Ruby Sinreich's blog
I slaved over a hot laptop for a few hours so we could (finally) bring you the updated Orange Politics 2006 Voter Guide. It's mostly links to the candidates and to other websites that did the heavy lifting of assessing and evaluating candidates.
It will continue to grow until the election, so please suggest other links and resources to be added. Maybe next year we can do this on a wiki...
After the recent bunch of articles (Herald, N & O) about how crappy Estes Drive Extension is and how unlikely it is to get better any time soon, I'd like to make a modest proposal.
There are two other possible ways to get from the railroad crossing on Estes to downtown Carrboro. Both alternatives offer a way for cyclists, pedestrians, and wheelchairs to avoid the Straits of Estes. Right now these routes are informal, only used by those of us willing to cross other people's property and bring a flashlight at night.
As a part of their application for a third modification to their Development Plan,
UNC is holding a meeting to focus on "perimeter transition areas"
(areas where campus development has a greater impact on neighbors). The
meeting is today at 5:30 at the UNC Law School, room #5046.
We were shown a flyer for this meeting at the last Chapel Hill
Planning Board meeting, but I can't find any information online about
it. You don't have to be a UNC neighbor to attend.
Click the map below for a big version.
This graphic is from http://www.unc.edu/community/concept_plan.html
So has anyone used the new Blue Urban Bikes yet?
For a $10 annual membership fee, riders can rent one and roll out for up to 24 hours.
"For people used to driving everywhere, this is an easy, cheap introduction to public transportation," said Chris Richmond of the ReCYCLEry, an amateur mechanics collective that will maintain the fleet.
The ReCYCLEry runs the bike-loan project with the Carrboro-based environmental group SURGE, which stands for Students United for a Responsible Global Environment.
Similar initiatives have cropped up in other college towns such as Davidson -- home of Davidson College -- Austin, Texas, and near Emory University in Atlanta, Ga.
- chapelhillnews.com | Cup of java and a bike to go, please
Congrats to Orange County for doing what no other government in the county has accomplished: hiring a woman as the top executive.
Here are stories in the Chapel Hill Herald and Daily Tar Heel, and here's the full press release from the county:
The Orange County Board of Commissioners has agreed to hire Laura Blackmon as the next Orange County Manager. Ms. Blackmon comes to Orange County from Osceola County, Florida, where she has served as assistant, deputy, or acting county manager since 2001.
Ms. Blackmon is an Alabama native and has a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Political Science/Public Administration from the University of Florida at Gainesville. She began her professional career as a high school Social Studies teacher before entering government administration.
She is married to Jerry Walters and she is 53 years old.
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