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

Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2019 15:07:29 -0500 From: “Leda Hartman” Subject: Conflict of interest articles People should be aware that the articles recently posted by Chatham Thinker/Virginia Penley were written by a reporter who was on Randy Voller’s staff when he was chair of the NC Democratic Party. She helpedContinue Reading

Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2019 13:37:14 -0400 From: Pam Cash-Roper Subject: RE: Pittsboro Election It has been an exciting week. My team finished canvassing and my signs finally arrived and were installed on Saturday. But the big news was the endorsement from our future mayor Jim Nass. Mr. Nass issuedContinue Reading

Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 13:33:54 -0400 From: Maggie Frantz Subject: Clarifying my post re Jon Bonitz During last summer I had written each sitting city commissioner and the mayor and the only person who responded to me was Mr Bonitz. He was responsive when no one else was. ThisContinue Reading