I just got this news from my friends at Internationalist Books & Community Center. It's great to see they are continuing to address important local issues with this award.
Each year, Internationalist Books and Community Center of Chapel Hill recognizes a member of the Triangle community who carries on their deceased founder Bob Sheldon's work and breathes life into his legacy by being gentle and persistent, being radical and free-thinking, being playful and patient, and leading by example.
This year, Internationalist Books is happy to announce that Orange County Board of Education member Liz Brown will receive the 2005 “Bob Sheldon" Award. Liz will receive this award for her ongoing efforts to bring forth equality in Orange County's educational system.
Liz Brown will receive the Award on Friday, July 15, 2005 at the Internationalist Bookstore's annual member party. The party and award ceremony, open to the public, will begin at 7:00 PM at The Skylight Exchange & Nightlight located at 405 ½ Rosemary St. in Chapel Hill.
According to Chapel Hill News Editor, Mark Schultz, Chamber of Commerce Director Aaron Nelson told him that our community is “a place where many people still think if you're a successful business person you're exploiting someone or destroying the environment.†(quote is Schultz paraphrasing Nelson)
Now, according to the Herald editors, I'm the farthest left person they know (a debatable point I suppose) and I don't think that. Nor am I aware of any who hold this belief.
So my question to Aaron is: do you really believe what you said to Schultz? if so, who are some of these "many people" you refer to? Or, did you, like Ed Harrison, inadvertently mislead Schultz and it's not your fault?
My question to Chamber members is: does it really serve your interests and your organization when your director makes such hyperbolic and divisive statements?
To keep the conversation moving forward here, all posts will now expire after a certain number of days. I propose 90 days, but I'm open to suggestions.
This change will take effect on Monday so you can get any last words in over the weekend.
No discussion of UNC's role in our community is complete without addressing the topic of fiscal equity. There are many way in which the University affects us financially, both positive and negative, and the town's provision of fire services to the campus is just one of the most obvious examples.
So it's pretty disappointing to hear that the NC House budget fails to fund the municipalities that provide fire fighting to state institutions!
While funding for fire protection for state-owned properties - a request that was included in Chapel Hill's legislative agenda - made it into the governor's budget and N.C. Senate's proposed budget for 2005-06, it was left out of the House budget...
"In Chapel Hill, our fire chief said that we need 18 new firefighters in order to be able to provide the level of service that is necessary," [Mayor Kevin Foy] said.
Foy noted that though the University is putting millions of dollars into construction projects, no extra funds are being allotted to support fire protection.
- Daily Tarheel, 7/7/05
The race for the Town Board in Hillsborough has one candidate so far, incumbent Michael Gering.
Gering is a software engineer at IBM. He first ran for office in 2001 as a critic of "big-box" retail stores like Wal-Mart and Home Depot.
He said the board's focus in the coming four years should be on continuing the town's economic development, improving the town government's financial position, and on continuing to improve the town's infrastructure and cultural resources.
He singled out sidewalks as a key concern.
- Chapel Hill Herald, 7/6/05
What do you think the issues in Hillsborough are? I'd especially like to hear from people who live north of I-40.
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