Editorial - $50 per meeting rubs Brunswick's taxpayers the wrong way
At least the Brunswick County Commissioners admit they have an image problem. Unfortunately, the solution proposed at their Tuesday meeting makes them look more like mercenaries than public servants.
One commissioner’s defense of the system, which pays commissioners $50 for every “meeting” they attend in addition to their annual stipend, didn’t do much do dispel that
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Editorial - Lance Cpl. Carver was a part of our community, and so are his fellow Marines
The death in Afghanistan of a young Marine from Wilmington is yet another reminder that the few are bearing the burden of this prolonged war.
Lance Cpl. Ross Carver's wife, parents and 5-month-old
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