Month: August 2007

  • Carolina North: The Next Neighborhood For Responsible Growth Forum

    The NRG is sponsoring a follow up forum on Carolina North August 29th, 7-8:30pm at the Chapel Hill Library. The CHPL meeting space is quite a bit tighter so get there early. Direct link to June NRG forum. Dear Fellow Citizens: Please join us for a public meeting on Carolina North Wednesday night, August 29, […]

  • Is the Rogers Road Community Worth $53,000?

    Being in government has its advantages. Concerned citizens trying to get a good baseline on the cost of adding a bus route through the Rogers Road community didn’t net a response in 2005 (I know, I took a stab at it 2 years ago when I ran for Town Council). Ahh, but if you’re a […]

  • Municipal Networking: AT&T, Another Brick in the Wall

    I’ve been pushing for our local government to invest in community-owned networking as necessary infrastructure for the 21st century. Communities that provide neutral and widely accessible communications infrastructures will reap the benefits of greater economic activity, level the playing field vis-a-vis the digital divide and help create a new Town commons open to all our […]

  • Shearon-Harris: Fire in the Whole

    It appears that Progress Energy has prevailed against local concerns the fire safety and overall security of their Shearon-Harris facility is less than adequate: Progress Energy has cleared a hurdle in its bid to extend the operating license of the Shearon Harris nuclear plant by 20 years. The Raleigh utility persuaded administrative law judges to […]

  • Carolina North: What The Board Heard

    The July 31st Carolina North community outreach meeting was supposed to cover the same ground as last week’s presentation to UNC’s Board of Trustees. While Jack Evans might have presented the same material, my guess is the community’s reception was somewhat less excepting than the BOTs. The 4pm session ran to 5:30 and was well […]

  • Election 2007: Keeping it Simple

    Preserving Chapel Hill’s Charm because Our Past Informs Our Future Community Diversity Open Governance Fiscal Responsibility Public Accountability These are some of the core values that drive my local activism. These were core values of my 2005 campaign. They are core values for 2007.