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Category: Opinion

LETTER: Vote Hemminger for District 1

Posted on May 3, 2012May 2, 2012 by Staff

County government matters, and many of us pay close attention to the decisions that impact schools, economic development and critical county services for public health and safety.

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LETTER: Vote against Amendment One

Posted on May 3, 2012May 2, 2012 by Staff

In 1875 North Carolina outlawed interracial marriage in its constitution; this section remained in the state constitution until 1971.

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LETTER: Vote Hemminger for District 1

Posted on May 3, 2012May 2, 2012 by Staff

A vote for Pam Hemminger for county commissioner is a vote for continued improvement in Orange County.

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LETTER: Vote Dorosin, Rich for District 1

Posted on May 3, 2012May 2, 2012 by Staff

Orange County voters have a great opportunity to significantly improve the board of commissioners by voting for Mark Dorosin and Penny Rich.

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LETTER: Don’t dismantle FPG for magnet school

Posted on May 3, 2012May 2, 2012 by Staff

As a parent of two elementary students at Frank Porter Graham Elementary School, I recognize that there is a significant achievement gap in our community and I believe that the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools District is committed to narrowing it.

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LETTER: Elementary 12 should be first magnet school

Posted on May 3, 2012May 2, 2012 by Staff

The public should be aware that a CHCCS planning report not only mentions plans for another new elementary school for the district, it suggests that Elementary School 12 become a second DL magnet.

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LETTER: Banks shouldn’t get rich at expense of others

Posted on May 3, 2012May 2, 2012 by Staff

Foreclosures threaten all of our communities. Here in North Carolina, people are losing their homes at record rates.

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Amendment One: something we can agree on

Posted on April 26, 2012April 25, 2012 by Staff

It wasn’t until I took a job at Equality NC in 2011 that I became harshly aware that I had unwittingly surrounded myself with people who agreed with me all of my life.

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Lessons learned in the classroom

Posted on April 26, 2012April 25, 2012 by Staff

Now that one of America’s foremost intellectuals, Noam Chomsky, has published a book on Occupy, I predict debates and discussions will spring up fast and furious on college campuses, matching the enthusiasm, perhaps, of what is happening in communities, including ours.

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BIG CITY: Student loan bubble threatens us all

Posted on April 26, 2012April 25, 2012 by Staff

Graduates in the Class of 2012 can always say they saw the president of the United States give a commencement speech at Carolina.

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Keep FPG a neighborhood school

Posted on April 26, 2012April 25, 2012 by Staff

I am proud to be the parent of a student who attends Frank Porter Graham Elementary School. A neighborhood school for 50 years, FPG is a uniquely diverse and thriving member of our community.

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Reelect Yuhasz as District 2 commissioner

Posted on April 26, 2012April 25, 2012 by Staff

Steve Yuhasz has worked tirelessly the past three-and-a-half years as county commissioner for District 2 to move Orange County forward toward long-term sustainable success.

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Reelect Hemminger as District 1 commissioner

Posted on April 26, 2012April 25, 2012 by Staff

Please join us in supporting Pam Hemminger by reelecting her as an Orange County Commissioner on May 8.

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Amendment One: A lesson in exclusion

Posted on April 19, 2012April 18, 2012 by Staff

I came to law school because I thought the law could make North Carolina a more inclusive community.

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BIG CITY: Districts shake up county board

Posted on April 19, 2012April 18, 2012 by Staff

A lot of things changed in Orange County when we added two district elections for county commissioners. Some changes were subtle, some not so.

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