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Category: Opinion

LETTER: Involve FPG in dual-language discussion

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

I’m writing because in the past two weeks, a committee formed by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school district released a comprehensive recommendation for all dual-language programs in the district.

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LETTER: UNC tent rule impacts demonstration

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

On Tuesday morning we were threatened with arrest while sitting in the Pit, a common gathering area at the heart of UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

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LETTER: Lack of representation in dual-language report

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


Last month Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools released a report recommending the “phasing out” of the school district’s highly regarded Mandarin dual-language program.

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LETTER: Keep FPG a neighborhood school

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

I am writing on behalf of the Frank Porter Graham elementary school community – a richly diverse school with more than 50 years of history.

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BIG CITY: In your hands

Posted on April 12, 2012April 11, 2012 by Staff

Very shortly, you’ll be able to head out to one of five early-voting spots in Orange County and do your civic duty.

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LETTER: Grow, but maintain small-town charm

Posted on April 12, 2012April 11, 2012 by Staff

I was glad to read Dave Sidor’s good piece (“Issues with Chapel Hill 2020,” The Carrboro Citizen, 4/5/12) about flaws in the 2020 discussions now taking place in Chapel Hill-Carrboro about land-use and development.

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LETTER: Opposed to Amendment One

Posted on April 12, 2012April 11, 2012 by Staff

The Chapel Hill Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends is in unity in its opposition to the proposed Amendment One.

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LETTER: Keep St. Philips in Germanton

Posted on April 12, 2012April 11, 2012 by Staff

I am writing to bring attention to the fact that Episcopal Diocese of Raleigh has made a decision to move St. Philips Church from its historical home in Germanton, N.C.

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LETTER: Far from ‘the worst’

Posted on April 12, 2012April 11, 2012 by Staff

I’m finally filling up my new silver Prius that has been running on empty for the past 40 miles.

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LETTER: A victory in fracking forums

Posted on April 12, 2012April 11, 2012 by Staff

Congratulations to all forum-participating CarrHillians! Durhamnicks! Chathamites! A preliminary public, moral victory has been won!

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Opposition to Amendment One is broad and bipartisan

Posted on April 5, 2012April 4, 2012 by Staff

When the North Carolina General Assembly voted late last year – without much notice or any public testimony – to place on the May 8 ballot a constitutional amendment that would make marriage between a man and woman the only legally protected relationship in the state, the move was met with widespread outrage from civil rights groups.

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BIG CITY: A look at state races

Posted on April 5, 2012April 4, 2012 by Staff

As you may have noticed from reading this series of elections-related columns, oddly shaped districts and their influence on who runs and who is elected has been a theme.

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Issues with Chapel Hill 2020

Posted on April 5, 2012April 4, 2012 by Staff

During the March 26 Chapel Hill Town Council meeting a large group of citizens – representing various neighborhoods and CH2020 theme groups – related many concerns and suggestions about the ongoing Chapel Hill 2020 process.

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LETTER: Charters promote competition

Posted on April 5, 2012April 4, 2012 by Staff

I was completely aghast at Christine Bischoff’s column (“Chartering Fast Track to Segregation”(The Carrboro Citizen, 3/22/12), and here is why: Ms. Bischoff is on a crusade to indoctrinate everyone into the cult of multiculturalism/diversity.

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LETTER: Let’s vote on fracking

Posted on April 5, 2012April 4, 2012 by Staff

I attended the public hearing in Chapel Hill at which the Department of Energy and Natural Resources stated they concluded that fracking could be done safely in N.C.

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