Reporter – Leigh Hester – Henderson City Council members met Monday night to close out the Fiscal Year 2010 budget, falling about $150,000 short of projected revenue but closing the budgetary gap through tightening spending throughout the year. Also approved was a motion to award a contract to Phillips, Dorsey, Thomas, Waters & Brafford, P.A., to audit the City’s financial records for year 2010-2011. Also at the Council meeting, K-9 officer “Enzo”, an 8-year old veteran of the Henderson Police …
Wednesday Open Line
The University of North Carolina Health Care System Board has created and appointed several members to a Special Committee to review the WakeMed proposal to purchase Rex Healthcare. The chairman of the Special Committee is D. Jordan Whichard, and other members include Rev. Lisa Fischbeck, Dr. Andrew Greganti, Dale Jenkins, James Speed and Chancellor Holden Thorp. The Special Committee would like comments from the public about WakeMed’s proposal to purchase Rex Healthcare. Although you may comment on our open lines …
Tuesday Open Line
Governor Perdue vetoed a bill Monday that required a woman to wait 24 hours and attend a counseling session before having an abortion. North Carolina is one of 16 states that do not require specialized counseling before an abortion. Perdue said, “This bill is a dangerous intrusion into the confidential relationship that exists between women and their doctors. The bill contains provisions that are the most extreme in the nation in terms of interfering with that relationship. Physicians must be free …
Safe Kids Henderson-Vance Free Car Seat Check Monday
Safe Kids Henderson – Vance Coalition will be Sponsoring a Free Child Passenger Safety Car Seat Clinic. This event will be Today at Wal-Mart, Monday 06-27-11 from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Please Come out and support us. We will have seats on hand if needed. We are asking a donation of $20.00 for seats. The donations will help buy more seats so we can have more car seat checks. If you need more information please call Lt. Irvin Robinson …
Monday Open Line
We’d like to remind all of a City of Henderson council meeting tonight. Please see our post about it for more details, and to download the agenda and the full agenda package (over 100 pages) A quick recap of the agenda is as follows: a) Close Out Amendment for FY 10-11 b) Approving Audit Contract c) FY 11 Budget Amendment #46, North Carolina Department of Commerce Water and Sewer Project Grant d) Authorization to Submit 2011 BJA Justice Assistance Grant …
Senator Richard Burr Message
This Week in Washington This week, the President announced a plan to drawdown our current troop levels in Afghanistan and bring home the 33,000 American troops who were part of the “surge” that began in 2009. I am hopeful that this plan achieves the appropriate balance between building on the progress that American forces have made in Afghanistan, ensuring stability in the region – particularly in Pakistan – and handing over security to the Afghan people. On Wednesay, the Congressional …
Friday / Weekend Open Line
North Carolina has the 13th highest taxes per gallon of gas in the nation. This July 1st our gas tax will increase by another 2.5 cents per gallon to a total of 53.7 cents per gallon. You can read a detailed article about the North Carolina gas tax hike and reasons here. This weekend, we encourage readers to visit Hill Music Shoppe for a chance to meet a local published author, Mari Miller, purchase her book and get an autograph. …
Thursday Open Line
A reminder that tonight hosts the Neighborhood Watch Meeting at Maria Parham Medical Center. For more information please click the previous link to go to our calendar event page. In Wednesday night’s presidential speech, Obama called for 30,000 troops to be pulled from Afghanistan. Is it too little too late? Or should we keep our troops there to secure our national security?
