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As we’ve covered before, there are many mobile home parks in Orange County and they are some of the most affordable types of housing we have. Many, however, are situated on land that is valuable and ripe for re-development (we are keeping an eye on the mobile home park on MLK and Taylor called the Tar Heel Mobile Court as the gas station in front of it has recently closed).
What do we owe as a community to our marginalized, historic neighborhoods in a community built around a university? What do we owe to students from a university on which our communities thrive? Should we view students moving into existing residential neighborhoods as a threat or should we expect this change and manage for it?
The neighborhoods closest to the university are the most impacted by students as they move in. Impacts include more noise, foot and car traffic and sometimes more trash. They also result in co-learning, resource sharing and greater vibrancy. The challenge is that many of those neighborhoods are historically African American neighborhoods that have already faced cumulative impacts of systemic racism, dis-investment and gentrification.
Welcome to the open thread for the Orange County Board of Education candidate forum happening on April 15, 2018, at 7:00 pm. The candidates are:
- Hawkeye Aguilar
- Jessica Aguilar
- Will Atherton
- Hillary MacKenzie
- Sarah Smylie
- Brenda Stephens
We hope you'll use this open thread to post your thoughts and reactions or to propose additional discussion topics. The forum moderator will have final say in question selection.
Welcome to the open thread for the Orange County Board of Commissioners candidate forum happening on April 8, 2018, at 7:00 pm. Comments on this page are now open. The candidates are:
- District 1: Jamezetta Bedford
- District 2: Earl McKee, Tommy McNeill
- At Large: Brian Crawford, Sally Greene, Noah Oswald
The forum itself is happening here:
https://orangepolitics.org/elections-2018/forums/bocc.
We hope you'll use this open thread to post your thoughts and reactions, or to propose additional discussion topics. The forum moderator will have final say in question selection.
The OrangePolitics online candidate forum for Orange County Commissioners will take place on Sunday April 8th at 7 pm. The candidate forum for Orange County School Board will be held online on Sunday, April 15th at 7:00 pm. Links will be posted here when they become available.
Both forums will consist of real-time communication between moderators and candidates. Visitors are encouraged to watch, but cannot participate in the forum itself, although comments will be welcomed in an open thread.
Our moderator for the school board forum will be Latarndra Strong with the Hate Free Schools Coalition. Kirk Ross will moderate the commissioners' forum.
Suggestions for questions to ask the candidates are welcome and encouraged!
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