Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 06:00:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Meg Miller Subject: Board of Ed/Commish meetings Wow…..I need to stick my nose out the door more often and get to some of these Board of Ed/Commish meetings. Sounds like the good old days with the good old boys are backContinue Reading
From: Tom Glendinning Sent: Wed, May 22, 2013 6:35:13 PM Subject: Voter Registration in Chatham County In the past three years, the democratic party has lost about 6% of its voters. The republican and independent (unaffiliated) have gained that much, almost equally. The state roll of democrats is at 43%Continue Reading
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:21:31 -0400 From: Ben Maschal Subject: Anonymous follow up First, I understand Gene’s reasoning on continuing anonymous speech on the Chatlist. Protecting unpopular speech, such as that of whistle blowers, is indeed a valid concern. Further, it is his list, and I respect his rightContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:16:10 -0400 From: “John R Dykers Subject: anonymity Having written for a statewide publication under a pseudonym, I recognize the tradeoffs involved with signing our posts with our real names. The difference seems to be that an “argument” is intended to be “won” and aContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:43:02 -0400 (EDT) From: deloispopp Subject: Thanks to Gene I have been reading the Chatlist for approximately 2 months and have found good information that I might not have known about otherwise. It serves as a good what’s happening “daily newsletter”…. However, with that beingContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 08:36:31 -0400 From: sarah shook Subject: Rape It is a sad day when we are more offended by a reference to sociopolitical rape (which, according to Merriam Webster Dictionary was an appropriate use of the term in context) than rape by the sexual definition. YouContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 7 May 2013 14:00:06 -0400 From: M Maschal Subject: No Apology Necessary For those seeking to be offended by Mayor Voller’s rape comment, please make yourselves familiar with the definitions of the word (please see 4,5,7 and 8). This word does not solely apply to sexual assault. ToContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 00:02:43 -0400 From: Lyle Estill Subject: Rape and stuff… It could be Chairman Voller has it wrong. Rape could be too strong a word. Our poor statehouse is currently full of ideologues who don’t understand women, or science, or latinos, or energy–or business for thatContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 18:26:09 -0400 From: Whatzup Subject: Drama ending. Laughter continues. Glad to see the Anonymous drama is ending. Now the laughter can continue with the latest post by my buddy Karen. First of all Karen, I know you. You know me. Anyone who knows you orContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 13:36:58 -0400 From: “Tom Glendinning” Subject: Re: Kim Calhoun’s Post I am glad to see courses offered to the public on tree care and maintenance.. As a landscape professional of forty plus years, I found this focus lacking for most of my clients. Trees provideContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 10:44:28 -0400 From: chathammatters Subject: Responding to Karen Crowell Karen Crowell, I am completely confused by your post. You seem to be confusing me with someone who writes under the name of Whatzup. I don’t know who Whatzup is or what they do for aContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 09:48:23 -0400 From: Al Cooke Subject: No offense intended There are several instances in the movie Little Big Man where the Dustin Hoffman character says something about “redskins” to his adoptive grandfather, the Chief Dan George character. Hoffman then follows up with, “no offense” toContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 09:39:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Rod and Nancy Dail Subject: Fundraiser for Sam Holt Sam is an 8 year old boy who is currently undergoing radiation treatment for brain cancer. He and his family live here in Chatham County and are traveling to Durham for treatments.Continue Reading
Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 09:16:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Brad Page Subject: Anonymous – ME! From this moment on I choose to change my Chatlist moniker to Anonymous! Please, no more scurrilous comments about me. Compliments only. And no Fleers! If you have any arguments you may email the personContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 09:03:51 -0400 From: Peggy Wilson Subject: Bamboo A friendly bamboo warning… We had a small grove on our farm when we moved here in 1984, and loved it, as do the birds. However, it spreads rampantly by 1 -1½ inch woody rhizomes(?) that are onContinue Reading
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