Comment Line Open Through July 7 For Victims To Voice Position On Eugenics Compensation
RALEIGH – The Governor’s Eugenics Task Force today (June 22) heard from a dozen witnesses who offered wrenching stories of what they or family members endured under the state’s abolished sterilization program. The comments were part of a three-hour Listening Session conducted by the Task Force as part of its continuing effort to identify victims and gather information for a report to the Gov. Bev Perdue, who attended part of the session. Task Force Chair Dr. Laura Gerald announced that …
Vance County Transportation Survey Results
North Carolina Departent of Transportation has released the results from recent transportation survey whose goal was to identify problem areas on the roads of Vance County. Dabney Drive and Andrews Avenue are ranked high on the list of problem and conjested roads. Suggestions included sidewalks for Dabney Drive and Andrews Avenue, walking trails and commuter rail from Henderson to major cities like Raleigh, Durham, Greensboro, Charlotte to small cities such as Louisburg and Norlina. The intersections of Beckford Drive and …
Wednesday Open Line
Perhaps you’ve read in the news about a North Carolina man who had lost his job after 17 years as a Coca-Cola delivery man, and with it his health insurance. He was in increasing pain from slipped discs, arthritic joints, a gammy foot and a growth on his chest. The story is making international news now mocking our health care system (or lack thereof) due to the fact the gentleman figured the best way to get proper treatment for his …
Tuesday Open Line
North Carolina has wasted $318 million dollars in a debacle regarding which company handles the state medicaid claims processing. EDS (now owned by Hewlett Packard) held the contract with North Carolina for years when in 2004 it was suggested to rebid out the contract. In 2004 ACS (Affiliated Computer Services) won the bid with the lowest cost, but failed to deliver a working system. The state cancelled, ACS sued, and NC paid 10.5 million for breach of contract. In 2008, …
Vance County BoC Meeting Tuesday
Chairman Eddie L. Wright has called a special meeting for Tuesday, June 21 at 4:30 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Conference Room, Vance County Administration Building, 122 Young Street, Henderson, NC. They plan to Hold Public Hearing for CDBG Grant Application, Adopt FY 2011-12 Budget Ordinance and Authorize Year-End Closeouts.
Monday Open Line
The Governor is expected to Veto another bill this week, the new voter identification bill that requires a photo ID to be presented by a voter during the voting process. Please be informed that the County’s Public Safety Committee is scheduled to meet tonight, Monday, June 20 at 4:00 p.m. in the County Manager’s Office. Also, Chairman Eddie L. Wright has called a special meeting for Tuesday, June 21 at 4:30 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Conference Room, Vance County Administration …
Fathers Day Message from POTUS
Good morning, I grew up without a father around. I was lucky enough to be raised by a wonderful mother who, like so many heroic single mothers, never allowed my father’s absence to be an excuse for me to slack off or not always do my best. But I often wonder what it would have been like if my father had a greater presence in my life. So as a father of two young girls, I’ve tried hard to be …
Report Shows North Carolina Sterilaztion Numbers
RALEIGH – While data from early years of the N.C. Eugenics Board’s sterilization program reflect inconsistent recordkeeping, reports from the program’s most active years clearly identify counties where the highest number of procedures were performed. By a wide margin, Mecklenburg County had the most reported procedures. Documented sterilizations authorized by and performed under the auspices of the state’s most direct sterilization laws began in 1929. Four years later, the State Legislature created the N.C. Eugenics Board, which authorized nearly 7,600 …
Thursday Open Line
I’ll keep it light today and put up for consideration our official North Carolina State Sport may soon become NASCAR if the Governor signs the bill on her desk. Good choice? Discuss and more on your open line…
Old Oxford Highway To Be Closed For Road Improvements
RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Transportation will be closing Old Oxford Highway in Granville County for road work, starting June 20. The closure between Hallie Burnette Road and Lake Devin Road is so crews can relocate a water line, add a turn lane and replace two pipes. The length of the closure will depend on the extent of work the crews determine is needed. A 1.8-mile detour route will be in place. Motorists heading into Oxford on Old …
Fit to Love: Zumba Dance Party
Come and Join Us for a Dance Party! Friday, June 17, 2011 6 PM – 8 PM Aycock Recreation Center First 50 people will receive Free T shirt! Prize Give Away Cost is $5.00 Proceeds from the event will go towards the Rehab cost of agency’s transitional home for the county’s most vulnerable homeless families of women and children.
General Assembly Overrides Governor Perdue’s Budget Veto
Historic: General Assembly Overrides Governor Perdue’s Budget Veto Bipartisan agreement rejects Governor Perdue’s $1 billion tax hike and right-sizes state government Today both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly voted to override Governor Perdue’s veto of the 2011 state budget. The House voted 73-46, with 5 Democrats joining the Republican majority, to override the veto. The Senate completed the veto override this afternoon with a party-line vote, 31-19. The historic state budget is now the law of the land. …