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NC’s urgent need for HOA reform and oversight
North Carolina is renowned for its vibrant communities and strong civic engagement. Homeowners’ associations have played a pivotal role in shaping and maintaining these neighborhoods, ensuring harmony and preserving property values. However, the time has come for us, the citizens of North Carolina, to address...
North Carolina GOP advances ‘Monster Voting Law 2.0’
Ten years ago, the Republican majority of the North Carolina General Assembly unveiled and swiftly enacted a bill to restrict voting and rig elections that critics quickly and aptly dubbed the “Monster Voting Law.” A lot of that law was ultimately struck down as unconstitutional...
Finding happiness and meaning in life
What do you do for your job, your family, friends or life that makes you happy to wake up each morning? What gives your life meaning compared to just getting a paycheck and looking forward to retirement, or being already retired from decades of working...
Our Opinion: Wilson County wisely closes books on pet license fees
THUMBS UP to Sheriff Calvin Woodard and the Wilson County Board of Commissioners for ending the county’s animal privilege license fees. County commissioners voted unanimously on Thursday to stop issuing yearly licenses for Wilson County pets. The move followed Woodard informing commissioners last month that...
Our Opinion: City’s trump card for crash liability not always played
Schrodinger’s cat, the famous thought experiment positing that an unlucky feline sealed in a box with poison can be considered dead and alive at the same time, has met its match with the paradox of Wilson’s auto insurance. City of Wilson vehicles are both insured...
Our Opinion: Memorial Day flags show Wilson’s spirit of patriotism, duty
THUMBS UP to the youth organizations and adult leaders who volunteered to place flags on veterans’ graves at Maplewood Cemetery, a patriotic Memorial Day weekend tradition that shows Wilson hasn’t forgotten our fallen heroes’ sacrifice. Robert B. Anderson American Legion Post 13 held its annual...
Colleges, courts on collision course over Title IX
You’re accused of a serious offense. Determined to clear your name, you agree to an interview and give a voluntary statement. The evidence against you is secret, and there’s no right to face your accuser. Weeks later, the same person who informed you of the...
Empty symbolism in the gun control debate
A product meant to keep beer and soda cans cold made Christy Clark hot under the collar. A former No...
FIRE’s growth spells calamity for censors
Traffic cops who arrest drivers for flipping the bird, municipal paper-pushers who deny protest perm...
