The Board of Commissioners met last night for the public hearing portion of the FY-09/10 Budget process. They heard from a variety of members of the public included GCS and proponents of increased funding for libraries.
Oh yeah, I’m glad I’m Register of Deeds….
I appreciated the opportunity to speak to a couple of hundred paralegals at Grandover this past Friday. The topic was “You Can’t File That!” I reviewed top issues our recording staff encounter when rejecting documents.
Stephen Prothero writes a good analysis of assertions of a post-Christian USA at the USA Today blog.
Burke County school board member Rob Hairfield of Morganton on Tuesday issued a public apology for forwarding a racist joke via his personal e-mail account.
The American Society of Civil Engineers graded North Carolina in nine subjects in its 2009 update to its Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, and the state’s grades ranged from a B-minus in drinking water infrastructure to a D-minus in roads. Schools and storm water infrastructure each received C-minus grades; wastewater fared a little better with a C-plus. Overall, the state graded out with a C-minus. Condition and capacity factor into the grades, which are cause for concern given the state’s projected boom in population over the next couple of decades.
Everyone’s homework assignment, of course, is to figure out how to pay for new infrastructure and renovations. At the county level, revenue sources such as local option sales taxes, impact fees and real estate transfer taxes could be part of the solution. (from NCACC).
The NC General Assembly is considering HB 1452- Local Government Code of Ethics.
This bill would require each county to adopt a code of ethics for its board of commissioners, and for each commissioner to receive two hours of training on ethics within 12 months of being elected or appointed as a commissioner.
Ah man, the Commissioners get to select the code! Drat…
I have worked with Brenda for over 10 years and congratulate her on her new job as Guilford County manager. We’ve worked together in her capacity of Finance Director and recently as the Interim Manager.
I wish her well and look forward to working together in the coming years.