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Farmers Prefer Orange County Jurisdiction

Submitted by Terri Buckner on October 30, 2009 - 7:26am

33 farmers and land owners, living in the Carrboro ETJ, have petitioned Orange County and the town of Carrboro to return jurisdiction for ETJ farms to Orange County. 

 

PETITION TO REMAND DEVELOPMENT JURISDICTION

FOR CARRBORO ETJ LAND TO ORANGE COUNTY CONTROL

 

To:   The Town of Carrboro, North Carolina

Is Will Raymond's Pamphlet Misleading?

Submitted by czei on October 29, 2009 - 8:37pm
A pamphlet from 2009 town council candidate Will Raymond showed up on my door today so I took a look, and read a nice quote on the very front about Will attributed to "Independent Weekly, 2009 Endorsement Issue".  I checked out that issue and was surprised to see that he hadn't actually been endorsed for the town council.  The way the quote is listed makes it seem like he'd been endorsed without actually stating it.  Does anyone else find this misleading?

Vote No - yes???

Submitted by brynsmith on October 29, 2009 - 9:14am

Speaking of signs, does anyone know what is up with the Vote No! signs with the 'Yes' box ticked? There aren't any referenda that I know of on the ballot, so what is it, a surrealism campaign? It's funny, at least.

Sorry I don't have any pictures - it's hard to get the bus to stop so I can take a pic.

Call it what It is: Free Land

Submitted by Marc Joseph on October 28, 2009 - 10:34pm
On the surface, it is perfectly reasonable to agree with the IFC’s decision to take the University up on its offer to lease the land at a rate of $1 per year. However, there continue to be many unanswered questions that when addressed will shed an entirely different light onto the issue. I’ve listed some, but not all of those questions below.

1. Why is UNC being so generous?
2. What is UNC getting out of this extremely philanthropic act?
3. What are the criteria Chris Moran states the IFC used to select this area?
4. What criteria were used to select the previous sites that were ultimately rejected and where is the evidence the criteria were used before the previous sites were rejected?
5. What is to happen to the men who are turned away from using one of the planned 20 emergency beds?

Should the new Council decide the 5th seat or should the current council ?

Submitted by jondehart on October 28, 2009 - 10:37am

I believe the decision should be made by the new council. If you believe that as well, please sign this online petition today before 5 PM. It will be presented at tonight's Town Council meeting.

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/seating-stroms-successor.html

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