July 2009

Orange Dems Launch New Web Site

The Orange County Democratic Party has redesigned its web site and launched it today.  While the content is still a little sparce, it will ultimately be driven by our precincts, who will each have their own page, blog and calendar.  It is Drupal based, and much more flexible than our earlier page.  Much of the heavy lifting was done by Dave Tillery, and Jason Baker, our 3rd vice chair, will serve as webmaster.

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Election 2009 - let's do this

Hey all! Thanks for doing such a great job of keeping the conversation going while I am jugging a new job and my newly expanded family!  With the municpal and city school board elections coming up, I want to make sure OP continues to be a key source of information for voters. In the past, our election section has carried nonpartisan candidate information, links to media guides, and listing of events.  On the new OP we can do much more.

Since we have a proper calendar now, folks can submit events directly, and we'll all be on top of the latest forums and candidate schmoozefests. We can also use the database power behind the site to make more useful candidate lists (I got halfway there with the 2008 candiate list last year), and maybe even some handy maps like those contributed in 2007.

More helpful links

Will be adding more as we find them. Please contact us with any URLs that should be listed here.

Map

County Board of elections data on all 2009 candidates formatted in KML by the wonderful Damon Seils, imported to Google Maps by Ruby Sinreich. Click here to see the full map and a list of candidates.

Should OWASA pursue access to Jordan Lake water?

Despite serious misgivings among some local officials, OWASA is moving forward on discussions with the City of Durham, Chatham County, Orange County, and other neighboring jurisdictions to secure future access to Jordan Lake water.

There is a lot of pressure from Chatham County because they over-built beyond their capacity to provide water during the high growth heyday of the Bunky Morgan era.  OWASA is a valuable ally to these other jurisdictions because it owns a prime piece of land on the west shore of Jordan Lake that is ideal for a water intake.

Bill Strom resigning!

As reported by Kirk Ross of the Carrboro Citizen on OP and on the CC site, Chapel Hill Town Councilmember Bill Strom has announced that he will be resigning as of August 1, and will be leaving the area.

The interesting political implication is that I think the Council will now be expected to appoint a replacement since this resignation did not happen within the 40-day window before an election candidate filing period which would have led to an automatic appointment of the 5th vote-getter.

Election Day

Date: 

Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - 1:30am to 2:30pm

One-stop early voting

Voters may register and vote on the spot.  Locations TBA.

Date: 

Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 8:00am to Saturday, October 31, 2009 - 9:00am

Orange County Justice United in Community Effort founding

After building relationships across faith, ethic background and economic status for almost three years, J.U.I.C.E. is ready to become a permanent organization. Leaders of the Committee have been patiently putting together the building blocks of collective power. They focused on recruiting institutions, raising their own money, traininghundreds of leaders, identifying priorities and developing a collective agenda.
 
The committee will become a permanent organization at a Founding Ceremony scheduled for the night of Monday October 26, 2009.  Hundreds of leaders from across the County have pledged to gather to officially launch the organization. The Founding Ceremony will coincide with an important election time in our County. All candidates seeking public office in the area will be invited to attend.Our organization never endorses any of the candidates, but we always ask the candidates to publicly endorse our community agenda.  
 
         Founding Ceremony:
 
  •     Monday October 26, 2009 at 7:00 PM. United Church of Chapel Hill 
    • The Founding is a celebration of our collective commitment for Justice. 
    • The organization will be launched by those that want to be Founding Members. Those that have completed training will be recognized, and we will unveil our new name and agenda.
    • Those seeking elected office will be invited to endorse or speak against our agenda

Date: 

Monday, October 26, 2009 - 3:00pm to 4:30pm

Location: 

United Church of Chapel Hill

DSI comedy routine featuring CH Town Council candidate Jon DeHart (free)

Free Mister Diplomat show featuring true stories told by Jon DeHart. Anecdotes inspire a world of absurd scenes, fully improvised by the most aggressive improv comedians in North Carolina. 

 

Sounds like a completely different way to get to know a candidate....

 

Date: 

Friday, July 31, 2009 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

200 N. Greensboro St. CARR MILL MALL between Elmos and Southern Rail, Carrboro NC 27510

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