I flat out enjoy canvassing. When else can I knock on a stranger’s door and start a conversation? After weeks of traipsing through neighborhoods all over town, I feel confident about giving directions to any Amazon Prime driver. Regardless of what part of town I’m in, someone on whose door I’ve knocked will ask me, […]
All posts for the month October, 2019
Look before you vote
Posted by Nancy Oates on October 28, 2019
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2019/10/28/look-before-you-vote/
How to be inclusive
We can’t legislate kindness. If we could, that would have been my answer to a question posed at the candidates forum hosted by WCHL last week. Chapelboro on-air personality Aaron Keck, who moderated the forum, asked candidates: What’s the most important thing Chapel Hill can do to make itself a more welcoming and inclusive community? […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on October 21, 2019
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2019/10/21/how-to-be-inclusive/
Endorsements
When I sat in the audience, mining Town Council meetings for material for my Chapel Hill Watch blog, solutions to the problems council members wrestled with seemed so obvious. Once I was elected and shifted my seat to the dais, the answers weren’t so black-and-white. The job requires more nuance, discernment, balance and patience than […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on October 14, 2019
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2019/10/14/endorsements/