal, state, county, and city. Those issues will then be prioritized. What do you think the city should present as a priority to our federal and state representative delegations? Let your voice be …

Today the city’s Zoning Board of Adjustment will meet in City Hall Council Chambers at 3:30 p.m. At 6:00 p.m. the Vance County Charter School’s board will meet in special session to hear from parents, presumably over the board’s decision not to renew the contract of its current principal, Carolyn Powell. We’ll be curious to hear about the outcome of the meeting. In any event, the floor is yours.

The Vance County Board of Commissioners will meet this evening at 6:00 p.m. in their chambers in the old courthouse. The Journal Committee is to meet in the Clerk’s Office at City Hall at 11:00 a.m. and the Community Development Commission is scheduled to meet in the City Hall Council Chambers at 12:00 p.m. We feel that it is our duty to remind our readers that a scant seven days (not including today) remain until Valentine’s Day on February 14. …

We hope that all of you managed to get through yesterday’s Home in Henderson service and repair down-time without too many withdrawal symptoms. We’re grateful for your many messages of concern as we worked through our technical difficulties. Due to those technical difficulties, unfortunately, Thursday’s comments were lost. We regret any inconvenience this may have caused. As for us, we’ll be glued to the TV on Sunday awaiting our long-anticipated fifth Steeler Super Bowl victory. For those of you who …

We hope Todd Hester caught the debut of the new Survivor. Otherwise, talk amongst yourselves.

Here’s a topic from one of our frequent posters: Guns are in the hands of our young people. What gun laws are out there to prevent this, and what laws might we write locally to stop this trend? Weigh in on this or any other topic below.

The Clean Up Henderson Committee meets today at 8:00 a.m. at the City Operations Center conference room. Also, there is a VOICE Work Group Meeting at 10:30 a.m. at the Aycock Recreation Complex. With that, the floor is yours. Enjoy.

Today there will be an informational meeting for the public about the proposed Boys and Girls Club in the Clark Street School cafeteria from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Anyone wanting more information is invited to attend. Also, the Intergovernmental Committee will meet today at 4:00 p.m. in the conference room of the Henderson Police Department. Feel free to post any thoughts you might have on these or any other subject on today’s open line.

This morning’s open line topic comes to us once again from a regular poster: How many candidates should the search and transition team interview for the position of city manager? Should it be three, or five, and what should the perks in his or her contract be? Post your opinion on this or anything you like on this, Henderson’s open forum.

Between the Armory, yard sales, and cleaning up our city, there should be enough to keep us busy this weekend. Have at!

Here’s another topic sent to us by one of our regular posters: Representative G.K. Butterfield said that our congressional district is the 15th poorest in the nation! In the same vein, it was said on WIZS’s Town Talk that just because you are poor, you do not need to be “nasty and trashy”. What parts of our city look the worst, and what are you willing to do about it? Remember, if you have a topic you would like to …

This open line topic comes to us from a regular poster: What do you think about regulating yard sales to limit them to one a month? Residential neighborhoods are for residences and business that are not regulated, licensed, or controlled can bring serious problems into neighborhoods, even the seemingly harmless “yard sale”. The floor is open. State your opinion on this or anything else that strikes your fancy below.

We’re told that yesterday is the most depressing day of the year. That would make today, well, pretty depressing, at least by proximity. What can we talk about to cheer everyone up? If nothing else, be comforted in the knowledge that the Land Planning Committee meets today at 4:00 p.m. in the City Hall Conference Room. The floor is now open for inspiring debate.

The Search and Transition Committee will meet today at 4:00 p.m. at the City Hall Conference Room. This meeting is to preview applications that have been received to date and therefore, we are informed, the majority of the meeting will be in closed session. With that, the microphone is yours.

It’s off to Detroit the hard way for the Pittsburgh Steelers, but there is no joy in Carolina this morning with the Seahawks 34-14 win over the Panthers. Commiserate or celebrate here on our open line.

Do you have a topic you would like to see discussed on the open line? Email it to us here and we’d be happy to consider it. With that, the floor is yours.