Bill Strom started it, then Penny Rich took advantage, too; then Lydia Lavelle and now Ellie Kinnaird. All left office between elections, leaving a small group of politicians to select their successors. And if Valerie Foushee is appointed to Kinnaird’s seat, a small group of politicians will decide who takes her seat as District 50 […]
All posts for the month August, 2013
Elected or selected?
Posted by Nancy Oates on August 26, 2013
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2013/08/26/elected-or-selected/
Who reads this?
Blame it on the way I was raised – clamming up when accused of a wrong didn’t absolve me of the punishment. My parents’ strategy to raise responsible, contributing members of society didn’t include Miranda’s right to remain silent. They heard out my side, if I was willing to talk, then judged, ruled and implemented. […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on August 19, 2013
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2013/08/19/who-reads-this/
3 Birds struggles to fly
When it first hatched in 2010, 3 Birds could have nested anywhere in the country. The three founders – Layton and Kristen Judd and Leonard Wohadlo – chose Chapel Hill, in part because of the proximity to the young talent pool provided by UNC. Initially, 3 Birds hired as many as a dozen interns a […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on August 12, 2013
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2013/08/12/3-birds-struggles-to-fly/
Hit the gas
It’s not that no news happens while Chapel Hill public information officer Catherine Lazorko is away, it’s just that no one finds out about it until she returns. In the wee hours of Friday morning, gasoline spilled from a tank at the BP Family Fare in the 1200 block of MLK Jr. Boulevard that had […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on August 5, 2013
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2013/08/05/hit-the-gas/