We can’t blame town attorney Ralph Karpinos’ go-for-the-gold spirit on the Olympics. The issues he pressed forward on that landed the town on the wrong side of lawsuits began long before the qualifying rounds began. And as gymnast and Olympic silver medalist McKayla Maroney found out yesterday, sometimes despite all your preparations and efforts, you […]
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Missed the podium
Posted by Nancy Oates on August 6, 2012
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/08/06/missed-the-podium/
Court goes to the dogs
Government by gut feeling has spread from the Town Council dais to the District Court bench. Last week Lunsford Long, the newest District Court judge in North Carolina’s District 15-B, covering Orange and Chatham counties, presided over a case in which a pet owner sued Orange County to exempt her dog from a state-mandated six-month […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on July 18, 2011
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2011/07/18/court-goes-to-the-dogs/
Supreme Court on VOE
The Supreme Court struck down a portion of Arizona’s Voter Owned Election law on Monday. North Carolina is one of four other states that have a provision similar to what the nation’s highest court deemed unconstitutional. But town attorney Ralph Karpinos said the ruling won’t affect Chapel Hill’s VOE program. The ruling did not invalidate […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on June 30, 2011
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2011/06/30/supreme-court-on-voe/
Order in the court
Last week the N.C. Court of Appeals vacated a child custody order issued by Chief District Court Judge Joe Buckner in 2007, on the grounds that Buckner’s order contained “patently false” information. The decision written by N.C. Appellate Court Judge Rick Elmore noted that Buckner entered the custody order without hearing any evidence. Elmore also […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on January 4, 2011
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2011/01/04/order-in-the-court/