Democracy & Open Government
At the start of the new year I'll be hosting another round of Open Office Hours in coffee shops across Chapel Hill. Please stop by if you have issues you would like to discuss, or just want to hear more about what local government is doing.
Date:
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 5:30pm to 6:30pm
At the start of the new year I'll be hosting another round of Open Office Hours in coffee shops across Chapel Hill. Please stop by if you have issues you would like to discuss, or just want to hear more about what local government is doing.
Date:
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Location:
Weaver Street Market in Southern Village
At the start of the new year I'll be hosting another round of Open Office Hours in coffee shops across Chapel Hill. Please stop by if you have issues you would like to discuss, or just want to hear more about what local government is doing.
Date:
Monday, January 21, 2013 - 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Location:
Joe Van Gogh in Timberlyne
Dan Coleman will be missed in Carrboro. I have a couple of sisters who lived in Australia. I've already written to Dan offering what help I can with his transition. But I know that he will enjoy his new adventure in Australia.
Which means. A vacancy will soon be opening on the Carrboro Board of Aldermen. And my mind turns to matters of political ‘establishment,’ the righteousness of challenge in a community, and what makes me itchy.
Now. Let's get clear. There is a political ‘establishment’ in Carrboro. This is not necessarily a bad thing. So, why the itch?
Well, I get itchy at any appearance of an 'establishment' coronation.
I get itchy at any sense that one has to be a part of an homogenous 'establishment' to make progress. That the primary attribute of a candidacy should be that one has worked one's way up the ladder of 'establishment,' allowing its members to get comfortable with one.
I get itchy at the suggestion that a community is, indeed, homogenous. When patently no community is homogenous.
Join the Chapel Hill Justice in Action Committee, the UNC Center for Civil Rights, and UNC law students for a non-partisan presentation on voting rights. TODAY! (Sunday, Oct. 28) 3:00 pm University Mall Meeting room (across from the DMV office)
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