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On Tuesday, August 30, 2011, the North Carolina
State Bar Ethics Committee issued the following opinion -
Opinion rules that a lawyer may not allow a
person who is not employed by or affiliated with the lawyer’s firm to use firm
letterhead.
Don't like what I'm writing on Chapel Hill 2020? Well there's good
news. The town recently launched a new blog, 2020 Buzz, which will keep you
abreast on all the changes in the process if you don't find my reporting
sufficient :) Here's the good news on the blog: it provides another avenue
to have your voice be heard. You can comment on virtually anything once you
navigate away from the main page and you don't have to been a fancy Wordpress
whiz to figure out how to do it. I think it can also be harnessed to be a
wonderful tool for disseminating information. I would encourage the town
to use a lot of multimedia if possible. People respond to images and videos in
ways that they don’t respond to text, and I know a lot of people out there
learn better through pictures and graphics than they do through words (myself included).
An announcement from the Carrboro Bicycle Coalition:
Did you know that Carrboro's town code for bicyclists is actually stricter than North Carolina state law?
If you're not familiar with the recent or past history of Carr Mill Mall management's anti-Carrboro policies, catch up with us at http://orangepolitics.org/tags/carr-mill. I am so frustrated by the attitude that Carr Mill owes nothing to the community that has made them so successful.
A few days ago ago, Damon and I were looking for
a place to park in downtown Carrboro. We had a question and asked Hector (the security guard), he gave us a short answer and a slip of paper with the following printed on it (verbatim):
Homelessness in Chapel Hill is an issue that, unlike what happens in many communities, reaches headlines in our local media and often the agendas of our Town Council. However, as residents of Chapel Hill seek to safeguard business interests downtown, and as the worsening economic climate continues to find more and more in need, the topic has become increasingly contentious. In too many cases, our most needy citizens are seen as eyesores, barriers to business development and told to get out of town.
With local food pantries stretched to their limits and the current downtown shelter falling into decay, the Chapel Hill Town Council, after lengthy hearings and deliberations, approved the Inter-Faith Council (IFC) Men’s Community House Transitional Shelter Special Use Permit (SUP) in 2011 subject to the IFC satisfying several conditions, including the creation of a Good Neighbor Plan (GNP).
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