From the deck off the room where I write, you can see it easily, and at night you can also see the lights inside the building shining through the big window at the end of the second-floor hallway.
Category: Opinion
LETTER: Call for gardens
Plans are already underway for the next Chapel Hill Spring Garden Tour.
BIG CITY: A town-county disconnect
The Amendment One vote was bound to drive up turnout, especially in Orange County, which was among the group of counties where amendment opponents wanted to drive turnout.
LETTER: Thankful for EZ Rider
We are truly blessed in Chapel Hill for having EZ Rider.
LETTER: Bravo, youth poets
Wow! Thanks to the youths who submitted their poems for the poetry contest.
LETTER: Criticism of police misses important points
I love that Maria Rowan misses two important points in her ramble last week criticizing those we in the Carrboro community entrust with maintaining law and order.
LETTER: Balance interests of dual language, FPG
While I am a parent whose children neither attend FPG nor are enrolled in a dual-language program, the recent media coverage prompted me to read the dual-language report to learn more.
LETTER: Dimon gambling lost big
The GOP, who gave us the laugh-a-minute production on choosing a presidential candidate a few months back, finally focused on Mitt Romney.
LETTER: Support Dalton for governor
I am writing in support of the one candidate capable of governing North Carolina starting on day one, and that candidate is Walter Dalton.
Opting for order and control over justice
Throughout March and April, the Carrboro Commune, best described as a loose affiliation of people who like gardening and dislike capitalism, gardened and threw tea parties at the site of Garden Everywhere, but without Vincent Gonzalez.
BIG CITY: All silly, all the time
There used to be a period of time that pundits dubbed the “silly season†in politics.
LETTER: Supporting dual-language changes
We are writing to voice our support for the proposed changes to the Spanish/English dual-language program.
LETTER: Magnet proposal needs more discussion
Timing of the opening of the dual-language magnet school needs further evaluation and consideration.
Taxing our transportation
Orange County has a clear and urgent need for the additional transit services that would be funded by the half-cent sales tax now under consideration by the Orange County Board of Commissioners for a fall ballot referendum.
BIG CITY: What’s next?
If you fight a battle on someone else’s terms and at a time of their choosing, you are more than likely going to get knocked on your backside.