Town Council

election results

Currently Ranuko Soll is last with 3861, Susan Hunter with 3909, Nancy Oates with 3922 and current council elect Tai Huynh with 3946 votes according to WCHL with all precincts reporting (but not late mailed absentee ballots nor provisional votes.) Note there is less than a hundred votes among them. Jessica Anderson, Amy Ryan and Michael Parker came in 1st, 2nd and 3rd. These are the numbers from Orange and Durham Board of Elections. Remember  Chapel Hill is in both counties.

NAME ON BALLOT

PARTY

BALLOT COUNT

PERCENT

Chapel Hill Town Council (the town is in 2 counties)

 

 

 

Orange County

 

 

 

Jessica (Jess) Anderson

 

5,198

18.25%

Amy Ryan

 

4,213

14.79%

Michael Parker

 

4,044

14.20%

Nancy Oates

 

3,755

13.18%

Tai Huynh

 

3,754

13.18%

Renuka Soll

More Campaigning

Today I read Nancy Oates' column endorsing Sally Greene for Ellie Kinnaird's seat. I second the motion. We would be well served by Sally, and I am not just saying that so that there will be another open seat on the Town Council! ; ) We need somebody who can carry on Ellie's good fight. It will take courage, stamina, endurance, and quite a bit of faith in our democracy. Go Sally!

Charterwood Setting Terrible Precedent

Sent to the Chapel Hill Town Council on 9-10-12:

 

Dear Chapel Hill Mayor and Town Council:

 

I wish to thank those of you planning to vote against approval of the Charterwood development on September 12, 2012.  It shows your recognition of the terrible precedent being set by the developer’s legal maneuver of merely recombining property tracts in order to circumvent neighborhood rights associated with the protest-petition.

 

Council should appoint a woman to fill open seat

Unsurprisingly, names have started to surface as possible applicants for Penny Rich's open Town Council seat once she leaves her post to join the County Commission in January. Today I heard via Twitter that George Gianciolo and Jon DeHart likely plan to apply for the position.

While I'm sure either of these men would provide a thoughtful voice for Council, the unpleasant reality is that if either were appointed, the gender breakdown of CHTC would be just two women and seven men (including Mayor Kleinschmidt). Council would be comprised of just 22% women, exactly the same representation as the NC legislature.

It's embarrassing that a municipal government we proudly consider to be a model for progressivism in our state could possibly have the same gender breakdown as our backward-thinking General Assembly.

Light Rail Routing Advocacy for Meadowmont

Last week, the Meadowmont Community Association (our homeowners' association) sent out a letter (a paper letter, via actual mail!) with the nominal purpose of informing residents of upcoming hearings before Town Council on the routing of the proposed light rail line. (For details on the issue, see my first blog post and my followup.) It omitted some important details however, so I wrote a response and emailed it around to some of my neighbors. I've posted it on my new single-issue website http://meadowmontlightrail.com, and I'm reprinting it below. I hope everyone has a great 2012. — Geoffrey F. Green

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