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As reported today, the city’s state fire insurance rating dropped, thus making commerical properties cheaper to insure against fire. Has Henderson taken the first step towards attracting new business and industry? Let us know your thoughts on today’s open line.

The good news is that Miles is back! Unfortunately, for the second consecutive time, the regular meeting of the Vance County Board of Commissioners overlaps with the twice-monthly meeting of the Henderson City Council. Regular coverage of all three regular meetings will resume in February. If you attend the commissioner’s meeting, feel free to post below and tell us how it went. Until then, the floor is yours.

This week has seen discussions on the library, the first baby of the year in Henderson, birth control, and, most importantly, college football. Take your pick of these or start a new discussion on our weekend open line.

Home in Henderson is a public forum. Its intent is to create and promote an environment for the free exchange of ideas. It is not, however, a free-speech anything-goes zone. We would like to take this opportunity to remind our readers that racist language, ethnic slurs and profanity are speech acts of violence that will not be tolerated here. Our lines are now opened.

For those of you who remain curious, we at Home in Henderson are taking our first official tour of the new library digs today. We hope to give you the inside view, with pictures, if we can figure out how to post them. Good technical support is worth its weight in Pentium processors. Lamentations aside, the floor is yours.

In case you couldn’t stay awake long enough, Penn State won against Florida State in the Orange Bowl after a triple overtime endurance match. Florida State fans may commiserate here while us Penn Staters bask in the glory.

For those of you anxious for your children to resume their educations, school begins once again tomorrow morning. Feel free to vent your other concerns here on our open line.

Perhaps today we’ll learn whether or not Jerry Moss intends to take the position of Interim City Manager. For those of you looking for Miles’ regular Monday column, he’s taking a short vacation and should be posting soon. What do you have to say?

Have you made any resolutions you’d like to make public? Write them below. We at Home in Henderson wish you the best for a prosperous 2006.

As 2005 draws to a close, the issue of city management still very much up in the air. If Jerry Moss, clearly the council’s top or only pick, declines the offer, where should the council go from there? Let us know your thoughts on this or any other topic. We’re here to listen.

The City Council meets tonight at 5:00 p.m. for its special meeting. As most of you are aware by now, the council is slated to vote on the recommendation of Jerry L. Moss as Interim City Manager that will be made by the newly-created Search and Transition Committee. Let us know your feelings about this or anything else on our open line.

The Search and Transition Committee met yesterday for the purpose of discussing applications for the position of Interim City Manager. According to The Daily Dispatch, retired veteran city employee Jerry L. Moss will get the tap at Friday’s special City Council meeting for the job. Will the council approve him, or will this be yet another point of contention? Let us know your thoughts and speculations below on this or any other topic.

Will the Search and Transition Committee come to a decision today? Will there be a special City Council meeting on Friday to appoint an interim City Manager? Let us know your thoughts and speculations, or tell us whatever else is on your mind.