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In honor of early voting starting yesterday in Hillsborough and this Monday in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, I am kicking off our annual special-rules endorsement thread. The rules are simple: tell us who you are voting for, if you want you can also tell us why. Please do not discuss any candidates you are not supporting, or your comment will be deleted. This is the one post a year where I require that you keep your comments nice. ;-)
Here's where to vote, see this post for more details.
Neighborhoods for Responsible Growth (NRG) has again decided against officially endorsing any candidates in this cycle. However, we're very interested in helping citizens to understand the positions of the candidates on issues we care about.
NRG presented all candidates with a short questionnaire, and the candidate responses are posted to our website. We invite all interested citizens to browse the answers at NRG's Chapel Hill Elections 2007 page.
The questions we asked were:
On density and growth
1. In its Comprehensive Plan, Chapel Hill is committed both to denser urban development and to protection of existing neighborhoods. Do you see any conflict between these goals, and what do you feel is the best way to achieve them?
On environmental protection
2. Please describe at least three ways you feel the Town could do a better job protecting creeks and other environmentally sensitive habitats.
On cooperation of local governments
3. What suggestions do you have for better ways for the local governments in the Orange County area to work together?
I'll be checking this out tonight in my on-going attempt to better understand school board issues. You can submit questions for the forum online. I think my question would be: can you please explain all these programs and proposals in plain English instead of acronyms and code words? Oh and: are you willing to sacrifice a little of your own family's privilege to create more opportunities for less advantaged children?
CHCCS Board of Education Candidate Forum
Hosted by the PTA Council and League of Women Voters
Monday October 15th
7:00-9:00pm
Chapel Hill Town Council Chambers, 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Live on Time Warner Cablevision Channel 18
Moderated by Vicki Boyer, League of Women Voters
- PTA Council - Home
The PTA also promised to post the results of it's municipal questionnaire on it's web site today, but I don't see it there yet. Will keep checking.
EARLY VOTING,HOW TO REGISTER AND VOTE AT A ONE-STOP ABSENTEE SITE
ORANGE COUNTY One-stop voting for Nov. 6 general election:
Orange County Public Library Conference Room
300 W. Tryon St., Hillsborough
Thursday, Oct. 18 to Friday, Oct. 19 - 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 22 to Friday, Oct. 26 - 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 27 - 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 29 to Friday, Nov. 2 - 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 3 - 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Carrboro Town Hall
301 W. Main St, Carrboro
Monday, Oct. 22 to Friday, Oct. 26 - 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 29 to Friday, Nov. 2 - 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 3 - 9 a.m. to 1 p.m
Chapel Hill Post Office
179 East Franklin St., Chapel Hill
Monday, Oct. 22 to Friday, Oct. 26 - 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 29 to Friday, Nov. 2 - 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 3 - 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
HOW TO REGISTER AND VOTE AT A ONE-STOP ABSENTEE SITE
This weekend the Orange/Chatham Group of the NC Sierra Club released
their endorsements for Orange County's municipal races. The results are
not surprising (nor disagreeable) at least to me.
Hillsborough:
Tom Stevens for Mayor
Eric Hallman for Commissioner
Evelyn Lloyd for Commissioner
Bryant Warren Jr. for Commissioner
Carrboro:
Mark Chilton for Mayor
Joal Broun for Alderman
Dan Coleman for Alderman
Lydia Lavelle for Alderman
Chapel Hill:
Kevin Foy for Mayor
Sally Greene for Town Council
Cam Hill for Town Council
Bill Strom for Town Council
Jim Ward for Town Council
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