Breaking inauspicious

2 Comments

1. 

   Del Snow

    /  June 16, 2014

   The question that you ask is one that should be asked and could have been asked many times over the past 5 or so years.

   Chapel Hill has seen a decided shift in the council’s steering of our future. From a time when Chapel Hill’s brand was capitalized upon, environmental protection was a serious goal rather than a catch phrase and citizen contributions were respected, we’ve come to an almost Raleigh-like shift in attitude. The majority of our current council has taken a patronizing and arrogant stance toward the people that they are paid to represent. Well, at least toward the residents that they are supposed to represent.

   One has to wonder why a council that has been pressing the need for more commercial development, blind to the effects on our local businesses, is concentrating on advancing more and more high-priced residential development. What I’ve noted is that the mantra of alleged economic benefits, which flies in the face of reality, is repeated over and over again despite hard factual evidence that clearly proves otherwise.

   Those of us who are on to the manipulation and disregarding of well researched policy initiatives will take no delight in saying “I told you so” when our tax rates are raised more and more and quality of life and services decrease in tandem.

   The bottom line answer to your question, Nancy, is I would not count on the current council’s “moral fiber.”

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   Deborah Fulghieri

    /  June 20, 2014

   Interestingly, the Town closed Prestwick Road to the public for 2+ years, for the exclusive use of the builders of Mr Perry’s East 54. Jolly nice of the Town to maintain the road for them.