Incumbent support I am in enthusiastic agreement with the Sierra Club in supporting Mayor Mark Chilton for mayor of Carrboro, and Alderman Dan Coleman, Alderman Joal Hall Broun and candidate Lydia Lavelle for the Carrboro Board of Aldermen. Mayor Chilton has enjoyed great success in his first term as mayor. He has been an effective…
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Candidate Endorsement Letters: Carrboro
Supporting Broun We encourage the re-election of Alderman Joal Broun to the Carrboro Board of Aldermen. Joal is a long-time resident of Carrboro and she has worked in Carrboro as a public defender. Joal has volunteered and served the community as a former member of the OWASA Board and the Orange County Dispute Settlement Center….
Candidate Endorsement Letters: Chapel Hill
Lavelle and Coleman I worked with Carrboro Board of Aldermen candidates Lydia Lavelle and Dan Coleman for a year on the New Horizons Task Force, which was created to strengthen communication between the board of aldermen and residents of the newly annexed areas of Carrboro. Dan was one of the alderman liaisons and Lydia, who…
Questions for aspiring governors
 By Chris Fitzsimon The North Carolina Association of Educators made its endorsement of Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue for governor official this weekend, just before Perdue’s Monday official campaign kickoff in New Bern. That prompted a swift reaction from Jay Reiff, the campaign manager for State Treasurer Richard Moore, Perdue’s opponent in the Democrat primary. Reiff…
For the Record: 10/4/07
A true hero Florence Soltys was the kind of person that gave you some hope for this world. You’d walk away after a conversation with her with the feeling that some of what we all fear as we grow older might someday get fixed. She was one of those people you knew got up every…
For the Record: 9/27/07
Editor’s Note: Following is the statement read by Neloa Jones at the Sept. 20, 2007 Orange County Assembly Governments Meeting on behalf of the Rogers-Eubanks “Coalition to End Environmental Racism†(CEER). For nearly one hundred and fifty years, African-American families have lived in what is now known as the Rogers-Eubanks Community. In the late 1800s,…
Exile on Jones Street: 9/27/07
By Kirk Ross Exile on ’08 Race: U.S. Senate Incumbent: Elizabeth Dole (one term) Possible Challengers: State Rep. Grier Martin (Wake), State Sen. Kay Hagan (Guilford), State Board of Education Chair Howard Lee. At least one other major name is considering the race. Conventional Wisdom: National handicappers Cook, Rothenberg and Congressional Quarterly all report the…
Solid-waste transfer station issues endure
By Mark Chilton In 1997, the Landfill Compensation Working Group, a group of elected officials of the Rogers Road residents, proposed 14 compensation items that we believed our local governments owed to the neighbors of the landfill. The Assembly of Governments met on October 30, 1997 to discuss the Working Group’s recommendations. The governments assembled…
Letters to the Editor: 9/27/07
Cook for alderman Please join me on Tuesday, November 6th and vote for Sharon Cook for election to the Carrboro Board of Alderman.  Sharon has been an active member of this community for over a decade. She’s served as a volunteer in our schools, churches and social service agencies.   Â
Exile on Jones Street: 9/20/07
Kirk Ross Shameful shambles As those of you following theses kinds of things know, irony is dead, replaced by stark realities and painfully obvious absurdities. So, no, it was not ironic to see front-page headlines the other day laying out so clearly the state of the state 2007. Topping the page, naturally, was the shiny…
Headlines
By Chris Fitzsimon The special session of the General Assembly is over, state lawmakers are back home, and the executives and stockholders of Goodyear and Bridgestone Firestone are no doubt celebrating, toasting their lobbyists and looking forward to their millions in cash grants from the state treasury of North Carolina. Say what you want about…
For the Record: 9/13/07
The parking crunch The first wave of downtown projects is beginning to swell and is not that far away. The approval of The Alberta and the first phase of the 300 East Main project signifies that. And while we applaud the vision — up (not out) density, a commercial balance — downtown as a functioning…
A Line from Chatham
Julian Sereno Chatham County Line, on the web at www.chathamcountyline.org, is a monthly community newspaper that focuses on all things Chatham. Our current issue looks at development. Here is a quick look at Chatham goings-on for the readers of The Carrboro Citizen. The big development story for the moment is the planned Pittsboro Place, which,…
Exile on Jones Street: 9/13/07
By Kirk Ross Truth & consequences As promised, there’s been a step-up of immigration raids. This at a time when our junior senator is making the rounds of local law enforcement encouraging the deportation of those apprehended and found to not be here legally. On the surface it all kind of makes sense – an…
In which we launch a bucket brigade
Veteran editor-publisher Ken Ripley of the Spring Hope Enterprise (seated, center) is surrounded by the UNC Community Journalism class “Bucket Brigade,†left to right: Laura Davenport, Gregg Found, Kate Newnam, Sam Giffin, Kendal Walters, Marianna King, Elyse Archer, Emily Burns, Cody Braun and Cameron Weaver. Instructor Jock Lauterer is at lower front right. Photo by…