Mayor on Duty

I’m anxiously waiting for a winter storm to hit, although I hope it doesn’t. These storms almost invariably cause road problems and power outages. Since Highlands is situated at 4119 feet above sea level, not […]

During the holidays I visited my daughter and grandchildren. Rebecca and her husband live in a large Atlanta metropolitan county. While there, I did my routine training run at large community park across the street […]

While I’m optimistic about many things at the beginning of the new year, I also have concerns. What I’m about to describe is illustrative of concerns and challenges that I think we will face on […]

Last week I began sharing a list of budget priorities that I see for the coming year. The Town Board members will also have their priorities. In the next five months we will go through […]

Your Mayor isn’t Santa Claus, but I’m making a list and checking it twice. The Town Board will decide what is nice, not nice now, or never nice. It will soon be the budget planning […]

Let me do a brief follow up to several items covered at the last Highlands Town Board. It was a unique session with the swearing of Marc Hehn, a new commissioner, and the swearing of […]

Our new commissioner, Marc Hehn, and I attended the Essentials of Municipal Government Workshop last week. This workshop was sponsored by the University of North Carolina School of Government and the North Carolina League of […]

Creating a comprehensive plan this coming year that addresses sustainability issues should be a top priority. I support hiring a professional consulting company to guide the planning board, town staff, and community stakeholders through this […]

Tonight’s town board meeting is kind of a wrap up meeting here at the end of the year. At the December meeting newly elected town board members will be sworn in, and new business will […]

There were a lot of activities in Highlands this past holiday weekend. The Highlands Food and Wine Festival had another large turnout. It attracts visitors from all across the country. Congratulations to the Highlands Chamber, […]