Chatham Chatlist Highlights

Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 22:00:22 +0000
From: Sarah M. Shook
Subject: Wow. Disappointed.

Up until the last couple Chatlists I’ve received, I’d considered Pittsboro to be a town populated with relatively progressive individuals. Imagine my surprise to find posts in two, successive Chatlists with, far worse than homophobic overtones, outright and blatant anti-homosexual content.

I’m a parent. I have a 9 month-old. It doesn’t matter if my son is 9 months old or 7 years old. I would be setting a far poorer example for him by judging the lives of others in comparison to my own, than by taking my little boy out for a day at the lake, whether everyone there is a cookie-cutter of me and my family structure or not.

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Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 13:30:41 -0400
From: Elaine Chiosso
Subject: Pittsboro Needs to Conserve Water

Today’s News and Observer paper lists Pittsboro as one of the only municipalities in the region not requiring mandatory water conservation use in the midst of what is now an extreme drought. Pittsboro pulls its water from the Haw River at the old mill dam impoundment above Bynum. The river is very low, and many of the local creeks that feed the river are almost completely dry. The Town of Pittsboro sells treated water to areas outside their city limits, including the big Chapel Ridge Golf Course development off of Old Graham Road.

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Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 10:22:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: megan lynch
Subject: Re: Problems with our lake

If one wants to come out to Jordan Lake and recreate, I strongly suggest that you visit one of the established recreational areas managed by state parks. These areas are staffed and patrolled by the park rangers. Problems do arise at times , but can be
handled by the park rangers who are nearby.These park areas are the only approved spots to swim , camp and picnic. The other lands surrounding the lake are generally managed as game lands and under the Wildlife Resources Commission.

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Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 09:25:07
From: Chuck
Subject: Re: problems with our lake

Myself and others would like to know what the county and state officials plan to do about the on going homo-sexual activities happening at Jordan lake, mainly off hwy 751 north of hwy 64. People go here to seek same sex activities, in the open and in the cover. I have personally seen these acts and it disgust me. This place at one time was a great place to take the kids swimming and hang out with friends fishing. are there more people concerned about this problem.

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Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 17:18:54 -0400
From: “Will Sexton”
Subject: A Rabbit (Not a Pet)

To the people of the Chatlist –

Begging your indulgence for a few remarks on the following centennials:

August 23 of this year marked 100 years since the unveiling of the Confederate memorial that stands over what’s now the Pittsboro traffic roundabout. One hundred years ago September 2, someone mysteriously defaced the statue with shoe polish.

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