The Commentators

This is Walt Mack. Public Service Recognition Week runs from May 4th through the 10th. The purpose of Public Service Recognition Week is to honor military, federal, state, county and local government employees whose hard work...

This is Brian Thornburg. I don’t know about you, but I take voting pretty seriously. No matter who you end up voting for, I think we all should take the time and make the effort to put a ballot in the box a couple times a...

This is Colleen Bridger. Public health in North Carolina is suffering from an identity crisis. As your public health director, this concerns me. Many in the public health profession like to proclaim that public health is a...

This is Matt Bailey. With all the fiery debate about the Ephesus-Fordham renewal plan, you may still be wondering, “What’s the issue?” Ephesus-Fordham renewal will let property owners replace their strip malls and old buildings...

This is Lew Margolis. Many members of the university community, as well as outside commentators, have expressed puzzlement at the recently released external reviews of reading test data for some UNC students who played football...

This is Perry Deane Young For some time now, a few radical right wingers in Raleigh have been trying to intimidate and silence UNC Law professor Gene Nichol. A great teacher, Nichol is also a fine writer for the News and...

This is David Schwartz Have you heard about the Town’s plan to rezone 200 acres of land around Eastgate and Ram’s Plaza? It’s called the Ephesus-Fordham plan. Perhaps you’ve heard or read about how wonderful this plan is, or...

This is Julie McClintock. Many folks are still in the dark about the radical Town plans to apply a new zone to Ephesus-Fordham – including Park Apartments, Ram’s Plaza, Eastgate, and Village Plaza. The Town is promoting...

There are a lot of reasons I’m excited about the Ephesus-Fordham plan. Clearly, the roads are broken. They’re tricky for motorists, unfriendly for pedestrians, and downright dangerous for bicyclists. Clearly, the zoning is broken. It was designed for the 1970s suburban sprawl era, so property owners really can’t do much more than gussy up their aging strip malls under the current code. Clearly, the tax base is broken. With so many shopping and dining choices just across the county line, there’s probably no part of town that bleeds more sales tax than the Ephesus-Fordham area.

This is Brian Thornburg. I don’t know about you, but I REALLY take water for granted. OWASA does such a good job keeping our water clean and flowing, I rarely think about how that water gets to my family’s tap when I turn the...