Chatham Chatlist Highlights

Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 17:13:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Billy Thornton
Subject: Reply to Bill Prentice’s post on the PTA thrift store boxes.

Once the items have been dropped off at the boxes they are the property of the Thrift Store and anyone removing the items except for those that take the items to the store are in effect stealing from the store.

I would recommend to anyone that witnesses the same type of action that Bill did to get the tag number and notify the police immediately. That individual who took the items actually stole from every student in the county since the proceeds from the thrift store goes to the schools to buy supplies that are not in the budget.

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Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 17:43:37 -0400
From: Gene
Subject: Chatlist Sponsorship Calendar is now up!

I have set up a Chatlist Sponsorship Calendar at
http://chathamchatlist.com/sponsorcalendar.html

It’s a Google Calendar application that allows those who are interested in sponsoring a chatlist to see what days have already been spoken for and which ones are still available.

As you can see most of the remainder of May is spoken for and we already have a bunch of days in October reserved.

Now I have to automate the submittal and payment methods a bit and we can smooth out the process a bit.

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Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 15:41:50 +0000
From:  Donna Bianco
Subject: Chatham County Leads Group

If you are a small or big business owner and would like an opportunity to promote your business, consider coming to our Chatham County Leads Group which meets at Our Neighborhood School every Tuesday from 8 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

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Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 09:33:44 -0400
From: Al Cooke
Subject: Coyote Fencing

Animal control experts out west suggest that “Most coyotes readily cross over, under, or through conventional livestock fences. A coyote’s response to a fence is influenced by various factors, including the coyote’s experience and motivation for crossing the fence. Total exclusion of all coyotes by fencing, especially from large areas, is highly unlikely since some eventually learn to either dig deeper or climb higher to defeat a fence. Good fences, however, can be important in reducing predation, as well as increasing the effectiveness of other damage control methods (such as snares, traps, or guarding animals).” A wildlife specialist who did his graduate work studying coyotes once told me that “the dumbest coyote is smarter than the smartest dog.”

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Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:51:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jason Strickland
Subject: RE: taxation

Jason:

The income from sales tax in Chatham would be negligible.  Where were you when the LTT was discussed?  There were forums all over the county and it was much discussed by those who know the difference in income that would be generated by sales taxes vs. the LTT or property taxes.  It was also pointed out that less-THAT’S RIGHT LESS! than 17% of the population of Chatham County would have paid the LTT.  Yet it failed because the National Realtors Association and the National Home Builders Association poured $100,000.00+ into it’s defeat.  Aint it great that the very people who are making the most $$$ off the development that Chatham County is experiencing spent their PAC money to put the funding for infrastructure on the backs of the current property owners of Chatham?

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Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:15:33 -0400
From: Darryl
Subject: Re: Noisy business

I have always been, and still do, promote the General Store Cafe as great place in Pittsboro. Unfortunately, GSC cannot decide if it is to be a dining location or a loud music showcase. This becomes a definite problem when a party of 10 has to leave the dining room and go outside in order to be able to hear the adjacent person speak, as happened to me recently.

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