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The Art of Tailgating

Posted by The Commentators | Nov 3, 2012 | Uncategorized

A fall Saturday without Carolina football just doesn’t seem right. Any college football fan would agree that a mid-week game or bye weekend for your team leaves you longing for the tight spiral of the pigskin leather, the...

JIAC Invitation Letter

Posted by The Commentators | Oct 25, 2012 | The Commentators

With this letter, I invite you to apply for membership in the Town of Chapel Hill’s Justice in Action Committee. Dr. Martin Luther King once said, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Yet, Dr....

We Need a Better Plan for Transit. Vote "No"

Posted by The Commentators | Oct 24, 2012 | The Commentators

There’s a 1/2 cent sales tax referendum on November’s ballot. It will be used to fund a 25-year, $660 million plan for light rail and other transit in Orange County. Separately, the commissioners and Triangle Transit Authority...

Division 1 Revenue Sports, the Daily Tar Heel, and the Mission of UNC

Posted by The Commentators | Oct 24, 2012 | The Commentators

Kudos to WCHL and Jim Heavner for his thoughtful interview with Bubba Cunningham, the Director of Athletics at UNC. These athletics scandals have harmed the entire UNC community, so they demand that we ask difficult questions...

Respect Our Greenways

Posted by The Commentators | Oct 19, 2012 | The Commentators

The Town of Chapel Hill is fortunate, indeed, to have one of the finest “Green Transportation Systems” to be found anywhere in North Carolina. It’s a wonderful emerald necklace comprised of 14 miles of paved...

Not This Time Either, Duke!

Posted by The Commentators | Oct 19, 2012 | Uncategorized

If Duke thinks this is the year to beat UNC, the Blue Devils had better think again. The records are dead even – both teams 5-2 overall and 2-1 in the ACC. And they are mirror images of each other, playing a no huddle,...

A UNC Basketball Coaches Respect, Connection and Relationship with Bill Friday

Posted by The Commentators | Oct 18, 2012 | The Commentators

My Tribute to W.C. “Bill” Friday After hearing the sad news of Mr. Friday’s death last Friday, University Day, I found the following tribute I began writing 2 years ago on the top of my desk. I write this for two reasons (maybe...

Train Stations Make Innovation Clusters

Posted by The Commentators | Oct 15, 2012 | The Commentators

I would like to commend the Triangle Transit Authority (TTA) and the Board of Orange County Commissioners (BOCC) for an exceptional job in developing a plan for our future transit infrastructure. This plan calls for the...

Re: Community is bigger than Neighborhood

Posted by The Commentators | Oct 11, 2012 | The Commentators

The recent commentary by Kristen Smith was deeply offensive to this longtime neighborhood advocate and also quite silly. Fixated on the Olympics, she seemed oblivious to their central purpose: competition. When she exhorted us...

Voting on Transit: What's at Stake

Posted by The Commentators | Oct 10, 2012 | The Commentators

I served on the Chapel Hill Town Council from 1973 to 1979, and under the leadership of then Chapel Hill Mayor Howard Lee and Terry Lathrop, assisted to help pass the 1974 referendum when Chapel Hill voters, by a 2 to 1 margin,...

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