Chapel Hill
Just got the following announcement from the Town of Chapel Hill:
![[sharrow]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a8/Sharedlanemarking.png)
The Town of Chapel Hill is installing a pilot sharrow project today (Tuesday, Aug. 19) through the week on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard from Estes Drive to North Street.
The sharrow, or shared-use pavement markings, is an experimental road treatment being evaluated as an accommodation for bicyclists under certain roadway conditions. A sharrow is a road marking to identify the shared use of a travel lane by bicyclists and passing motorists, indicating the legal and appropriate bicyclist line of travel; it cues motorists to pass bicyclists with sufficient clearance.
Didn't find the Town's press release very explanatory, so I looked it up and found the photo above.
In Chapel Hill we have a representative form of government that works better than any place I've lived. When I first got here I joined a citizen committee on Technology. I was amazed at how directly involved I could be. But the experience of being on that board also opened my eyes to the many flaws in this process. Yet I still yearn for more citizen input in our Town.
The recent citizen outcry against a Council vote on health care is a excellent example of what happens if you don't have enough community input BEFORE a council vote. This bit from The Chapel Hill News describes the problem well,
Lots of interesting stuff in the Opinion section of today's Chapel Hill News. First is the editorial called Flap over benefits turns ugly.
The council made a serious error in judgment -- several of them, actually -- and in so thoroughly misreading the public's likely response it gave the appearance of being out of touch with its constituency.
But it didn't commit high crimes and misdemeanors. It didn't make off with the Town treasury, lead the town into war on false pretenses or kick puppies. [...]
Plus there is Laurin Easthom's guest column called Controversy stoked by those with other agendas. Its on her blog too.
Some of those who have been the most outspoken, and continue to criticize and continue to threaten to put out petitions on items other than health care, are Republicans. It is just an interesting fact. [...]
The Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership Board of Directors announced today that Liz Parham,
executive director of the Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership, has resigned from her position effective July 18, 2008.
Ms. Parham will assume the role of
director of the Office of Urban Development for the Division of
Community Assistance in the North Carolina Department of Commerce on
July 21st.
Good evening OP folks,
I thought community members might find it interesting to see
the results of our most recent satisfaction survey. I think it pretty accurately shows where the
organization is: We’re doing a whole lot,
with very little! You can view it
at: www.thepeopleschannel.org/survey.htm
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