Column: Some city residents take issue with councilwoman’s published remarks

Fayetteville City Councilwoman Brenda McNair is the latest authority on the city and, apparently, city residents. “I realized that the citizens are not informed about the city and the City Council,” McNair, 61, is quoted in a story by Lexi Solomon of The Fayetteville Observer. “They have no clue. They’re not educated on anything that…

Column: City Council trip to Washington comes with $30,000 price tag

City Council members say their attendance at the annual Congressional City Conference was a worthwhile effort. The cost for the city officials to attend the conference, according to a city spokesman, was $21,974. Registration fees came in at $5,200; hotel accommodations, at $12,041; and travel, at $4,733.

Column: District 9 city councilman off to a sound start as elected leader

Deno Hondros, in only 7½ months, is turning out to be quite an in-tune Fayetteville city councilman. “We had a good meeting, I felt, where we thanked them for supporting RAISE (Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity) and RAMP (Risk and Authorization Management Program) grants,” the 46-year-old councilman says of a final stop Tuesday with U.S.…

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