Citizen Will

Category: Carrboro

  • Nov. 23: The History of Chapel Hill’s Dead Tree Media

    The troubled News and Observer posted this reminder: The Chapel Hill Historical Society will present The History of Print Media in Chapel Hill and Carrboro on Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. The featured speakers will be Don Evans, an editor and writer at The Chapel Hill News for three decades, and Kirk Ross, former […]

  • A middle finger to Northside

    I wasn’t able to attend the spoken-word event concerning the corrosive effects of Greenbridge on Northside last evening, but according to the Daily Tar Heel, it stirred some sharp discussion. UNC junior Kane Smego, who performed slam poetry at the event, described the project as two towers, “one 10 stories, the other seven — like […]

  • NC Ballot: Designed For Failure?

    Early voting is moving at a breakneck pace this year with large turnouts from day one. Unfortunately, NC’s “straight party” ballot option continues to confuse. Even if you vote “straight party”, you MUST vote for President separately!! Luckily, our new local BOE Director Tracy Reams made sure this year’s poll-workers were well trained to notify […]

  • Trash Talk: The Next Waste Management Fight

    Even though local environmentalist have talked about our county’s responsibility to manage its waste stream responsibly – not dumping the problem on another community – I couldn’t find a recent request to the Board of Commissioners by either a organization or an individual to start the process of developing either a new landfill or a […]

  • Trash Talk: Commissioner Gordon, “No Plan B”

    After this evening’s solid waste transfer site meeting, I took a second to ask Alice why she said delaying the final site selection would lead to “garbage piling up”. She had made that statement earlier, in an effort to encourage her colleagues to make a decision by mid-November. Orange County’s landfill is slated to close […]

  • Carolina North Development Agreement Public Hearing Oct. 15th

    Tomorrow the Town Council will hold a public hearing describing the basic framework for managing Carolina North’s development over the next couple decades. This is the second meeting discussing the framework. The first was Sept. 25th. Unfortunately, I was the only citizen not directly involved – as either a representative of the Town, UNC or […]

  • Harvey Gantt is Black

    Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. Robert Kennedy Robert Kennedy’s presidential run is the first political race I vividly remember. Even though I was young, nearly seven when he died, the enthusiasm my mother showed, some snippets of what he said, the way folks drew courage from his words have […]

  • Trash Talk: Will We Stand United?

    A Lion used to prowl about a field in which Four Oxen used to dwell. Many a time he tried to attack them; but whenever he came near they turned their tails to one another, so that whichever way he approached them he was met by the horns of one of them. At last, however, […]

  • OrangePolitics 3.0: Already a Rocky Start?

    As probably most readers of CitizenWill know, I decided to stop posting on locally owned OrangePolitics (OP) for many reasons: an escalating and stifling intolerance of valid though different viewpoints, the site’s authors acting as surrogates for political allies who didn’t have the courage to engage the community directly in an honest, fact-based and open […]

  • UNC Carolina North: How Innovative the First Step?

    I’ve said I understand why UNC feels compelled to push forward it plans for the Carolina North Innovation Center but I still want to see a master plan that incorporates this project, its supplementary infrastructure and the results of the on-going transit, fiscal equity and environmental studies before one concrete block is laid. Timing is […]

  • Chapel Hill’s Resegregation?

    Following up on last week’s panel discussion of John Ehle’s 1965 book “The Free Men,” Terri B. is concerned about the direction Chapel Hill is headed: I do not believe that building luxury housing surrounding the remaining historically black neighborhoods in downtown is an acceptable solution. Thanks Terri for the link to photographer Jim Wallace’s […]

  • Mike Nelson: Marty Ravellette “American Hero”

    Orange County Commissioner Mike Nelson on Marty Ravellette. He was, perhaps, the most impressive individual I’ve ever met. The world was a richer place because he walked amongst us. [UPDATE] The Chape l Hill News reports on Marty’s service: There will be a graveside service for Marty Ravellette at Maplewood Cemetery Thursday at 2 pm. […]

  • Election 2007: Carrboro’s League of Women Voters Forum

    What! Chapel Hill isn’t the only election this year? The League kindly allowed me to post Carrboro’s forum to googleVideo. Interesting overlap in themes this year….

  • Morris Grove Elementary School

    Mia Burroughs is reminding folks that they have until October 31st to help name the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools (CHCCS) newest elementary school out on Eubanks Road, near the Rogers Road neighborhood The newest school is located adjacent to the former Morris Grove elementary school, a school created to serve the educational needs of the local […]

  • Election 2007: Recycle, Reuse

    Recycle and reuse are two environmental principles our local community follows fairly well. In that spirit, I believe our citizens will appreciate my putting frugality over novelty. Signs are sprouting up around Town. Several of mine, it appears, were saved by some of my 2005 supporters and trotted out a little early. Thanks folks for […]