Smart Schools

People around here love the word "smart." We're "smart." We have "smart" kids. We drink "smart" juice. We believe in "smart" growth. And now we want a smart-growth high school in Carrboro.

The smart-growth high school may represent the unified theory of folks who have escaped the city, embraced the space and beauty of our landscape and the pace of our lifestyles, but are still nostalgic for the days when they attended schools that began with "P.S." Establishing an urban neighborhood school in a non-urban environment would represent the overcoming of the last great obstacle to this marriage of fire and water we've been noodling with for the better part of a decade. That is, how to live a life as charged and overflowing and creative and convenient as life in Brooklyn (or Wicker Park, or Cambridge), while dispensing with the smell, and the crowds, and the dirt, and the attenuation of the natural world. Maybe in Carrboro, we think, we can just wish it into being.

C.L.C. "Musical Chairs Forum" 10/19

(Repost from an e-mail.)

Citizens for Livable Communities (CLC) will hold a "Musical Chairs Forum" on Sunday, October 19, from 2 - 4 pm in the large meeting room at the Chapel Hill Library.

A "musical chairs" format was very successful and fun two years ago. We are doing it again. This format will provide citizens a unique small group opportunity for local residents to ask questions in a non-intimidating setting and for the candidate to explain his or her views. Candidates will visit each table for a stated period of time. Unlike musical chairs there will always be a seat for the candidate.

Please refer questions to Kristina Ahlen, 485- 7722 or Julie McClintock, 541-5339, or reply to this e-mail.

The Citizens for Livable Communities Organizing Committee

CLC promotes livable communities through citizen involvement, dialogue and advocacy.

Horace Williams Committee Report released

The Horace Williams Task Force (of which I am Vice Chair) will be presenting it's report, "RECOMMENDED PRINCIPLES, GOALS AND STRATEGIES FOR GUIDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HORACE WILLIAMS PROPERTY (CAROLINA NORTH)" to the Chapel Hill Town Council on Wednesday, October 8.

According to the staff report,

"There was strong consensus from the Committee that the development of the Horace Williams property (Carolina North) should be guided by several overarching principles.

L.W.V. Forums 10/14, 10/16, 10/22

(This is a reprint from a local listserv.)

The Orange County Unit of the League of Women Voters is planning three Candidates Forums (for Chapel Hill's Council race, Carrboro's Board of Aldermen and Mayoral races, and for the CH/Carrboro Board of Education race) in the month of October. Forums are scheduled for 7:00 pm

Tuesday 10/14, CH/Carrboro Board of Education in Chapel Hill Town Hall

Thursday 10/16, CH Town Council in CH Town Hall

Wednesday 10/22, Part 1:Carrboro Board of Aldermen and Part two: Mayor; in Carrboro's Town Hall

Crunching numbers

The Chapel Hill Herald reports on the second round of fundraising numbers for Chapel Hill Town Council candidates. Here's how it looks:

  1. Rudy Juliano: $10,164 ($9,764 self-loan)
  2. Sally Greene: $6,736.13 ($500 self-loan)
  3. Diane Bachman: $5,600 (5,000 self-loan)
  4. Bill Strom (i): $5,112
  5. Thatcher Freund: $4,336 ($1,200 self-loan)
  6. Doug Schworer: $2,480
  7. Terri Tyson: $1,790.83 ($1,600 self-loan)
  8. Andrea Rohrbacher: $1,450 ($1,000 self-loan)
  9. Cam Hill: $1,105
  10. Mike McSwain: $750 ($400 self-loan)
  11. Jim Ward (i): $155
  12. Woodrow Barfield is expected to spend less than $3,000 is therefore not required to report.

I will try post some numbers from previous elections along with the results of those races for camparison. More money does not equal more votes. But it can sometimes help determine who has a "serious" campaign.

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