It’s been a week since information was made public that the snafu surrounding Scotland County’s two-time loss of a $575,000 state grant is directly connected to Economic Development Director Mark Ward.
I met a group of people recently. It wasn’t something I planned or even wanted, but it was a meeting nonetheless.
People really can be stubborn, even to the point of being stupid.
There’s a little uncertainty about the ceremony for renominating President Trump during the Republican National Convention in Charlotte later this month. On Saturday, a GOP spokeswoman said it would be conducted in private, without members of the press present. She cited the coronavirus as the reason.
Unless you have an airplane the best way to cross Pee Dee River or any other river or creek is by bridge.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden appears to have painted himself into a corner with his promise to select a woman — and apparently from the candidates on his short list, an African-American woman — to be his running mate. While it is just the latest example of his party’s tribalism in which externals, such as race and gender are preferred over actual ideas, in the end it will make no difference because the Democratic Party looks to have been taken over by hardcore leftists. Whoever he selects must appeal to and appease the Bernie Sanders crowd.
The COVID-19 and climate crises demonstrate that scientific literacy is critical to our nation’s well-being.
There are fewer than 100 days until Election Day, and of all the things we’ll say between now and Nov. 3, this remains the most the important: You should vote. It’s something that’s always been true, but this year, it’s never been more uncertain.
As if the COVID crisis and economic recession weren’t bad enough, here’s some more bad news to process: homicide rates are spiking in many North Carolina communities.
Wait, the president is coming back?
I turned a couple of significant pages in my life recently, and am hoping there are several more to be written. Chapters would be better.
Local activists who want an oversight board to review actions and complaints related to the Fayetteville Police Department are getting what some have sought for some time: A listening ear from the Fayetteville City Council.
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