Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2019 09:27:56 -0500 From: Camille Subject: Re: Chatham Chatlist #6551 It pains me to see our little town of Pittsboro divided over a monument, and I would love to see both sides strike an amicable compromise. I like the way Georgia’s DeKalb County contextualized their ConfederateContinue Reading

Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2019 09:08:38 -0400 From: Taylor Kish Subject: Chatham County democrat socialists – defined Duck Decoy (Post 6544) attempted to use the definition of “socialism” as a defense that Chatham County democrats and Duck Decoy are not socialists. This perfectly demonstrates some people learned to read wordsContinue Reading

ate: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 17:06:46 -0400 From: Brad Page Subject: Our not so civil war When folks get together and protest the flags and statues connected to the American Civil War such as we’re seeing in downtown Pittsboro I think of a number of things from the 1850’s andContinue Reading

Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2019 09:12:21 -0500 From: Gaines Steer Subject: Y’all, I visited (though briefly) the demonstrations last weekend down at the Horton Middle School driveway, just across from the Confederate Flag demo. Interesting, to say the least.  Actually, I plan to utter: *the least*! Well, yesterday as IContinue Reading

Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 11:07:53 -0500 From: Brad Page Subject: Re: Chatham Chatlist #6549 More statue stuff The culture war around the statue isn’t about history. I see the UDC has filed for a temporary injunction to enjoin the Commissioners from taking this evil down. It’s sad that weContinue Reading

You can find yesterday Chatham County Municipal Election results athttps://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/05/2019&county_id=19&office=ALL&contest=0 Pittsboro town board winners – Kyle Shipp, John Bonitz & Jay Farrell Pittsboro mayor – Jim Nass Siler City town commission winners – Chip Price, Larry Cheek, Curtis Brown, Bill Haiges Siler City mayor – John GrimesContinue Reading