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The County Commissioners will provide its comments to staff on the
draft Comprehensive Plan. The public is welcome to attend to hear Board
comments and discussions. Limited seating is available. An agenda for
this meeting is posted on the County’s main website at: http://www.co.orange.nc.us/OCCLERKS/081014.htm
The County Commissioners are expected to consider Plan adoption in November. Additional notice will be forthcoming.
Board of County Commissioners Work Session
7:30 PM, Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Link Government Services Center
200 S. Cameron St., Hillsborough
for more detail, see http://www.co.orange.nc.us/planning/compre_cpupdate.asp
(I almost called this post "Who's filling the gap, II.") With the tragic death of Chapel Hill Town Council Member Bill Thorpe and the certain election of Chapel Hill-Carrboro School Board Member Pam Hemminger to the County Commissioners, both bodies will be selecting replacements to fill those seats in the coming months.
I went to the Orange County Democratic Party legislative breakfast this morning. I did a play-by-play with Twitter and recorded a fair amount of audio with my phone.
In response to a prior post, and this comment:
I am suspicious that the Republicans may have as a national strategy to
identify seemingly Democratic strongholds and fielding candidates with
stands that are more progressive than the incumbents (yet more aligned
with the constituency) of those districts. It is unreal that after
these 8 years of catastrophic Republican control it is even a question
that Republicans may retain control of the Presidency and now .. the House!
Nothing could be further from the truth. The Republican establishment is currently dominated by the intellectually bankrupt neoconservative philosophy. As with most things, you can find the truth by following the money. My money and support are not coming from the party. They are coming from individual contributors who believe we need a Constitutional federal government that serves American individuals instead of corporate interests.
While I know that UNC has programs that attempt to help students afford college, with the current economic downturn, the problem is going to become more wide spread. In addition UNC is likely to find a further economic squeeze, from State budgets to reduced alumni contributions.
It is my belief that affordability should never limit a qualified student once accepted from attending that college. I also do not like the idea that a student graduates with massive debt.
So my question is should UNC be planning any changes to assure affordability for any student to whom it sends an acceptance letter? Should it change priorities, e.g. slow growth,funnel a larger share of money from the state, contributions, endowments to ensure the affordability for all accepted students?
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