Government
For those following the Waste Transfer Station siting process, the next
work session with the BOCC and Olver Corporation will be this Tuesday May
20 at 5:30 pm at the OC Dept. of Social Services at 2501
Homestead Road,Chapel Hill, NC
27516.
This important
work session will be focusing on finalizing the "Exclusionary
Criteria" for selecting the Waste Transfer Station site and is open to
all.
Background materials may be found
at the BOCC web site at: http://www.co.orange.nc.us/OCCLERKS/080520e.htm
The
regular BOCC meeting follows at 7:30.
Date:
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 1:30pm
Location:
Southern Orange Human Services Center
Who would have thought that in 2008 there would be any question about where the county lines between Alamance and Orange are? Turns out the exact line is in dispute to the tune of several hundred acres. http://tinyurl.com/56mkc7
Hillsborough budget proposal calls for tax rate increase of nearly 8%
http://www.newsobserver.com/politics/story/1073114.html
Proposed $18.5 million budget would raise Carrboro tax rate 4.9%
http://www.newsobserver.com/politics/story/1073116.html
notable quotes:
"The economy has really made it difficult," said Peterson, who noted that Chapel Hill and Carrboro also are facing local property tax-rate increases.
-- Hillsborough Town Manager Eric Peterson
"I don't recall, at least in recent history, a more dim outlook in terms of revenue projections," -- Carrboro Town Manager Steve Stewart.
Press release:
CHAPEL HILL HEARING ON PUBLIC FINANCING
Wednesday, May 14, 7pm, Chapel Hill Town Hall
Last year, the town of Chapel Hill became the first municipality in the
state authorized to create a Voter-Owned Elections program for local
races
Now, the town of Chapel Hill is introducing such a proposal. It would
allow grassroots candidates to run for mayor of town council while
raising only $5 and $10, and $20 contributions from local residents
The town has put together draft legislation and will solicit feedback
from Chapel Hillians at a public hearing on Wednesday, May 14th at 7pm.
The meeting will be held at the Chapel Hill Town Hall located 405
Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. (Note: The Voter-Owned Elections section
starts right at 7pm, so try and get there by 6:45. We’ll have talking
points you can use).
NC Voters for Clean Elections has been working with the town of Chapel Hill for years to make this reform possible. Now that the proposal is being considered, it’s very important that we demonstrate public support.
If you are a resident of Chapel Hill or Orange County, please come to
the public hearing and speak out in support of the Voter-Owned
Elections initiative.
To read the proposed ordinance click here.
More about Voter Owned Elections: The proposed Chapel Hill
program would allow community-supported candidates without access to
wealth to competitively run for town office. It would invigorate small
dollar participation by encouraging candidates to run solely with
contributions between $5 and $20. It would provide a check on the
campaign money chase and the escalating cost of elections by allowing
candidates to spend more time listening to voters and less time
fundraising from big donors. And it would reduce the influence of money
and special interest groups, by giving candidates a meaningful way to
run without these groups’ support. Finally, it would allow the public
to have more ownership of the process, by turning campaigns and
campaign financing into a public good.
For more information about the meeting, or if you have comments or
suggestions on the proposal, please call Chase Foster at (919)521-4121
or contact him by email at chase@ncvce.org.
Date:
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 3:00pm
Location:
Chapel Hill Town Hall, 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
It seems like Chapel Hill and Orange County are giving our local public access provider quite the run around, when they should be giving them money! The programming on The Peoples Channel includes a wide variety of creative output and civic endeavors by local residents, plus they also carry the essential Democracy Now! If you don't find what you want on channel 8, you can march right in to the station, get low-cost training, and fill that gap. This nonprofit TV station is a tremendous asset to our community, and it deserves to be fully funded by our local governments.
Both Chapel Hill and Orange County received money for Chapel Hill channel 8, on which The People's Channel broadcasts.
Yet neither government has passed that money on to The People's
Channel. The law says local governments must spend the supplemental
money on PEG channels, but it doesn't specify which channels.
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