At Monday night’s council meeting, Donna Bell said she was sorry that Katelyn Ferral was detained while covering a story at the Yates building but acknowledged that when you run with the big dogs, sometimes you get sprayed with drool. Those weren’t Bell’s exact words, but that was the gist of her response to Laurin […]
All posts for the month January, 2012
Apologies due
Posted by Nancy Oates on January 11, 2012
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/01/11/apologies-due/
Good news, bad news
Last night’s Town Council meeting (which didn’t end until early this morning) yielded good news and bad news. The good news: Council passed all three resolutions and all three ordinances to tighten development restrictions in the Northside community. The bad news: The town has no money to enforce them. The Neighborhood Conservation District status put […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on January 10, 2012
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/01/10/good-news-bad-news/
Fiscally happy New Year
Town manager Roger Stancil must have eaten his New Year’s Day Hoppin’ John on behalf of the town this year. When Town Council resumes meetings tonight, council members will vote on whether to accept money from several sources. The consent agenda asks council to accept $5,000 from OWASA toward Code Red, a service that notifies […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on January 9, 2012
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/01/09/fiscally-happy-new-year/
Silencing Sam
The headline on the front page of the Monday edition of The News & Observer was “New perspectives mark Civil War anniversary.” The story described how North Carolina wants to tell us about the war by including everyone and every issue that was involved during the 150th anniversary events planned for the next several years. […]
Posted by Don Evans on January 6, 2012
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/01/06/silencing-sam/
To our health
Tonight Dr. Bill Roper, CEO of UNC Health Care System, and Brad Wilson, CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina, will unveil plans for a new clinic that they expect will provide better patient care and reduce health-care costs. They’ll give their presentation at 6 p.m. in Town Council Chambers at Town Hall. No […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on January 5, 2012
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/01/05/to-our-health/
New year resolutions?
Council meetings resume one week from tonight. Here’s a glimpse of what may grace the agenda in 2012: Homeless shelter’s Good Neighbor Plan: A Better Site representatives are participating in the meetings, but IFC won’t allow the proceedings to be recorded. A Better Site wants teeth to the plan, consequences if the tenets are violated; […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on January 2, 2012
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/01/02/new-year-resolutions/