How can voters help the county meet its obligations to citizens in these difficult times without raising property taxes? You can vote “Yes†for the quarter-cent Sales and Use Tax, which will not apply to groceries and gas.
Category: Opinion
Endorsement Letter: Vote for Hilliard
As a UNC graduate and a concerned resident of Chapel Hill, I believe it is time for change in our state Senate.
FOR THE RECORD
Compared to a lot of places, we’re getting just a small taste of the bitter fruit of the Citizens United decision.
How the sales tax would be used
Nov. 2, Orange County voters have an opportunity to express their opinion on whether to enact a one-quarter percent local-option sales and use tax.
How private is your ‘private’ medical information?
Do you know who’s peeking at your private medical information? Who do you think should be?
Letter: Cool contest
When the temperature dropped last week, I wondered how soon it would be before we needed to turn on the heat in our house.
Endorsement Letter: Vote McKee
I can only wonder how the current board would have voted if Earl McKee, the Democratic candidate for the District II seat on the board, had not spoke up for the citizens of Orange County and encouraged the board to table this idea.
Endorsement Letter: Sales tax too much
Several prominent groups in town are supporting the proposed sales tax increase for Orange County residents. Sure, it’s a small increase; but all added up, we’ll have an 8 percent sales tax, and that’s just too much.
FOR THE RECORD
Right call on Smith Level; Made his mark
North Carolina’s broken emergency mental health system
A while ago, my friend fell and broke her hip and knee. What happened next was exactly what should happen in a crisis. …
Lottery without limits
The recent report by Sarah Ovaska of N.C. Policy Watch that the percentage of revenue raised by the N.C. Education Lottery going to education programs has dropped to 29 percent is sparking a renewed debate about the lottery and the wisdom of funding recurring programs with its proceeds. And it’s long overdue.
Endorsement Letter: North Carolinians of the 23rd district are fighting to hold a promise.
Five weeks out from perhaps the most pivotal election period in two decades, residents of Orange and Person counties are supporting a new candidate for the North Carolina Senate.
Letter: Thanks, music lovers
The 13th annual Carrboro Music Festival took place on Sunday, Sept. 26th, and, for the first time, we had to deal with a serious rainfall.
Letter: Take time to learn about mental illness
Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW) takes place Oct. 3-9. It’s an opportunity to learn more about serious mental illnesses such as major depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
North & South
Balancing the roles and responsibilities of overlapping governments has always been a challenge and from time to time, there is considerably more tension in the task than at others.