
{"id":21333,"date":"2011-10-13T12:36:42","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T16:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=21333"},"modified":"2011-10-13T12:36:42","modified_gmt":"2011-10-13T16:36:42","slug":"letter-vote-foushee-for-alderman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2011\/10\/13\/letter-vote-foushee-for-alderman\/","title":{"rendered":"LETTER: Vote Foushee for alderman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carrboro has its new downtown. Now it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time to slow down.<br \/>\nNorth Greensboro Street is home, residential. Must we replace our neighborhood with more business?<br \/>\nBraxton Foushee says, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153No!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d He is looking for our votes on Tuesday, Nov. 8 to reinstall him as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153A Voice of the Community.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<br \/>\nForty-two years ago, Braxton Foushee began speaking for those who had no aldermanic voice. He is running, hoping we will speak at the polls, so he can speak for us, who want to live in a peaceful, familiar Carrboro.<br \/>\nBraxton Foushee\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s grassroots political activism keeps him in touch with diverse voices that current aldermen\/women seem to ignore. Voting for Braxton Foushee gives Carrboro a speaker whose aldermanship will not be muted showmanship. Braxton Foushee represents the best chance for neighborhood survival. Carrboro has its urban renewal. Now it is time for our grass to grow.<br \/>\nVote for another voice \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a voice from the past, Braxton Foushee. He was Carrboro\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first black alderman; now Braxton Foushee wants to be \u00e2\u20ac\u0153A Voice of the Community.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d He will watchdog local government, making sure the community is not ignored. Braxton Foushee is your voice. Speak up for him on Tuesday, Nov. 8.<br \/>\nBring back the past to lead us into the future. Do not allow Carrboro to become Any Town, USA. Our charm is our neighborhoods. Save North Greensboro Street. Save our natural beauty. Elect someone who will fight to limit business growth. Cast your vote for Braxton Foushee. Our \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Voice of the Community\u00e2\u20ac\u009d will fight to keep Carrboro neighborly.<\/p>\n<p>Glenn Evans<br \/>\n<em>Carrboro<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carrboro has its new downtown. Now it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time to slow down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21340,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21333\/revisions\/21340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}