April 2012

Orange County Turns Red

Forum Open Thread: County School Board

Welcome to the open thread for tonight's Orange County Board of Education candidate forum. Two incumbents and two challengers are running for three seats.

You can observe the forum at http://orangepolitics.org/elections-2012/forums/county-school-board.

We hope you'll use this open thread to post your thoughts and reactions. Also, if you want to propose additional discussion topics, you can reach the editors during the forum via Twitter, Facebook, and the contact page. The forum moderator will have final say in question selection.

 

Orange County Democratic Party Convention

We hope you'll be able to come for politicking at the Orange County Democratic Convention with special invited guest former Senator Margaret Dickson of Cumberland County. The convention will be held THIS Saturday (April 14) at Mount Zion AME Church at 5124 NC Highway 86 North, Hillsborough. Enjoy lunch (approx. $12 donation), socializing with your fellow Dems, elected officials, and candidates starting at 11 AM.

This is a good opportunity to meet the Democratic Primary candidates prior to the start of Early Voting. Social time will be from 11am to 1pm with the convention beginning at 1pm. State Treasurer Janet Cowell is our keynote speaker.

Date: 

Saturday, April 14, 2012 - 11:00am to 4:00pm

Location: 

Mt Zion AME Church, 5124 NC Highway 86 North, Hillsborough.

Progressive Perspectives on Chapel Hill 2020

The Downtown Partnership and Chamber of Commerce were invited last fall to submit their goals for Chapel Hill’s Comprehensive Plan for publication on the Town’s official Chapel Hill 2020 blog. Although we were not personally invited, the editors of OrangePolitics decided to compose our own list of goals and priorities, which we have submitted this morning for publication on the Town website. What's YOUR vision for Chapel Hill's future?

The comprehensive plan is Chapel Hill’s guiding vision. In the past it has been used to guide land use policies and other programs, and in the future it is expected to also directly influence the Town’s budget. It has never been more important to articulate a clear vision of a Chapel Hill in which we all hope to live. As much as we love Chapel Hill, and look back fondly on the days we first came to know this wonderful community, we also accept the fact that more people fall in love with this town every day and growth is an inescapable part of our future. The choice before us now is not whether to grow, but how.

Many general principles are broadly held by most residents in and around Chapel Hill. It’s good to protect the environment, to have a diverse community, to teach our children well. But where we don’t all agree is how best to make these things happen. The Comprehensive Plan needs to address these difficult issues if it is to be of any use in guiding future decisions. The hard discussions about these areas of difference have been notably absent from the 2020 process, but we are ready to have them. To that end, we offer the following suggestions as starting points for real conversations about our future.

From Counters to Camps: Social Justice Activism in a Changing World (panel & public discussion)

A free and public discussion on civic engagement, civil disobedience, and political protest is scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday, April 29, at Hargraves Center, 216 N. Roberson St.

"From Counters to Camps: Social Justice Activism in a Changing World" is organized by the Town of Chapel Hill Justice in Action Committee and the Chapel Hill Public Library. The public is encouraged to attend and participate in a question and answer period following a panel presentation. The discussion will be videotaped for future airing on Chapel Hill Gov TV-18, the government access channel on Time Warner Cable. 

The panel will be moderated by former Council member Sally Greene, and includes the following presenters: Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt; Rev. Robert Campbell, president of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP; Al McSurely, civil rights lawyer and activist; Maya Handa, Chapel Hill High School senior (with her AP government and civics education teacher, Jen Ballew); Steve Peterson, member of Occupy Chapel Hill; and Jeremy Collins, UNC-Chapel Hill law student and president of the Black Law Students Association.

Date: 

Sunday, April 29, 2012 - 3:00pm

Location: 

Hargraves Center (216 N. Roberson St.)

Orange County Transit Plan Public Workshop - Chapel Hill

Ask County staff questions about the proposed transit plan!

Date: 

Monday, April 23, 2012 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

Extraordinary Ventures, 200 S. Elliot Rd., Chapel Hill.

Orange County Transit Plan Public Workshop - Hillsborough

Ask County staff questions about the proposed transit plan!

Date: 

Monday, April 30, 2012 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

Orange County Campus West Office Building, 131 West Margaret Lane, Hillsborough, NC

Triangle Transit Public Scoping Workshop/Open House

Scoping is an important element of the environmental assessment and review process, and involves active consultation and participation of the public, their elected officials, and interested government agencies, from whom input on the alternatives under consideration and the potential ipacts is being requested.

Triangle Transit will be hosting drop-in style Scoping Meetings on May 2 and May 3, 2012, to identify and define the issues to be studied in detail in the federally required NEPA environmental process.

Date: 

Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

Extraordinary Ventures, 200 S. Elliot Rd., Chapel Hill.

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