Archives: July2005

  • WDN Drops the Ball

    Okay, here I was, just about to email Jonathan re: today’s CAFTA story and tell him what a fine job he did writing that article — and an email from a friend in Raleigh arrives as I’m typing. WOW, did the Washington Daily News ever miss a BIG story. Man-oh-man. Tranter’s Creek camper accused of [...]

  • Better not go Greyhound

    June 2005 –  Dunn, Hamlet, Hickory, Mount Airy, Raeford, Red Springs, Rockingham, Spindale, Wadesboro, Wingate Can’t catch a bus in Hamlet no more… or Raeford…

  • A Beaufort County Boondoggle — Ethanol in Aurora

    So, tell me again why we’re giving land to the people who want to build an ethanol plant? I’m trying to understand this — Tom Thompson and the economic development folks decided we needed to build an ethanol plant in Aurora, they went out to find someone who wanted to put one there and then [...]