Smart Transit for Orange County writes: Smart Transit for Orange County is asking voters to vote “NO” (AGAINST) the transit tax so that a better plan can be developed. The diverse group of pro-transit leaders from the towns and the county who joined together to oppose the transit tax referendum said the tax increase would […]
All posts for the month October, 2012
Yesterday’s transit tomorrow
Posted by Nancy Oates on October 29, 2012
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/10/29/yesterdays-transit-tomorrow/
Policy goes; bus ads stay
At 11:20 last night, Town Council voted to suspend Chapel Hill’s bus ad policy. In a memo slipped to council members during the evening, town manager Roger Stancil explained that the bus ad policy the town approved in June 2011 prohibited any transit advertising of a religious or political nature. Thus, once transit work crews […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on October 25, 2012
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/10/25/policy-goes-bus-ads-stay/
The art of the deal
Ah, the nuggets you find tucked away in Town Council’s consent agenda, those items council members vote to approve without comment, unless a council member pulls an item for further discussion. The consent agenda for this week’s council meeting – moved to Wednesday again this week – includes a request to approve the 2012-13 public […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on October 22, 2012
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/10/22/the-art-of-the-deal/
Table talk
John Ager is a member of the Planning Board and co-facilitated the recent Central West Focus Area meetings. Here’s what he has to say: A fundamental challenge lies at the heart of the “Central West Focus Area” debate. This area contains some of the town’s oldest and loveliest neighborhoods. No one is surprised when the […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on October 15, 2012
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/10/15/table-talk/
Participate?
Lifelong Democrat Garrison Keillor announced he was going to switch parties to become a Republican because he didn’t want to have to care anymore. Taxpayers who participated in the grueling CH2020 process and small area plan meetings know the feeling. After eight months of public participation in CH2020 – more than a year for the […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on October 8, 2012
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/10/08/participate/
ACLU v. Chapel Hill
The next lawsuit shaping up could pit Chapel Hill against the ACLU. On Friday, town attorney Ralph Karpinos received a letter from the legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina warning that constitutionally the town can’t bar the ad placed on town buses by Church of Reconciliation that advocates for the […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on October 1, 2012
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/10/01/aclu-v-chapel-hill/