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Pam Hemminger for Open County Leadership

Posted by The Commentators | Apr 30, 2012 | The Commentators

County government matters, and many of us pay close attention to the decisions that impact schools, economic development and critical county services for public health and safety. In that context, we encourage District 1 voters...

Support and Protect Diversity

Posted by The Commentators | Apr 27, 2012 | The Commentators

You probably already know that it takes a village to raise a child. But did you know that the Chapel Hill Carrboro City School District is recommending turning one of its best known and best loved little villages, Frank Porter...

Kindergarten Parents: Register for Chinese by May 31

Posted by The Commentators | Apr 26, 2012 | The Commentators

If you are a parent of a rising kindergarten parent in the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) district, please note that CHCCS is still accepting applications to the outstanding and innovative Chinese dual language...

Turn Them Down Carolina Flats

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

Monday night, the Town Council will be reviewing a request to re-zone the corner of MLK/Historic Airport Road and Estes Drive. The project, named “Carolina Flats,” proposes to develop this tract of land with a four...

The ‘OMG Rule’ For Political, Economic And Social Etiquette

Posted by The Commentators | Apr 14, 2012 | The Commentators

You know, it suddenly struck me recently that we don’t need complicated definitions for competing political, economic and social philosophies to determine how we should interact when living and working together in a community, a...

Benefit to Some AND to All

Posted by The Commentators | Apr 9, 2012 | The Commentators

A recent story on WCHL informed us that Orange County rural residents were upset because, although they represent 40% of the county population, they would only receive 12% of services under a newly proposed Orange County Bus...

Just the Facts on Amendment One, Please

Posted by The Commentators | Apr 4, 2012 | The Commentators

Washington State, Maryland. New Jersey, New Hampshire. So far this year, the bumpy road to marriage equality has played out in four states, with wins in three, and an unsurprising veto in the Garden State by Republican Governor...

Members of the Same Community

Posted by The Commentators | Mar 30, 2012 | The Commentators

I am a supporter of the Occupy Movement. Not least because I have spent much of my life fighting for social and economic justice, and against any form of arbitrary authority. Recently, I have become unhappy with some of the...

Chapel Hill is Hemorrhaging Tax Dollars

Posted by The Commentators | Mar 26, 2012 | The Commentators

It’s official! Walmart is coming to town! Well, not our town, but Chatham County, just over the line. And to the victor go all the spoils. Walmart has announced it will build a huge 148,500 square foot store on the 15-501...

Sad Update to the Glen Lennox Saga

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

Four years ago, in the Ides of March, those of us living in or around the Glen Lennox Apartments were shocked and awed as Grubb Properties presented plans to destroy most of the apartments and trees, build many big-story...

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