The May 20 edition of the Messenger has a snapshot of facts and figures surrounding the proposed Mount Airy city budget for 2009-2010, all culled from the more expansive budget message you can read here provided by City Manager Don Brookshire. Documents this big can be critiqued in whole bunch of ways, but the central [...]
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City budget: pay now or pay later?
Posted in Brook's Blog, Budgets and taxes, Local government on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our new state song
Posted in Rebel's Blog on May 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Late last month Oklahoma did something totally unexpected in what is arguably the most conservative state in the country. Its legislature and governor proclaimed “Do You Realize” by The Flaming Lips as Oklahoma’s official rock song.
That the state would officially do something so whimsical is outstanding, and brings to mind the idea that perhaps North [...]