April 2018
The Orange-Chatham group of the North Carolina Sierra Club is proud to announce the endorsement of Sally Greene for the at-large seat on the Orange County Board of Commissioners. The NC Sierra Club supports candidates with demonstrated knowledge of local environmental issues who will provide strong leadership on matters including conservation, growth, and transportation.
I am seeing strange posts on Facebook telling people to register to vote in late May. The deadline for regular registration is Apr. 13 for the May 8 primary. My understanding is 17 year olds who turn 18 before the Nov. 2018 election can vote in the May primary. I hope all the high schools encourage students to register to vote.
"Did you make a resolution about voting in the new year? Here are 8 reminders to ensure you can cast votes in the 2018 primary and general elections and beyond. Please take a few minutes now to ensure you’re ready to vote this year in North Carolina."
The OrangePolitics online candidate forum for Orange County Commissioners will take place on Sunday April 8th at 7 pm. The candidate forum for Orange County School Board will be held online on Sunday, April 15th at 7:00 pm. Links will be posted here when they become available.
Both forums will consist of real-time communication between moderators and candidates. Visitors are encouraged to watch, but cannot participate in the forum itself, although comments will be welcomed in an open thread.
Our moderator for the school board forum will be Latarndra Strong with the Hate Free Schools Coalition. Kirk Ross will moderate the commissioners' forum.
Suggestions for questions to ask the candidates are welcome and encouraged!
Welcome to the open thread for the Orange County Board of Commissioners candidate forum happening on April 8, 2018, at 7:00 pm. Comments on this page are now open. The candidates are:
- District 1: Jamezetta Bedford
- District 2: Earl McKee, Tommy McNeill
- At Large: Brian Crawford, Sally Greene, Noah Oswald
The forum itself is happening here:
https://orangepolitics.org/elections-2018/forums/bocc.
We hope you'll use this open thread to post your thoughts and reactions, or to propose additional discussion topics. The forum moderator will have final say in question selection.
The 2018 OrangePolitics live online candidate forum for Orange County Board of Commissioners took place on Sunday, April 8, 2018. The candidates are:
- District 1: Jamezetta Bedford
- District 2: Earl McKee, Tommy McNeill
- At-Large: Brian Crawford, Sally Greene, Noah Oswald
Welcome to the open thread for the Orange County Board of Education candidate forum happening on April 15, 2018, at 7:00 pm. The candidates are:
- Hawkeye Aguilar
- Jessica Aguilar
- Will Atherton
- Hillary MacKenzie
- Sarah Smylie
- Brenda Stephens
We hope you'll use this open thread to post your thoughts and reactions or to propose additional discussion topics. The forum moderator will have final say in question selection.
The 2018 OrangePolitics live online candidate forum for Orange County School Board took place on Sunday, April 15, 2018. The candidates are:
- Hawkeye Aguilar
- Jessica Aguilar
- Will Atherton
- Hillary MacKenzie
- Sarah Smylie
- Brenda Stephens
Yesterday I visited the Roots Restaurant on Franlin St and talked to a sister of some of the guys who were recently detained by ICE. You can help them out by donating. https://www.gofundme.com/deportation-defense-fund And today I read a facebook post by Ruby about another situation. "Rosa del Carmen Ortez-Cruz came to the U.S. from Honduras in 2002, fleeing extreme domestic violence – she was stabbed multiple times by a former partner, spending over a month in the hospital at age 19. She is the mother of four children, three of whom are U.S. citizens. Not only is Honduras one of the most dangerous countries in the world, but Rosa cannot return because her abuser has threatened her life.
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