Category: CivilLiberties
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Sign, Sign Everywhere a Sign…
This time last year I was catching 14 winks in preparation for election day. Earlier in the evening I had made the rounds collecting my outlying signs for redeployment. About 3 hours from now, I was leaping out of bed to fill some balloons, say a hasty goodbye to the family and rush to pick […]
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Election Signs 2006, Care And Feeding
Maintaining election signs feels like an art form. During the 2005 election season, I plotted various energy saving routes to “care and feed” for my signs as I drove around town on regular errands. Two birds with one stone, so to speak. I didn’t just fix my own signs. Heck, at one point I’d repaired […]
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Vote No on Orange County Districting Referendum, Another No from Katz
A resounding NO from former Orange County Democratic Party chair Barry Katz in his Oct. 28th LTE to the Chapel Hill News: I will vote no on the ballot referendum to restructure the Orange County commissioners. First, there hasn’t been enough public debate on the merits of change, and I oppose change without voters’ understanding […]
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Vote No on Orange County Districting Referendum
Thank you Orange County League of Women Voters for sponsoring tonight’s forum. There were 15-20 folks in the audience this evening, including former BOCC candidate Artie Franklin, current BOCC candidate Jamie Daniel and Superior Court District 15B candidate Chuck Anderson. Fright-night, referendum style, came a day late as Moses Carey pretty much reprized his earlier […]
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Fool me once, shame on you…: Possible Republican Judge Election Trickery
According to WCHL1360 some kind of organized tomfoolery is going on at the Morehead Planetarium polling place Some students from UNC Chapel Hill are working to get votes for Conservative judges, but are not always transparent in their efforts. Chapel Hill attorney Bob Epting says a young woman approached him outside the polling place and […]
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Nov. 1st: Carey, CitizenWill and the 2006 Redistricting Referendum in Hillsborough
I’m once again on the hot seat tomorrow as pro-referendum Orange County Commissioner Moses Carey (and legions of staffers) try to counter my pro-democracy arguments against local election redistricting 😉 Seriously, if folks walk away understanding how this redistricting actually diminishes “small d†democracy, distorts voter-power, potentially overweights rural influence and that other, better, alternatives […]
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Chapel Hill, a “self-consciously quaint” destination….
Local ‘blogger Mark Kleinschmidt (and fellow 2005 Council candidate) alerts Chapel Hillian’s to an upgrade (?) in our image.
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Judge Free Speech
As I’ve mentioned a few times before, I’m hooked on the ‘blog CreditSlips, “A blog on all things about credit and bankruptcy. We are seven academics who will use this space to do what we like to do when we get together–discussing and debating what does happen and what should happen when consumers and businesses […]
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Greensboro’s Chief Problem: PleadTheFirst’s Timeline
PleadTheFirst’s PotatoStew documents the unfolding drama of Greensboro’s Chief Wray RMA report debacle. PotatoStew is an excellent political cartoonist with a great sense of humor (his ‘blogs tagline is “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of an unnecessary blog, or prohibiting the free posting therein.”).
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Here comes the Judge: Superior Court District 15B Oct. 16th Bar Forum
There were 20+ folks tonight – with a couple from the media – maybe 4 or 5 organizers – some town staff and the balance being interested citizens. I was already convinced that District 15B voters have a heck of slate of candidates before them – tonight I was more impressed than ever. Very simply […]
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Oct. 16th Superior Court 15B Forum: Opening
Opening statements. I botched Mr. Stein’s statement. Later this week I hope to retrieve a video copy from the cable telecast. youTube link to opening statements.
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Oct. 16th Superior Court 15B Forum: Electing Judges
youTube link to video on electing Superior Court judges.
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Oct. 16th Superior Court 15B Forum: Judicial Temperament
youTube link to video on judicial temperament.
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Oct. 16th Superior Court 15B Forum: Staying Current with the Law
youTube link to video on staying current with the law, the legal profession and trends thereof….
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Oct. 16th Superior Court 15B Forum: High Profile Cases
youTube video on handling of high profile cases.