Maybe because I’m a rule follower I don’t get the appeal of appealing the permanent injunction issued Aug. 2 against Chapel Hill’s towing and cell phone ordinances. But last Wednesday, in a special Town Council meeting called before the Sept. 4 deadline to appeal, six of nine council members voted to file an appeal for […]
All posts for the month August, 2012
“Towing” the line
Posted by Nancy Oates on August 27, 2012
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/08/27/towing-the-line-2/
Compliance
Town Council meets Wednesday night in closed session to discuss what, if any, further action to take after the court issued a permanent injunction against the town’s towing and cell phone ordinances. As an olive branch after he won his lawsuit, the owner of George’s Towing put up new signs in the lots he monitors […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on August 20, 2012
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/08/20/parking-meters/
See the world
Come see the world with me, and all it will cost is a couple of gallons of gas. Granted, with the supply chain disruptions in the Midwest – a ruptured pipeline in Wisconsin and equipment problems that shut down refineries in Indiana and Illinois – that’s nearly the cost of a couple of lattes a […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on August 13, 2012
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/08/13/see-the-world/
Missed the podium
We can’t blame town attorney Ralph Karpinos’ go-for-the-gold spirit on the Olympics. The issues he pressed forward on that landed the town on the wrong side of lawsuits began long before the qualifying rounds began. And as gymnast and Olympic silver medalist McKayla Maroney found out yesterday, sometimes despite all your preparations and efforts, you […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on August 6, 2012
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/08/06/missed-the-podium/