For Brownstein I am a student at UNC, having graduated from East two years ago. I have had the pleasure to look at the ideas that Dr. Brownstein brings to the table in her bid for school board, and I believe that what I see is what Chapel Hill/Carrboro needs. We need school board members…
Category: Opinion
Letter: Voyce responds
Quite contrary indeed, if your concern for public health is founded on pocketing meager financial savings from not getting your livestock immunized against disease. I read with interest Ms. Prince’s column (“Wrong on goats,†Sept. 3) about how her goats don’t require immunization (and she shouldn’t pay a cat- or dog-type license fee). I’ll rest…
Correction
In our recent annual dining guide, we had the name of the Ethiopian restaurant in Timberlyne wrong. It is Queen of Sheba’s. We suggest you try the wat.
Make the insurance companies do the right thing on health care reform
By Julian Sereno A friend and fellow small-business owner has just hired a lawyer to sue her health insurance company. She said they invented a pre-existing condition so they could avoid paying for doctor bills that resulted from a recent auto accident. They want to refund the premiums and leave her holding the bill.
Letter: Berryhill bike lanes unnecessary
Bike lanes on busy thoroughfares are an important safety measure and should be installed wherever possible. However, when installed on quiet side streets with very light traffic, they call to mind Sarah Palin’s “bridge to nowhere.†The bike lanes installed on both sides of Berryhill Drive, a quiet residential side street with very light traffic,…
Letter: Shelton remembered
We lost an important and influential member of our community when Karen Shelton died recently. Karen, a painter, conceived of and spearheaded the creation of the 2ndFriday Artwalk, which has become a favored institution here in Carrboro and in Chapel Hill – and for that alone, we are all indebted to her. For years, Karen…
Carrboro’s business wish list
By Dan Coleman Serving on the Carrboro Board of Aldermen, I hear a lot about what residents think would improve the town. Although these conversations can pertain to any area of government or community life, business is among the most prominent topics. Here are some of the most desired businesses for Carrboro, based on what…
Letter to the editor: Letter writer wrong
I was puzzled by the hostility in the op-ed piece written by Marianne Prince regarding the keeping of farm animals in urban environments (Sept. 3). It is obvious to me that Ms. Prince doesn’t know either Brian or Sharon or their motivations in regulating “urban homesteading.†She contends that rabies is rare in goats, and…
Real commitment or empty rhetoric?
By Chris Fitzsimon When Gov. Beverly Perdue ordered state agencies to cut another 5 percent of their budgets two weeks ago, the executive order exempted Medicaid, public schools and Health Choice, the state’s health care program for children. The cuts came a week after Perdue signed the state budget that made almost $2 billion in…
Teachers need a career path too
By Jennifer Colletti I am a bright, ambitious young professional. I am also a high school teacher. Contrary to popular belief, these two things are not mutually exclusive — at least not during the first few years of a teaching career. While earning my master’s degree from UNC’s education school, I scoffed at the oft-cited…
Test scores are up? Kind of? Maybe?
By Steve Peha This past school year, almost every school in North Carolina made test score gains in reading, math and science. So what accounted for this? Did we: (A) implement new instructional methods? (B) lengthen the school day or the school year? (C) buy more computers? (D) none of the above.
Was 2000-2007 the U.S.’s new Gilded Age? Try platinum.
By Elaine Mejia In American history, the “Gilded Age†refers to the late 19th Century period in which the nation’s population grew rapidly, along with the wealth and excesses of America’s upper class. The wealth gap between the richest and poorest Americans soared as corporate “robber barons†hoarded vast fortunes. After a brief improvement during…
Letter: Wrong on goats, wrong for Carrboro
I am one of many urban homesteaders in Carrboro. My two backyard fainting goats have reduced decades of overgrown ivy and honeysuckle to a non-invasive status. We chose fainting goats for their gentle, non-climbing reputation. Goats have been allowed in Carrboro for decades. On Aug. 25, the board of aldermen voted to change the tract…
Letter: In support of Brownstein
My family moved to Chapel Hill six and a half years ago from Florida. My husband and I have two children who attend the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school district. After a recent article (8/13) on the candidates running for the district school board, I felt the need to make known and clarify the qualifications of Michelle…
Chatham’s new commuter bus service is a first step toward sustainable public transportation
By Jeffrey Starkweather Monday morning, my wife, a UNC employee, skipped her usual indoor bicycling exercise. Instead, she walked 23 minutes to the Chatham County Courthouse in downtown Pittsboro to catch a free bus ride to work. Rather than driving her car as usual along U.S. 15-501, she got on a 7:08 a.m. Chapel Hill…