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I Wonder When The Jacksonville Daily News Will Stop Humping President Reagan’s Leg?

I suppose there’s value in that about 70% of the editorials come from their Freedom Communications, INC overlords, (this editorial borrows heavily from this one) but

Letter to the Editor: On Mike McHugh’s Column on Gasoline Prices

The Jacksonville Daily News has published a letter to the editor I sent regarding Mike McHugh’s column on gasoline prices in the Jacksonville-Swansboro-Onslow County area. You can read the letter below or visit the Jacksonville Daily News’ version, but be sure to read McHugh’s column first. Disagree with my letter? Support it? Let me know [...]

An Assortment of Dissociated and Disjointed Thoughts

I provide my usual and all-too-often needed apologies for being a less-than-stellar blogger. This post is a mixed-bag of stuff that’s been floating around my head these few weeks. The race for Jacksonville’s City Council There hasn’t been much public campaigning. Mr. Hunter Hadley, Jr (At-Large) has yard signs posted. Councilwoman Reva Sullivan (Ward 2) [...]

Tuesday Tidbits

My week is almost over. I’m off tomorrow at Noon until Monday. So, yays for me. If you thought recent dramas in Jacksonville were over, you were wrong. The folks at Americans for Prosperity have attacked Mr. Phillip Cherry (Director of the Onslow County Library System) for sending out an email requesting citizens speak at [...]

Onslow County Politics: Joe McLaughlin Killed My Buzz

Earlier this week (I think it was Tuesday or Wednesday morning) I was bicycling to work and had this flitting thought: I haven’t heard the names “Joe McLaughlin” or “Delma Collins” in a while. Isn’t that nice?" And it was, it was very nice…But it wasn’t to last very long. Follow the jump for details.

When Worlds Collide: Life Online and Off

Ms. Steinfeld recently wrote a guest post at Thordora’s Spin Me I Pulsate blog. The subject of her post, cyber stalking, is something I’ve never had to deal with, as I have always written online by my given name. I do so for two reasons: I believe it lends more creditibility to my writing It [...]

Letters to the Editor: Eddie Quinn Responds to Letter to the Editor RE: Rails-to-Trails

Mr. Quinn’s response is below, in its entirety, since it’s not available on the Jacksonville Daily News’ website. Community’s needs greater than bridge To the editor:     In his Jan. 8 letter to the editor headlined, “More use of bridge than some claim,” Thomas Brock acknowledges that Robert Hitch and I “may not” have seen [...]

Letter to the Editor: Regarding the Article “Rails-to-Trails bridge earns state engineering award”

The below is the text of a letter to the editor of the Jacksonville Daily News regarding this article. Dear Editor, The January 6th, 2009 edition of the Jacksonville Daily News featured an article titled “Rails-to-Trails bridge earns state engineering award”. This article unfairly portrays the Rails-to-Trails project, and the associated pedestrian bridge, as unused [...]

City of Jacksonville: Mayors’ Coalition Includes Jacksonville Projects on Wishlist

According to the Raleigh News and Observer’s political blog, Under the Dome, the N.C. Metropolitan Mayors Coalition has submitted their wish-list for federal stimulus money. The list includes projects for the infrastructure improvements in Jacksonville which total over $11 million. The full list is below: Cold Patch Asphalt Storage    $       80,000 Red Oak Culvert [...]

Onslow County: Pollard Pay Problem Polled then Padlocked

The Jacksonville Daily News website has a poll related to the Register of Deeds pay controversy. Go vote. It’s fun. It appears that the Onslow County Board of Commissioners has no interest in discussing Becky Pollard’s pay during their December 15th meeting. Says Commission Chairman W.C. Jarman: "It is not on the tentative agenda and as [...]

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