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Category: Opinion

Districts violate Voting Rights Act

Posted on August 4, 2011August 4, 2011 by Staff

By Ellie Kinnaird
To add salt to the wounds, they wrote into the bills that the local governments could not hold a referendum to change the districts for 10 years. So much for local control.

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The fragility of small and local

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Staff

The recent announcements of the closings of two small, locally owned and operated businesses is a somber wake-up call that even in our relatively insulated community, the poor economy is taking a real toll.

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BIG CITY: Big-boxing us in

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Staff


By Kirk Ross

The Town of Chapel Hill could raise a considerable sum of money if it added a fee that charged developers every time they used the phrase “big-box.”

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Letter: Meter man overzealous

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Staff

It was a balmy Saturday morning in Chapel Hill, a relaxed time for farmers’ markets and yard sales.

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Letter: Unfair redistricting

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Staff

Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Orange County and Democratic women are redistricting targets, with extensive gerrymandering and districts placing Democrats against each other.

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CORRECTION

Posted on July 28, 2011July 28, 2011 by Staff

Chapel Hill Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt was incorrectly identified in a story in last week’s Citizen. The Citizen regrets the error.

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BIG CITY: Mapping the future in local politics

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Staff

by Kirk Ross
This is a family newspaper, so I’ll just say, What The Hey?
The new redistricting plans for the North Carolina House and Senate were released last week, and it turns out that Democratic Reps. Joe Hackney and Verla Insko live in the same newly drawn House district. Fancy that.

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KidSCope meets mental health needs

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Staff

By Linda Foxworth
As difficult as it is to imagine, children as young as 2 or 3 years old may have depression or anxiety.

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Government and stewardship

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Staff

By Dan Coleman
It is not often that a North Carolina city finds itself featured on the front page of the New York Times.

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Letter: James Crow Jr. Esq.

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Staff

With the extraordinary rise in income inequality in this country, it is no surprise that the worshippers of wealth would work to shrink the democratic franchise for poor people.

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Letter: Does a library expansion make sense?

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Staff

As a taxpayer in both Chapel Hill and Orange County, and as a lifelong supporter of library funding, I now find that I strongly oppose following through with current library expansion plans at the town and county levels.

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BIG CITY: Strange difficulty in recognizing a win

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Staff

By Kirk Ross
Hey, all you library patrons, here’s something for your summer reading list:

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Letter: Above and beyond

Posted on July 14, 2011July 14, 2011 by Staff

My family has always enjoyed going to the Carrboro Branch Library.

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Letter: 21st Century Farmers’ Markets

Posted on July 14, 2011July 14, 2011 by Staff

If you have used your debit or credit card or your Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) benefits at Carrboro Farmers’ Market and received tokens to buy local farm products …

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Proposed Medicaid cuts misguided

Posted on July 14, 2011July 14, 2011 by Staff

By Verla Insko

Official Washington is gripped by heated and contentious budget talks that include many misguided ideas for reducing federal spending on health care.

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