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.
Category: Opinion
The fragility of small and local
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.
BIG CITY: Big-boxing us in
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.â€
Letter: Meter man overzealous
It was a balmy Saturday morning in Chapel Hill, a relaxed time for farmers’ markets and yard sales.
Letter: Unfair redistricting
Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Orange County and Democratic women are redistricting targets, with extensive gerrymandering and districts placing Democrats against each other.
CORRECTION
Chapel Hill Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt was incorrectly identified in a story in last week’s Citizen. The Citizen regrets the error.
BIG CITY: Mapping the future in local politics
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.
KidSCope meets mental health needs
By Linda Foxworth
As difficult as it is to imagine, children as young as 2 or 3 years old may have depression or anxiety.
Government and stewardship
By Dan Coleman
It is not often that a North Carolina city finds itself featured on the front page of the New York Times.
Letter: James Crow Jr. Esq.
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.
Letter: Does a library expansion make sense?
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.
BIG CITY: Strange difficulty in recognizing a win
By Kirk Ross
Hey, all you library patrons, here’s something for your summer reading list:
Letter: Above and beyond
My family has always enjoyed going to the Carrboro Branch Library.
Letter: 21st Century Farmers’ Markets
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 …
Proposed Medicaid cuts misguided
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.