As a child, I loved maps showing the mythical place of the story. I was drawn to them the way children are drawn to pictures before they know how to read words. I knew nothing about cities, boundaries, or responsibility. These maps were not the modern kind on our cell phones, but the old ones, … Continue reading Still Awaiting Audit Results: Here Be Dragons →

A word of explanation. By mistake I posted the 2-5-26 blog post a few days early.Some of you read it before I could take it down. Now it is ready for Main Street readers. I hope you enjoy it. Click on Mainstreetrockymount.com on Thursday at 7:30AM

In my college days, I was introduced to a way of thinking that has stayed with me. It was called the means and the meaning of something. The example, as I remember it, went like this: Was it essential to know whether the world was created in seven literal days, or was it more important … Continue reading While Waiting For Audit Results: The Means and Meaning on Main Street →

STILL NO NEWS ON THE FORENSIC AUDIT HERE'S ANOTHER THOUGHT WHILE WAITING Many of us know what it feels like to leave a meeting believing something important has happened simply because an issue has been named. But naming a problem is not the same as addressing it. In Rocky Mount’s civic life, the issue is … Continue reading Still Waiting For Results: The Cost of Fractured Leadership →