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What are we paying for?

What are we paying for?

On June 6, the North Carolina League of Municipalities hosted its annual Town Hall Day, where elected and appointed local government officials hobnob with state legislators in order to lobby… Read more »

Misplaced priorities

Misplaced priorities

Editor, I want to apologize to the residents for campaigning for two candidates in last year’s election, David Cohn and Chris King. Their vote to pass an increase in taxes… Read more »

Save teacher assistant positions

Save teacher assistant positions

This letter was sent to the Stallings town council prior to their June 11 budget public hearing) Since our discussion on how the money raised by the police golf tournament… Read more »

School funding request voted down

School funding request voted down

The three J’s on the county board think that most important of all is to give us half a percent tax relief, even though it only amounts to a few… Read more »

Annexation – A Stake in the Heart

Annexation – A Stake in the Heart

This past week the state Legislature heroically passed two bills that finally put a stake in the heart of any plans by Marvin to annex surrounding areas. Many are not… Read more »

A note for the 2012 graduating class

A note for the 2012 graduating class

I would like to take this opportunity to wish the class of 2012 a very heartfelt congratulation. You have just taken the first step toward adulthood and opened the door… Read more »

Letters to the Editor: June 1

Letters to the Editor: June 1

‘Big Brother’ politics in Indian Trail Last fall, Indian Trail Councilman David Waddell ran for office on a political platform of financial responsibility along with the idea that a primary… Read more »

Operational gates mean safety

Operational gates mean safety

I am appalled at my neighbors in Marvin and the village council. We keep hashing over the same issue: Can Marvin Creek make our 8-year-old gates operational for safety? I… Read more »

A park fee?

A park fee?

Last Saturday my family decided to stop by the Marvin-Efrid Park to see what all the hullabaloo was about. We were there about 10 minutes when a councilman, who was… Read more »

Letters to the Editor: May 18

Letters to the Editor: May 18

Fix infrastructure issues and keep Marvin Creek gates operational I am saddened to read there are still residents in Marvin more concerned with their own personal convenience rather than the… Read more »

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