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Letters to the Editor: 10/11/07

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Staff

Sports fan

Hold on a second… Your paper has been doing a great job covering local news and sports, especially what’s happening in our middle schools. But you seem to be a little biased toward some of the schools. For example, in the most recent issue, the piece about recent tennis and track matches between McDougle and Smith Middle Schools, instead of starting the piece with who won, Smith, you chose your headline to reflect who lost, McDougle. Shouldn’t your coverage be a little more neutral?

Janet Whitesides
Mom of Smith Middle 6th grader

Festival thanks

The tenth annual Carrboro Music Festival occurred on Sunday, Sept. 30th and was again blessed with gorgeous weather and a large crowd of delighted attendees. I have heard many wonderful comments over the last few days and I’d like to send out my personal thanks to all who contributed to that special day.

A great deal of pre-event planning and a Herculean effort on event day is required for its success. Thank you to the Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department with special kudos to recreation supervisor Kim Andrews and recreation administrator Dennis Joines. I’d also like to thank the Public Works Department and streets superintendent David Poythress, the Police Department and Captain Joel Booker and the Fire Department under Fire Chief Travis Crabtree.
Many thanks to the 2007 volunteer committee members — Charlie Berry, Catherine DeVine, Tony Galiani, Jackie Helvey, Meg McGurk, Ellen Perry and Janet Place — for months of meetings and for working rather than relaxing on event day. Finally, thanks to all the generous sponsors, the venues and all the musicians who donate their time and abilities. The Carrboro Music Festival would not be what it is without all of you.

Gerry Williams
Festival Coordinator

Questions for candidates

How do we know if the Carrboro alderman candidates will represent the interests of the town and not just their neighborhoods? There is an excellent test case for the candidates from the Highlands neighborhood, Brian Voyce, Katrina Ryan and Sharon Cook. Claymore Road runs directly through the Highlands, and two developments are planned adjacent to the Highland where Claymore ends. To provide access and connectivity, it has been proposed that Claymore be continued to connect with Reynard and Tallyho Roads to the north. Voyce and Ryan have publicly expressed their strong opposition to opening up Claymore to vehicular traffic, citing the narrow roadway, lack of sidewalks and safety of children.

Claymore is essentially a cul-de-sac now, so opening it up to traffic could adversely affect their neighborhood. But if Claymore stays closed, where would all the new traffic go? The only other option is Reynard and Tallyho. These roads are also narrow and new residents would travel much further than the route through Claymore (for a video comparison see http://millboro.com/roads).

As a member of the Transportation Advisory Board, I have heard from Tallyho residents who would like to open up both Claymore and Reynard/Tallyho, so that the traffic burden is shared between both neighborhoods. If these developments go forward, would Voyce, Ryan or Cook support opening up Claymore Road to avoid pushing all the burden on to their neighbors to the north? Would they consider traffic calming measures on Claymore to mitigate the impact? How would they balance their own interests with the town as a whole?

Charlie Hileman
Carrboro

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