For 15 years, UNC has lobbied to close Horace Williams Airport, but the tiny landing strip at the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Estes Drive Extension has amazing staying power. Now, with the help of a petulant board of governors, UNC may get its wish. Built in 1928 in what was then […]
All posts for the month September, 2017
Opportunity cloaked in petulance
Posted by Nancy Oates on September 25, 2017
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2017/09/25/opportunity-cloaked-in-petulance/
Fighting back for DACA
Donald Trump seems to delight in causing chaos, regardless of the consequences. Like a toddler in the throes of a temper-tantrum, breaking everything he can get his little hands on, Trump gets attention through the disruption he creates. And Congress, the only authority figure that can put him in time out, instead stands to the […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on September 18, 2017
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2017/09/18/fighting-back-for-daca/
Season Premiere
Some of the candidates for Town Council attended our season opener on Wednesday. I hope those who stayed through the development agreement discussion do not rue their decision to run. The Sept. 6 council meeting gave candidates an accurate picture of some of the tortuous discussions we get ourselves into. Council is beta testing holding […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on September 11, 2017
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2017/09/11/season-premiere/
Pioneering the Innovation District
Credit the JOBS Act for two recent Carolina grads stepping off a clear path to success and choosing to pioneer Chapel Hill’s fledgling Innovation District. Then-President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups legislation in 2012 to remove some obstacles to success for entrepreneurs. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s new regulations were finally enacted in […]
Posted by NancyDon on September 4, 2017
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2017/09/04/pioneering-the-innovation-district/