Everyone wants progress; no one wants change. – Soren Kierkegaard We should unfurl that wisdom on a banner over the dais in Town Council chambers, because that sums up the theme of nearly every council meeting. Development proposals dominate our weekly agendas. Every new development brings with it troublesome side effects. In order to be […]
All posts for the month December, 2018
Goodbye, 2018
Posted by Nancy Oates on December 31, 2018
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2018/12/31/goodbye-2018/
Touchstones
The holidays seem to be more hectic this year, perhaps because I had this idea that after we finished our Dec. 5 Town Council meeting and wouldn’t resume meeting until our work session on Jan. 9, I would have a month’s vacation. It didn’t work out that way. Deadlines continued, as did advisory board meetings. […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on December 24, 2018
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2018/12/24/touchstones/
Learn the History
When I heard Chancellor Folt blithely announce the plans to spend $5.3 million to build a home for a Confederate monument that glorifies the South’s willingness to go to war to preserve slavery, I wondered whether anyone had briefed her on the battle to build the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black History and Culture. […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on December 18, 2018
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2018/12/18/learn-the-history/
Shelter From the Storm
I had intended to write about the Silent Sam decision, after first going to the holiday reception Sunday afternoon at the home of UNC Chancellor Carol Folt and collecting opinions of some of the top brass at the university who have attended in the past. But then it snowed, and the party was […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on December 10, 2018
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2018/12/10/shelter-from-the-storm-2/
People + Places = Community
I spent last Saturday morning in a workshop sponsored by the Historic District Commission that emphasized the importance of community to our quality of life. I spent the afternoon talking with low-income seniors and people with disabilities about how the town could be more livable for them. The issues they brought up had at their […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on December 3, 2018
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2018/12/03/people-places-community/