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Category: Opinion

Save our students or the booster clubs?

Posted on April 23, 2009April 23, 2009 by Staff

By Chris Fitzsimon Senate finance chairman David Hoyle announced this week that the Senate tax package would be released next Wednesday, and it seems all but certain that it will expand the base of sales and income taxes and lower the overall rates. The budget the Senate passed last week counts on $500 million from…

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Something strange is happening in Chatham: Everyone’s uniting to eat, drink and raise revenue

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Staff

By Jeffrey Starkweather and Randy Voller Something strange is happening in politically polarized Chatham County. All ideological persuasions are uniting behind the same financially potent but missing brew – cocktails with meals. But without the usual conflict, will voters show up for the May 5th countywide mixed-beverage referendum?

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Public financing of local elections a logical step

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Staff

By Bob Phillips The anti-democracy reform crowd is at it again — spreading misinformation about campaign finance reform. Their current target is House Bill 120, a fairly innocuous proposal in the state Legislature to provide municipalities the legal authority to experiment with public financing of local elections. It’s something the town of Chapel Hill will…

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We must get past ‘urgency denial’ on climate change

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Staff

By Jim Warren Chances are, you’re concerned about climate change. Unfortunately, it’s probably much worse than you realize. Severe climate changes are occurring at an accelerating rate. Our planet is in crisis, according to the world’s top scientists, and corrective measures that are proven and economically beneficial need to be implemented now. In North Carolina,…

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Letter to the Editor: Walk Carrboro

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Staff

You reported on 4/9 that, “The Local Living Economy Task Force hopes to launch educational campaigns,” which will help tell Carrboro citizens what’s available to them right here in town. As president of the 4-month-old Carrboro Merchants Association and the founder, along with my wife Helen, of the Walk Carrboro map, website and advertising campaign,…

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Letter to the Editor: Council made the right call

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Staff

Bravo to the town council and good riddance to proponents of development and destruction. These developers are all about making money at the expense of nature. Environmental concerns and “growth we can believe in” are secondary. This decision is a victory for Chapel Hill and a rude awakening for developers who think they can always get…

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Way to go Tar Heels

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Staff

Love, loyalty, hard work and determination. Even if you are not a big fan of the University of North Carolina men’s varsity basketball program or a fan of the game itself, you have to appreciate the way in which the team won the biggest of dances and brought home a national championship trophy. If you…

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Fuller’s message

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Staff

Howard Fuller returned to Chapel Hill last week to speak as part of the university’s Poverty Awareness Week. Fuller was a key player in civil rights struggles in this area beginning as a student volunteer for the North Carolina Fund, which was set up to address poverty and its effects in the state. He later…

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The open mind of John Hope Franklin

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Staff

By Alvis Dunn The life of John Hope Franklin has now been celebrated, as it should, in publications across the world. Adding substantively to those august acknowledgments and outpourings of genuine affection is beyond this commentary. Still, Dr. Franklin did touch my life as historian and as activist. I teach history at Guilford College and…

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Has Carrboro lost its compassion?

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Staff

By Sharon Cook Winmore developers wanted to build a daycare center with parking for 40 vehicles adjacent to the environmentally sensitive Bolin Creek stream buffer. They had already maxed out their impervious surface limits, so the Carrboro Board of Aldermen approved a text amendment to change the rules. Last summer, it was reported that taco…

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The Senate secrets emerge

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Staff

By Chris Fitzsimon After weeks of closed meetings in corner rooms, the full Senate budget emerged Tuesday morning, most of it anyway. It’s notable for its differences with the spending plan presented by Gov. Beverly Perdue three weeks ago and for what it doesn’t include – most significantly, details of a tax package to raise…

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Letter to the editor: Let’s set the record straight

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Staff

The Orange County Board of Commissioners seeks to avoid a tax increase in 2009 and is committed to spending cuts and a revenue neutral tax rate (no increase in income to the county). We accept the county attorney’s opinion that rescinding the 2009 revaluation is not legal at this date, and believe that such an…

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It may be cruel but it ain’t unusual

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Staff

By Steve Peha “Academic genocide.” That’s how Judge Howard Manning characterized the performance of the Halifax County school district last month. Harsh language to say the least, and I’m sure the judge didn’t toss it around lightly. But as strong as this turn of phrase may be, the situation it describes is all too common…

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Letter to the editor: Article lacking

Posted on April 2, 2009April 2, 2009 by Staff

I found the article about the Chapel Hill Town Council’s Aydan Court decision of March 23 inadequate in its coverage of the actual facts of the meeting, beginning with the headline, “Tempers fly.” One could say that the only temper displayed that evening was that of developer Carol Ann Zinn, who despite Mayor Foy’s disclosure…

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Real reform of the state health plan

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Staff

By Adam Searing and Adam Linker Legislation to reform the State Health Plan that would shift more costs onto struggling state workers is currently rushing through the General Assembly. This would amount to a salary cut in a time of economic crisis. Legislators must carefully consider proposed changes to the State Health Plan before further…

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