October 2017
The 2017 OP Live Candidate Forum for Chapel Hill Town Council candidates was held on October 1, 2017. View the recap here.
Welcome to the open thread for the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools Board of Education candidate forum happening on October 8, 2017 at 7pm. Comments on this post will open at that time.
There are seven candidates running for four seats. There are three normal seats with four-year terms; the fourth-place finisher will fill the remainder of Annetta Streater's unexpired term.
- James Barrett
- Joal Hall Broun
- Ryan Brummond
- Calvin Deutschbein
- Amy Fowler
- Kim Talikoff
- Mary Ann Wolf
The link to observe will appear on the homepage just prior to the start of the forum. UNC Law Professor Barbara Fedders will join us as our moderator to ask the probing questions. Don't miss it.
The 2017 OP Live Candidate Forum 2017 for CHCCS Board of Education candidates was held on October 8, 2017. All seven candidates for school board participated live. View the recap here.
Press releases containing the following endorsements were received this afternoon:
Chapel Hill Mayor: Pam Hemminger
Chapel Hill Town Council: Allen Buansi, Ed Harrison, and Karen Stegman
Carrboro Mayor: Lydia Lavelle
Carrboro Board of Aldermen: Barbara Foushee, Jacquelyn Gist, Randee Haven-O’Donnell, and Sammy Slade
Organizational endorsements are rolling in, and early voting will begin soon. The spreadsheet below provides a summary of this year's endorsements. (We'll add others as they are announced.) Now it's time for the most important endorsements: yours!
This election year, in addition to the two online forums we held, we have asked the candidates for Carrboro Mayor to complete a brief questionnaire.
Here's a reminder of who's running:
- Mayor Lydia Lavelle is seeking her third.
- Challenger Mike Benson
If you have been near campus the past week, you may have seen some snappy Carolina blue bikes zip by. Come take a spin! Carolina launched Tar Heel Bikes on Wednesday, putting into service 100 bikes that you can pick up at 18 different hubs. It’s easy: all you do is download the Social Bikes app and ride. The daily plan, which is available to everyone whether or not you have a UNC affiliation, provides one free hour of riding and costs $6/hr., and is prorated after that.
Tar Heel Bikes is one visible element of our sustainability efforts. On September 25, Carolina celebrated Three Zeros Day, a time to recognize the progress Carolina has made to reduce the campus’ environmental footprint with three goals: net zero water usage, zero waste to landfills and net zero greenhouse-gas emissions. This year, we announced that:
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