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 [...]
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Participate?
Posted by Nancy Oates on October 8, 2012
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/10/08/participate/
CH2020 win
Town Council approved CH2020 last night during Part 1 of its two-episode season finale. The vote came after nearly three hours of public comment and council discussion. As with any good drama, there was a plot twist – the Planning Board came up with a list of last-minute changes. And there was a very interesting [...]
Posted by Nancy Oates on June 26, 2012
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/06/26/ch2020-win/
Timing
Gene Pease put it in a nutshell last night. In response to the concept plan review for Carolina Flats presented by Florida developer Russ Greer of Progressive Capital Group, Pease said, “Your timing is lousy.” After Greer and Scott Radway presented the “back of the envelope” plan, as Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt called it, and a [...]
Posted by Nancy Oates on April 24, 2012
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/04/24/timing/
Rubygate
What does it take to get kicked off a volunteer committee? Ruby Sinreich found out recently when she was called on the carpet for some inappropriate tweets she sent during a CH2020 meeting. Sinreich was the co-chair of the outreach committee, and feeling frustrated during a CH2020 meeting, she tweeted publicly a derogatory comment that [...]
Posted by Nancy Oates on December 13, 2011
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2011/12/13/rubygate/