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Mount Airy elections
When it comes to interest in local government, actual power has been trumped by potential influence. The vacant mayor’s post, a position that doesn’t have a vote on any municipal matters (… more →
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Mount Airy elections
brookcorwin wrote 4 months ago: When it comes to interest in local government, actual power has been trumped by potential influence. … more →
Elkin elections
brookcorwin wrote 4 months ago: Elkin’s elections got a bit of drama at the last possible hour, when Terry Kennedy put his nam … more →
Dobson elections
brookcorwin wrote 4 months ago: Four years ago Dobson’s municipal elections were about as boring as you can get, with all the … more →
Pilot Mountain elections
brookcorwin wrote 4 months ago: We won’t see any changes to Pilot Mountain’s elected leadership based on the filings. Th … more →
City budget: pay now or pay later?
brookcorwin wrote 6 months ago: The May 20 edition of the Messenger has a snapshot of facts and figures surrounding the proposed Mou … more →
Job loss tracked over time
brookcorwin wrote 7 months ago: The latest unemployment figures were a relief locally …. almost. Maintaining the same 13.3 per … more →
Fibrowatt survey update
brookcorwin wrote 7 months ago: I posted last month about the phone survey regarding a Fibrowatt plant in Surry. Here’s the fu … more →
Who's minding the ABC store?
brookcorwin wrote 7 months ago: What does it take for the Mount Airy City Council to use a Civil War analogy regarding central gover … more →
Fibrowatt survey says ....
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brookcorwin wrote 8 months ago: The back and forth debate on a proposed Fibrowatt power plant in Surry County is way too complex to … more →
That's one way to oust a county commissioner
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brookcorwin wrote 8 months ago: State legislators sponsor a handful of bill each session and put their names down as co-sponsors for … more →
Keeping tabs on the flower beds
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brookcorwin wrote 8 months ago: First came the library defenders, now it’s landscaping advocates asking for mercy. The blowbac … more →
Prison recruitment gaining momentum and mystery
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brookcorwin wrote 8 months ago: Anyone arriving at Thursday’s public hearing on a state prison in Surry County looking for som … more →
Merger debate: it's baaaaaack
brookcorwin wrote 8 months ago: In what has almost become a right of legislative passage, Sen. Tony Rand has once again filed a bill … more →
Chicken salad or chicken s***?
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brookcorwin wrote 8 months ago: That’s not an original, or even a newly coined, metaphor to describe the prolonged debate over … more →
A bank merger under duress
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brookcorwin wrote 9 months ago: For years Elkin-based Yadkin Valley Bank was one of the town’s best success stories, steadily … more →
Would you fight passionately over this house?
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brookcorwin wrote 9 months ago: In Mount Airy, a surprising number would answer yes, given the volume and magnitude of the arguments … more →
Taking trash to the private sector
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brookcorwin wrote 9 months ago: We’re entering round two of Waste Industries’ attempt to lease the county’s landfi … more →
Cops in schools, and their role as investigators
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brookcorwin wrote 9 months ago: Imagine if you will that your child’s high school classmate is suspected for drug dealing, or … more →
The county's plan for economic stimulus
brookcorwin wrote 9 months ago: As President Obama’s stimulus package winds its way through Congress, Surry County government … more →
