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  • Raymond, Ready For Service: Where Would I Serve?

    I submitted my formal application to fill Bill’s seat (not his shoes) this afternoon. Along with my application, I provided some examples of my recent activism, a list of advisory boards I would like to represent Council on and some suggestions covering a few of the issues that Chapel Hill faces next year. I’ve served […]

  • Raymond, Ready For Service: What Have I Done?

    I submitted my formal application to fill Bill’s seat (not his shoes) this afternoon. Along with my application, I provided some examples of my recent activism, a list of advisory boards I would like to represent Council on and some suggestions covering a few of the issues that Chapel Hill faces next year. The additional […]

  • Raymond: Ready for Service

    I’m formally applying for Bill Thorpe’s Council seat this week. As I said before (Filling Bill’s Seat, Not His Shoes), serving the community as a Council member is a responsibility I take quite seriously. It is an awesome privilege, an incredible honor, a humbling trust that promises personal satisfaction if one serves to improve the […]

  • Carolina North: Oct. 22nd Meeting Agenda

    The agenda just went online (a full 5 1/2 hours before the meeting 😉 ). The good news is that the various foundational studies are nearing completion. The Council and Trustees have concurred that the current Carolina North discussion should build upon rather than replicate this prior community, Town, and University work. The additional background […]

  • Filling Bill’s Seat, Not His Shoes…

    Councilmember Laurin Easthom sketches out the scope of work required to diligently discharge a Council member’s civic responsibilities. As she notes, agendas can weigh in at 11 lbs. Meetings are more frequently going until 1am. Preparation takes hours and hours. And the work expands well beyond what most folks usually see – liaising with other […]

  • Jim to David: $700 Billion, No How, No Way!

    I write my ‘blog knowing full well that there are many folks more eloquent, more on-point than I will ever be. Jim Protzman, former Chapel Hill Councilmember, BlueNC’r sent this simple request to Representative David Price about the Bush Administration’s $700 billion long con. Dear Congressman Price We were told last week that the world […]

  • Council “Off the Rails”

    I broke my silence at this evening’s Town Council meeting. All throughout the Spring I’ve tried to ignore the Council’s accumulating messes. It was difficult. The Mayor and Council acting “shocked” by the financial predicament we’re in – something I’ve been forecasting for the last 4 years. More “shock” that the drought has real impacts […]

  • Warrantless, Illegal Surveillance: Price, Maybe. Feingold, Hell NO!

    [Update:] Quisling Democrats capitulated in a vote 293 to 129. Rep. Price votes NO!!. Good for him. More here: House Approves Unconstitutional Surveillance Legislation . Yesterday I couldn’t get an inking of how my local “progressive” Democrat US Rep. David Price would vote on the latest attempt to defend the indefensible. Would he vote to […]

  • David Price Letting Telecom Lawbreakers Off the Hook?

    Called David Price, my local Congressman, this afternoon to see if he planned to vote NO on tomorrow’s House Bill HR 6304 which proffers blanket immunity to those telecoms, like ATT (Bellsouth, Cingular), that knowingly broke Federal and State wire-tapping laws on behalf of our current lawless madministration. His current stance: no opinion. In fact, […]

  • Obama and Jones

    Barack Obama swung by Chapel Hill tonight in his on-going attempt to clinch his party’s nomination. As David Price noted, for the first time in decades North Carolina is relevant – and we have an opportunity to push Obama over the top. As with many political events, the rally, scheduled for 9:30pm kicked off promptly […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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: Incumbents Strategy Disservice to Our Community

    I’ll be wrapping my election coverage up in a series of posts, including a big thank you for all of you that “had my back”, but, before that, I just read these two items from today’s newspapers that underline why the incumbents strategy of disengagement was so corrosive – and was quite a shameful disservice […]

  • Election 2007: IndyWeek Endorsement,Booker Creek and the Incumbents

    X-posted from my campaign website. The Indy found fault with my style of dissent. I’m a big guy, have a deep voice and am passionate about my well-researched issues. I believe I’m respectful in my appearances before Council (example). Folks have told me that I’m tough but fair. The Indy’s criticism, no matter how emotionally […]