Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2014 11:46:36 -0500 From: Allen Matlins Subject: Development and Prosperity in Chatham County Here’s a paragraph from a Special Report in The Economist titled Biodiversity. The bottom line is that wealthier regions sometimes do a better job of protecting and sustaining biodiversity. “that is thanks toContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 17:48:54 -0500 From: “Tom Glendinning” Subject: Definitions Maybe Momopom was looking at a new word called “suburbane” when she posted December 28. Or maybe Webster’s dictionary made a slip. Using my Funk & Wagnalls, I find: Urbane – characterized by having refinement or elegance, especiallyContinue Reading
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 01:58:47 -0500 From: “John R Dykers” Subject: Chatham Park and many other Chatham concerns May we judiciously recognize that none of us can speak for “the interests of the citizens of Chatham County and Pittsboro.” Those interests are too varied, a little different for eachContinue Reading
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 10:42:54 -0500 From: “John R Dykers” Subject: maryphillis post 28 Dec. Loved your post and your description of self and family and motives for coming to Pittsboro. I came in 1964 for similar reasons, having grown up in Jacksonville Fla. and living also in Mandarin,Continue Reading
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 15:02:31 +0000 From: Joe Subject: And in what context is it ever right to… Cindy momopom wrote that Tom West took Jane Forbes’ comment out of context and made her sound like an awful snob. Really? THAT’s your defense? Took Jane Forbes comment out ofContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 15:52:30 -0500 From: samantha capitol Subject: Chatham Park appears to be “Smart Growth”: The holidays have given me some time to do more research. I found this from Chatham County’ 2007 minutes: The Governor’s Commission on Smart Growth, Growth Management and Development, which was co-chairedContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 13:18:30 -0500 From: Taylor Kish Subject: Dr. Dykers, stupid behavior, and Henny Penny Dr. Dykers, I agree with your post in the Chatlist (1/3 #4829) 100%. I can’t think of any post you offered that was not well thought out, balanced, and fair even withoutContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 21:37:50 -0500 From: Tom West Subject: Pittsboro Matters doesn’t have the numbers or the public support While Brad Page claims that a few hundred belong to Pittsboro Matters, The truth is that number of active members actually less than 100. As many of us know,Continue Reading
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 10:29:03 -0500 From: Taylor Kish Subject: Let’s look at the Chatham “wilderness” Almost every acre in what is now Chatham County has been cleared and used by humans in one way or another. That is a LOT of cleared land for lumber, tobacco, cattle, horses. Continue Reading
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 12:08:19 -0500 From: chathammatters Subject: Control vs Freedom Momopom wrote that: “Webster’s definition of suburban: uninteresting, conventional, ordinary, commonplace, unremarkable, unexceptional…†It didn’t match what I remembered of the term, so I looked it up in several dictionaries: here are the actual definitions of suburbanContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:38:12 -0500 From: “John R Dykers” Subject: Land Use/Chatham Park I was rereading some old notes about the Conceptual Land Use Plan that several folks reviewed after a public invitation back in June 2013. One concept that applies to the current conversation regarding Chatham ParkContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 22:02:46 -0500 From: Taylor Kish Subject: John Alderman’s well stated target Back on Nov. 5 I reserved judgement on John Alderman’s post #4793 because he sounded interesting and knowledgeable. John Alderman never informed us via this Chatlist he was paid by the Rocky River HeritageContinue Reading
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 10:57:05 -0500 (EST) From: deloispopp Subject: Chathamn Park Hospital In regard to the comments that a hospital is not needed in this area due to the close proximity of UNCH and Duke, I am under the impression this hospital will be a satellite hospital ofContinue Reading
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2014 19:48:03 -0500 (EST) From: Brad Page Subject: traffic jams I sat in my first traffic jam at age 5. I remember my uncle was driving so we must have been going from Hoover St. in Los Angeles, my grandmother’s homw, to his home in ElContinue Reading
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 23:44:58 -0500 From: Gene Subject: Last Week’s Hottest Chatham BBS Topics Last Week’s Hottest Topics on the Chatham Bulletin Board – 1. Art means Business (Read 3181 times) at http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,29413.0.html 2. Mega site website (Read 2196 times) at http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,30603.0.html 3. Pittsboro Town Council member charged Continue Reading
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