Blogs
Here's another Commissioner candidate forum. There's no excuse for not going to one of these at some point. The election is a week from Tuesday!
Here is your opportunity to meet the candidates for County Commissioner, ask questions, learn about the issues facing Orange County and weigh your choices.
The Orange County Democratic Party, along with the NAACP and Young Democrats organizations, is sponsoring a County Commissioner Candidates Forum Saturday, April 22, at the Southern Orange Human Services Center, 2501 Homestead Rd., in Chapel Hill. Doors open at 3:00 p.m. for informal interaction; the formal session begins at 3:30.
I hope to see you there.
Jack Sanders
OCDP Chair
(Links added.)
WCHL (1360 AM) will holding its annual Forum on air today from 8 am to 6 pm. I can't find the schedule on their site, but they generally dedicate each hour to a different topic with 4-6 guests and a couple of journalists.
It probably won't be as exciting as in 2004, when the forum was kicked off by a tense 2-hour tete-a-tete over UNC development.
In 2005, I was a particpant in the "Civil Rights & Equality" topic. This year I'll be on during the 3 pm hour in which the topic is "Community Diversity," which appears to be a re-phrasing of the same issue(s). And I'm still frustrated at the hourly separation of topics because of course I have things to say about all of them! ;-)
I just got the following announcement by e-mail.
Also the LWV candidate forum is tonight in Hillsborough!
You're Invited.....
Bob Hall of Democracy North Carolina is the guest speaker at a public meeting hosted by the League of Women Voters Orange-Durham-Chatham chapter on
Thursday, April 20 at 10 am
at the Hargraves Center
216 N. Robeson St. (which runs off Rosemary St., next to Dip's Restaurant)
Chapel Hill
He'll be talking on the theme: "Fulfilling the Promise of Democracy in North Carolina." He will discuss the current state of state-level campaign finance reform, lobbying reform, voting-rights issues, and pending legislation at the N.C. General Assembly.
Join us at the Hargraves Center at 10 am for this informative discussion.
Refreshments will be served.
I'm not sure what's up with "public" meetings at 10 am on a week day, though. :-(
The very influential Independent Weekly announced its endorsements today for the primary election, which will be on May 2nd.
In the Orange County BOCC election, it couldn't pick. Thus it encourages you to vote for three out of the quartet of Fred Battle, Mike Nelson, Barry Jacobs, and Alice Gordon.
In the Superior Court race it endorses Carl Fox and Adam Stein.
For Congress it endorses David Price.
In the statewide Judicial races it endorses Robin Hudson for Supreme Court, and Bob Hunter and Linda Stephens for their respective Court of Appeals seats.
Pretty much on the mark in my opinion...
Guest Post by Dennis Markatos-Soriano
You are all invited to the Chapel Hill/Carrboro CRed Summit!
11:30am-2:30pm, Earth Day Saturday, April 22, 2006
Carrboro Century Center
A gathering to develop our commitment to local CRed (Carbon Reduction) climate stewardship from the written page to coordinated action that can achieve results.
We have commitments to participate from both local Mayors, members of the Chapel Hill Town Council, Carrboro Board of Aldermen, Orange County Commissioners, our State Senator Ellie Kinnaird, State Representative Verla Insko, students and faculty at the University, leaders of OWASA, and representatives of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce.
Key stakeholders that we aim to bring together include:
-Elected officials and staff in the Towns, County, state, and federal level
-Staff and officials at the University
-Members of the business community
-Students who can contribute to the process (from the University and local K-12 system)
-Local citizens who want to help our community achieve the CRed goals
Pages
About Us
OrangePolitics is a not-for-profit website for discussing progressive perspectives on politics, planning, and public policy in Orange County, NC. Opinions are those of their authors. Learn more.
Community Guidelines
By using this site, you agree to our community guidelines. Inappropriate or disruptive behavior will result in moderation or eviction.
Zircon - This is a contributing Drupal Theme
Design by
WeebPal.
