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I'm Taking Bets on the County Commissioner Election

Posted by Staff | Oct 11, 2012 | Uncategorized

It’s another fall election season, and the Commissioner election is not only irrelevant, but a huge number of voters won’t even know who is running until they go to the polls. I’ve been waiting for the first winner of the...

BOCC Imposes New Zoning Over Community Opposition

Posted by Staff | Sep 8, 2012 | Uncategorized

In the biggest reflection of how business will be done in this new era of dedication to economic development as the County’s number one priority, the Count Commissioners voted 5-2 to rezone the Eno Economic Development District...

The County Needs an Alternative Energy Task Force

Posted by Staff | Aug 6, 2012 | Uncategorized

The growth of alternative energy is accelerating. Here and there across Orange County, photovoltaic systems are being installed, solar water heaters are appearing on rooftops, and geothermal systems are on the rise. A large...

Rapid Response on Fire Insurance

Posted by Staff | Jul 30, 2012 | Uncategorized

Orange Grove Fire Station #2 is open! It took four months to build and cost about $90,000. It’s a simple fire station that will restore fire insurance for hundreds of families in Orange Grove’s Fire District. Orange...

Party Animals

Posted by Staff | Jul 27, 2012 | Uncategorized

The Triangle, especially Chapel Hill, is considered a really smart place — where there are more PhDs per capita than any other metropolitan statistical area [still looking for the citation, but I really have heard it from...

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...

What Do You Lose When Walmart Boxes You In?

Posted by Staff | Apr 21, 2012 | Uncategorized

Nothing seems to bring out the hankies like a Walmart locating near, but not in, Orange County. The local glass-one-tenth-full crowd cranks up their righteous indignation machine. These self-proclaimed financial “realists” can’t...

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...

Trayvon Martin

Posted by Staff | Mar 28, 2012 | Uncategorized

Like most parents, I am trying my best to teach my children vital life lessons so they will eventually be equipped to go out on their own to find happiness and success. We talk about self-respect as well as respect for others. I...

Spring Has Sprung

Posted by Staff | Mar 21, 2012 | Uncategorized

Spring is my favorite season, for so many reasons. Growing up in chilly Green Bay, Wisconsin, Spring meant the exciting thawing of the dreary snow and ice that had covered everything since Halloween. Since moving to North...

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