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Transit votes coming up June 5 (BOCC) and 13 (DCHCMPO)

Submitted by gercohen on May 24, 2012 - 2:25pm

from the DCHC MPO website. The outline below does not state the date for the county commissioners vote, but it is expected to take place June 5. Approval of the bus and rail plan by the MPO is a prerequisite to holding the referencum

http://dchcmpo.com/

It's budget season! Here's OP's livetweeting of the County Commissioner's May 22nd budget hearing.

Submitted by Erin Crouse on May 22, 2012 - 8:20pm

5041 new voters since January 1, with 1,540 of them at early voting

Submitted by gercohen on May 21, 2012 - 3:43pm

5041 new voters registered in Orange County since January 1, 2012, and of those 1,540 signed up to register during the early voting period. That's about 9% of the 16,498 casting early votes.

That's a good running start for the fall and a high level of new registration for a primary.

Who's driving this thing?

Submitted by Ruby Sinreich on May 16, 2012 - 11:12am

Last night, the County Commissioners did a pretty good job of displaying why it has been so easy, maybe even necessary, for the County Manager to be such a policy leader. Fortunately, I did see Barry Jacobs really step up and push the board forward on transit. I think he'll be even more effective when joined by 2 or 3 new allies after the general election.

Big items on the agenda included delaying property revaluation, reappointing the defunct Economic Development Commission, and approving a long-awaited transit plan. They managed to do all three, but not without some kicking and screaming. See my live tweetage and other responses on Storify and below.

Local voter fraud

Submitted by inventor61 on May 15, 2012 - 7:31pm

I found this video to be interesting.  The 'UNC' specific information starts around 7 1/2 minutes in.

(I set this to open in a new window.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ptSrcNvJzBQ

 

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