Mark Chilton
Please join me at this event. My first roast! Joke suggestions welcome.
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen and EmPOWERment, Inc present a roast and toast of Mayor Mark Chilton.
We will be celebrating Mark's 20 years of fantastic service to our communities. We acknowledge Mark as a "Jack of All Trades" and his love for family, politics & justice, community advocacy, and real estate.
We gather to honor his accomplishments, as this year marks the end of his fourth term as Mayor of Carrboro, serving since 2005. He was elected to the Chapel Hill Town Council in 1991 as the youngest ever elected official in North Carolina at the age of 21. In 2000, he became the Executive Director of the young and growing non-profit, EmPOWERment, Inc. He served in this position for two years, and continues to work with the organization as Director of Special Programs.
EmPOWERment, Inc is honored that Mark has chosen them as recipients of the proceeds from this event to benefit their mission and service. EmPOWERment has been serving communities throughout Orange and Chatham Counties since 1996, and works to empower people and communities to control their own destinies through affordable housing, education, advocacy, community organizing, and grassroots economic development.
Please join us on October 29 to celebrate Mark with a fun and entertaining roast complete with dinner, drinks, and plenty of laughter. We are looking forward to seeing you there! If you are unable to attend, please consider making a donation of your choosing. We appreciate you and your support!
RSVP by October 10.
Date:
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Location:
Carrboro Century Center, 100 North Greensboro Street, Carrboro
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I'm pretty sure that no other municipality in North Carolina could have done business from prison in Raleigh tonight. But Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton (who helped instigate Mega Moral Monday) as well as Alderpeople Michelle Johnson, Damon Seils, and Sammy Slade all committed civil disobedience with about 140 other people - including Chapel Hill Town Council Member Donna Bell and OP Editor Molly De Marco - by refusing to leave the rotunda in the N.C. General Assembly.
Among the 1,000 protesters outside the NCGA were a quorum of Orange County Commissioners (Bernadette Pelissier, Penny Rich, Renee Price, and Mark Dorosin), a Carrboro Alderperson (Randee Haven-O'Donnell), OP regular Mark Marcoplos, and two more OP editors (Travis Crayton and myself).
I attended last night's Chapel Hill Town Council meeting, my first since 1983. Mayor Mark K was kind enought to recognize the former council members in attendance -- me, Mark Chilton, Joe Capowski (and by the end of the meeting, Sally Greene)
Chapelboro had a great writer-up of the assemblage of 20 something council members at
http://www.chapelboro.com/Storrow-Swears-In-With-a-Little-Help-From-His-Frie/11655162 I won't repeat it.
Mark Chilton administered Lee's oath of office, and it was nice to meet old and new friends.
I did go back last week and check my 1973-75 campaign finance reports and Lee Storrow's 2011 report to see if any of the same people gave to both -- and I found 3: Jane Brown, Jane Stein, and Catherine DeVine.
In 1991, as a 20 year-old rising Senior at the University of North Carolina, I did the most outlandish and absurd thing I have ever done in my life.
As part of a larger effort by North Carolina Republicans to restrict abortion coverage in the state (including HB 854: Abortion-Woman's Right to Know Act), North Carolina House Bill 910 ("Gov't Health Plans/Limited Abortion Coverage"), sponsored by Rep. Stephen LaRoque of Lenoir County, would restrict abortion coverage under health plans offered by local governments to their employees. The bill would also limit abortion coverage under the state health plan for teachers and state employees.
Carrboro mayor Mark Chilton and Chapel Hill mayor Mark Kleinschmidt testified against the bill at the General Assembly on Wednesday, arguing that decisions about employment benefits for town employees should be left to the local governments.
statement from Dave Otto, Friends of Bolin Creek:
Most of you know Mark
Chilton as Mayor; some of you know him as the owner of Community
Realty; and others know him as an enthusiastic old mill buff. Mayor
Chilton's contributions to the community and to the Friends of Bolin
Creek result from this unique blend of skills, experience and passion!
Let me give you an
example. The foundation of an old mill is located a few hundred yards
upstream of Spring Valley. Years ago friends told me that it had been
built by Buck Taylor, who was the first steward of the University in
1795. Buck Taylor was a colorful rascal said to have been buried
standing upright with a jug of whiskey in each hand. I enjoyed telling
the legend of Buck Taylor, but was frustrated that we could not
document the story.
WCOM 103.5 FM Broadcasts 11th National Homelessness Marathon:
7-10 PM live, Feb 20. Local speakers: Laurie Tucker and Chris Moran of
IFC, elected officials Sally Greene, Mark Chilton, Eric Hallman.
Webcast
www.communityradio.coop.
10PM-8AM Feb 21 Homelessness Marathon National Broadcast.
www.homelessnessmarathon.org.
February 20, 2008 from 7pm to 10pm live on WCOM 103.5 FM, webcast
www.communityradio.coop
7-8pm Who Are the Homeless?
Laurie Tucker, Residential Services Director for the Inter-Faith Council and her guests Abdul and Elaine put a face on homelessness.
8-9pm How Can We Help?
Sally Greene, Chair of Orange County's 10 Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness,
Mark Chilton, Carrboro Mayor and
Eric Hallman, Hillsborough Commissioner struggle to find answers.
9-10pm Your Voice,Your Turn Call 929-9601
Chris Moran, Executive Director of the IFC, a local non-profit
organization that operates two shelters for the homeless, will be
availble to take your calls.
10pm till 8am on Thursday the 21st Homelessness Marathon National Broadcast
The Homelessness Marathon's mission is to raise awareness about
homelessness and poverty in America and around the world. Go to
www.homelessnessmarathon.org. for more information!
Date:
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Location:
WCOM 103.5 FM, webcast www.communityradio.coop
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