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The weather is georgeous and we are going to do some spring cleaning at Orange Politics. There are currently about 50 unpublished guest posts hanging out in the system. We need to clean these up so that new posts can be easily found.

There is one small change to the guest posting instructions. You no longer need to inform the editors of your post. But this means that if you are working on an entry and are not ready for it to be published yet, you must save as "Private" to keep the editor's prying eyes out.

All old guests posts still in the queue by Thursday at 5 pm will be deleted.

And here are the updated instructions (with changes indicated by underline and strikeout). Remember they are always available on the right side of every page via the How to post on OP link.

The deadline to register for this year's primary is one week from today! The election will be on May 2nd. According to the Orange County Board of Elections, you can get registration forms at the following places:

• Board of Elections Office - 110 East King St., Hillsborough
• Carrboro Town Hall - W. Main St. Carrboro
• Chapel Hill Town Hall - North Columbia Street, Chapel Hill
• Chapel Hill Public Library - Library Drive, Chapel Hill
• Davis Library, UNC-CH Campus
• Orange County Public Library - 300 W. Tryon Street, Hillsborough
• McDougle School Library, Old Fayetteville Rd., Carrboro

Also, I am a little behind where I wanted to be on collecting candidate information for the OP 2006 Election Guide. If you have web site addresses for any candidates in any races, please add them in the comments below. Thanks!

The only word I have for this is AWESOME.Bill McCormick (a.k.a. Billy Sugarfix), who is a talented and funny musician, and Brian Risk (who slings code for Geneffects and slings beer for the Cat's Cradle) have written an ode to Carrboro, hip-hop style!Below is a sample of the lyrics.