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Editorials : Article Archive

August 1, 2009

Editorial: Riding to the rescue

The R. in R. Carter Pate must stand for Rescue. With financially distressed Greensboro College desperately in need of a rescue, Pate's elevation to chairman of the Board of Trustees comes just in time. He brings a record of business success and an attitud... Read More

July 31, 2009

Editorial: Health care scare talk doesn’t help the debate

President Barack Obama had some words for opponents of his health care reform proposal when he spoke in Raleigh Wednesday: “These folks need to stop scaring everybody.”Could he have been referring to U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, the Republican fro... Read More

Editorial: Keep auto safety inspections

The state’s decades-old vehicle safety inspection program may be flawed, but it’s still worth keeping. Whether to scrap it is being bandied about in the waning days of this General Assembly session. The bill’s backers argue that nothing... Read More

July 30, 2009

Editorial: Low road to revenue

The deeper the state's budget hole, the lower legislators' moral standards will fall. Or so it appears. With support in Raleigh building for renewed legalization of video poker, it looks as if desperation for tax revenue overrides all other concerns. Stat... Read More

Editorial: Being closed to being open

Pssst ... The Greensboro City Council will keep its search for the next city manager closed. What the public doesn't know, the council presumes, can't possibly hurt it. That's unfortunate. It's also wrongheaded. This is a process that ought to be open to... Read More

July 29, 2009

Editorial: Fallout from a tragedy

The fatal shooting last week near a troubled center-city nightclub has forced a difficult conversation about the future of downtown Greensboro. A 31-year-old man was shot early on the morning of July 20 outside of Club Rain on West Lewis Street. Police ha... Read More

Editorial: Clunker initiative boosts sales

Auto dealers, drivers and the environment all will benefit from the "Cash for Clunkers" program that's luring buyers back into dealership showrooms and getting old gas-guzzlers off the roads. It's one segment of the Obama administration's contr... Read More

July 28, 2009

Editorial: Bulky annexation bill needs a lot more work

A bill rewriting state annexation laws was 10 pages long when it was introduced in the N.C. House of Representatives on March 10. It had grown to 36 pages by the time it received final approval Thursday, four-and-a-half months later. Now it moves to the S... Read More

Editorial: Decker gets another break

Federal Judge James Dever used strong language when he sentenced Michael Decker to four years in prison for taking bribes from Jim Black. The two engaged in an "epic betrayal," harming the citizens of North Carolina and tarnishing the General As... Read More

July 27, 2009

Short Stack: Food for thought, quick and over easy

Planely speaking Though their intentions may have been good, city and county leaders were right to cancel a July 7 trip to Washington on developer Roy Carroll's jet. The contingent had planned to go to D.C. to seek stimulus funding for a new county school... Read More

July 26, 2009

Editorial: Downtown dress code

We got lucky in downtown Greensboro. In an era in which many urban centers were rushing to raze historic buildings in favor of nearly anything new, Greensboro kept many of the old facades frankly because it never got around to tearing them down. That's wh... Read More

July 25, 2009

Editorial: Governor finds nerve, stops terrible tax plan

A new Bev Perdue stepped into the governor's shoes Thursday, rejecting legislators' tax plans and telling them to do a better job -- now. "The clock is ticking," said the suddenly tough-talking Perdue, delivering a message across Jones Street th... Read More

July 24, 2009

Editorial: All state institutions should seek efficiency

Higher tuition, classroom cuts, fewer students admitted. Those actions, and other measures, have been discussed for months at UNC-Chapel Hill while state legislators have wrestled with a severe budget crisis. The impact at Carolina and other state univers... Read More

Editorial: Joining hands in Oak Ridge

Moving Oak Ridge Elementary students to nearby Oak Ridge Military Academy could be a win-win situation all around. Following a recommendation Thursday by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Guilford County Schools officials will relo... Read More

July 23, 2009

Editorial: Untwisting the knot

Judge Robert H. Hobgood deferred one relevant question when he ruled last week in June Atkinson's case: "The wisdom of having a 'Chief Executive Officer' appointed by the State Board of Education at a salary of $265,000 per year is not for this cour... Read More

Editorial: Heading in the right direction

Too many tests produce too many test scores for public schools these days. But some matter. Adequate Yearly Progress, or AYP, is a federal designation created by the No Child Left Behind legislation. It sets targets not just for schools but for subgroups... Read More

July 22, 2009

Editorial: Digging after Easley

More digging unearths more dark secrets about former Gov. Mike Easley. Bob Hall of the watchdog organization Democracy North Carolina has been working his shovel lately, and last week he urged the State Board of Elections to look deeper, too. Importantly...... Read More

Editorial: With flu season approaching, there's still work to be done

The state Division of Public Health may have a head start in preparing for a possible fall swine flu outbreak, but a host of pesky details could end up causing cold chills. The good news is that state officials, buoyed by a $5.7 million federal grant, sa... Read More

July 21, 2009

Editorial: Containing coal ash

On Christmas Eve 2008, a massive black river of ash and sludge snaked into the hills of Tennessee, and without warning, covered the countryside in an ominous blanket of toxic goo. Some houses were swept off their foundations. Panicked residents were force... Read More

Editorial: Watch for bears out there

With the Triad approaching bear hysteria, pet owners should take care not to let their dogs wander after dark. Small dogs could be eaten by bears, and large ones could be mistaken for bears. It wouldn't do to frighten neighbors and have police or wildlife... Read More

July 20, 2009

Short stack: Food for thought, quick and over easy

Senators take another lap North Carolina's U.S. senators have teamed up again, and we hope they don't hit the wall this time. They are co-sponsors of the Motorsports Fairness and Permanency Act, a high-octane description of a bill that would extend a tax... Read More

July 19, 2009

Editorial: The governor's groove

Bev Perdue needs to get her groove back. And she can, if she makes the right moves. The governor's approval rating has fallen steadily to a dismal 25 percent, according to a Public Policy Polling survey released last week. Democrats, Republicans, independ... Read More

July 18, 2009

Editorial: Atkinson wins real job

The state constitution says June Atkinson should run North Carolina's public schools, a judge ruled Friday. If Gov. Bev Perdue wants to put someone else in charge, she'll have to support a different candidate in the 2012 election or push for a constitutio... Read More

July 15, 2009

Editorial: Shortchanging victims

Attorney General Roy Cooper is right: The state ought to make good on compensation it should have been paying crime victims since 1998. In fact, that's the least it can do. As The News & Observer of Raleigh reports, a bizarre reversal of priorities pl... Read More

Editorial: Plenty of candidates turn out even without public financing

Two dozen Greensboro residents, so far, didn't wait for a public campaign-finance option to run for City Council seats this year. Good thing, because it doesn't look like it's happening. And maybe it doesn't need to happen if so many motivated citizens ar... Read More