Terri Buckner has long been interested in the livability of our community. Here’s her take on the role of policing in Chapel Hill: In March of 2011, the Chapel Hill Town Council, in response to a community-generated petition, created the Community Policing Advisory Committee as one of its standing advisory boards. The citizen petitions which […]
Real community policing
Posted by Nancy Oates on January 16, 2012
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/01/16/real-community-policing/
Apologies due
At Monday night’s council meeting, Donna Bell said she was sorry that Katelyn Ferral was detained while covering a story at the Yates building but acknowledged that when you run with the big dogs, sometimes you get sprayed with drool. Those weren’t Bell’s exact words, but that was the gist of her response to Laurin […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on January 11, 2012
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/01/11/apologies-due/
Good news, bad news
Last night’s Town Council meeting (which didn’t end until early this morning) yielded good news and bad news. The good news: Council passed all three resolutions and all three ordinances to tighten development restrictions in the Northside community. The bad news: The town has no money to enforce them. The Neighborhood Conservation District status put […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on January 10, 2012
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/01/10/good-news-bad-news/
Fiscally happy New Year
Town manager Roger Stancil must have eaten his New Year’s Day Hoppin’ John on behalf of the town this year. When Town Council resumes meetings tonight, council members will vote on whether to accept money from several sources. The consent agenda asks council to accept $5,000 from OWASA toward Code Red, a service that notifies […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on January 9, 2012
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/01/09/fiscally-happy-new-year/
To our health
Tonight Dr. Bill Roper, CEO of UNC Health Care System, and Brad Wilson, CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina, will unveil plans for a new clinic that they expect will provide better patient care and reduce health-care costs. They’ll give their presentation at 6 p.m. in Town Council Chambers at Town Hall. No […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on January 5, 2012
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/01/05/to-our-health/
New year resolutions?
Council meetings resume one week from tonight. Here’s a glimpse of what may grace the agenda in 2012: Homeless shelter’s Good Neighbor Plan: A Better Site representatives are participating in the meetings, but IFC won’t allow the proceedings to be recorded. A Better Site wants teeth to the plan, consequences if the tenets are violated; […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on January 2, 2012
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/01/02/new-year-resolutions/
2011 highlights
A sign in the window of the tax office at Town Hall, where about a dozen of us were waiting to pay our taxes yesterday around lunchtime, lists various products the town sells to market itself: flags, tote bags, books and ball caps. As I totaled up my various tax bills – vehicle, business, real […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on December 29, 2011
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2011/12/29/2011-highlights/
Deck the bushes
Instead of studying the night before his last final exam, a UNC student drove to Winston-Salem to show his girlfriend the Christmas lights display at Tanglewood Park. He said it was well worth the long wait to get in and the $10-per-car fee ($15 on weekends). The holiday spirit eludes me this year, and a […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on December 21, 2011
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2011/12/21/deck-the-bushes/
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
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2011/12/13/rubygate/
Parade notes
When I saw a silver Osprey-like plane fly over Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at quarter to 10 Saturday morning, I thought, This holiday parade will be like no other. And in one sense, it wasn’t: There were no visible politicians in it. They may have been there: A few sedan-style cars drove by with […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on December 12, 2011
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2011/12/12/parade-notes/