Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 19:05:37 -0500 From: Dave Cohen Subject: Swat-A-Litterbug Just a reminder: When you see that ignorant motorist toss a cigarette butt, or something else, out the window, write down the license number, date/time, and location, then fill out the Swat-A-Litterbug form at NCDOT Supposedly, theContinue Reading
Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 13:29:18 -0500 From: Taylor Kish Subject: One side to a fact; more sides to a story Mark, history is written by the victors. (Post #6627) Fact: -6% African slaves were brought to British American colonies. Most went to Central America, South America, or the CaribbeanContinue Reading
I’m voting NO to the on the proposed Chatham County Sales Tax Increase on Tuesday. It’s a personal thing to me. In 2002, I was laid off from a company in financial trouble. Going from a regular paycheck to an unemployment check was quite a change. I remember going intoContinue Reading
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 19:30:09 -0500 From: Joan Triplett Subject: Chathamites I like the reference to those of us who are residents Chatham County as Chatham Rabbits. I was born here and have resided here the better part of 68 years, all within 4 miles of Pittsboro. I don’tContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 12:42:26 +0000 From: Michael Barnes Subject: Four-digit Zip Code Hi. In order to be sure Chatham County gets its share of sales taxes charged by internet companies, please remember to add your four-digit zip code to your address. The U.S. Postal Service web page thatContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 13:54:20 -0500 From: Mark Stinson Subject: All things being equal Brad questioned the nature of who wrote my last post . I find that interesting and encouraging . I have been working on my ability to write more proficiently to get my pointContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2020 09:34:57 -0500From: Tarus BALOG Subject: The GOP and Regressive Taxes As expected I figured I’d hit a nerve bringing up the discussion of the sales tax increase. I’d like to bring up two more points for consideration. The first concerns my comment that the signsContinue Reading
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2020 20:02:07 -0500 From: Mark Stinson Subject: Gun rights Kathy Zinn The average law enforcement response time near Siler or Pittsboro is about 10 minutes plus or minus . Out here in the county it can be as much as 30 minutes after you call 911Continue Reading
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 12:02:28 -0500 From: Chatham Witness Subject: Rant Poison – Who is the radical here? Mark Stinson, your 1100-word rant betrays an anger easy to radicalize by nefarious sources with zero credibility and awfully bad intentions. Please change the channel, take a walk, and breathe deeply.Continue Reading
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2020 10:47:22 -0500 From: Tarus BALOG Subject: Re: Chatham County sales tax increase > On Feb 8, 2020, at 8:23 AM,Bill Crawford wrote: > > Subject: Chatham County sales tax increase > > There are a number of points I’ve had thrown my way regarding thisContinue Reading
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2020 08:55:25 -0500 From: Cathy Wright Subject: Second Amendment Sanctuary Movement Second Amendment Sanctuary Movement I am a Chatham County volunteer for the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action and am committed to advocating for our inalienable right as Americans to defend ourselves. The NRA is theContinue Reading
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 09:19:37 -0500 From: Joe Gerstner Subject: Tarus Balog – “It won’t be noticed” “It won’t be noticed” Tarus Balog says a minimum wage worker won’t notice paying an additional $38 in taxes. Since he created this hypothetical, let me add to it by saying theContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 18:21:24 -0500 From: Jack Dancer Subject: Goodnite Mark So agree with KJ! When I first joined the chat list I read two lines of the first posting (that I saw) and I’ve never read one since. UGH! And while we’re on the subject, I stoppedContinue Reading
I want to weigh in and say that as a long time chatlist reader I enjoy both perspectives. Both provide some much needed color to a grey sea of conformity. I hope they both continue with their narratives. As someone else pointed out, the solution is to “change the channel”Continue Reading
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 18:58:40 -0500 From: Duck Decoy Subject: NA Booko N.A. Booko’s poems and humorous prose pieces add a bit of color and levity to the chatlist.Continue Reading
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