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https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/dashboard/cases-demographics Facts (as of 12/5/2020):o  COVID affects Hispanic Countians disproportionately.o  777+ Hispanic Countians are COVID positive. o  Half (1211 of 2423) of County COVID positives are in the 27344 zip code.o  Siler City & outskirts dominate 27344.o  Siler is half Hispanic. What do the facts indicate?  That COVID spread rateContinue Reading

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Part 1 (Chatlist #6845) introduced our 2nd County Health CRISIS, Structural Racism.  Upcoming County policies will create benefits.  Maybe free health clinics?  Health stipends? Could you lose financially?  Milwaukee has a “Racial Equity Budget Tool” for their CRISIS.  It looks to hire interns via Univ of Wisconsin’s Department of Africology. Continue Reading

New Health Crisis (Part 1): Cannot beat them? Join them!!

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First in a series to proclaim and strangely, also celebrate the 2nd County Health CRISIS.  The 1st Crisis COVID-19 is nothing to celebrate, though mandatory masks, lockdowns, and quarantining under Harris/Biden will muzzle a disturbingly large number of red hatted loudies (wink). The 2nd CRISIS is Structural Racism, a healthContinue Reading

Cell phone plans And recommendations

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I recently saw a post regarding cell phone plans and recommendations.  We have had experience with two pre-paid cell phone providers not mentioned.  We are located off Jones Ferry Road. We use our cell phones as our home phone so a decent signal strength iss important.  For a few years we usedContinue Reading

Garage door repair recommendations

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I recently asked Chatlist readers for referrals for garage door repair.I received 3 responses.I used Nim Brann, Garage Doors Unlimited, 919-669-6544, and he was exactly what I wanted.Chatlisters recommended two others–I can’t vouch for them personally but they were strongly recommended.One is George Onda, Garage Door Services.  Two numbers wereContinue Reading

Attention Siler City rental owners: “Right of first refusal” for affordable housing

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Here is what our County Government Overlords (Übermensch) envision for you (p.12): “right of first refusal for affordable housing organizations to purchase a property before it is offered to other parties, and establishing reasonable penalties to encourage compliance and help cover administration costs” https://www.chathamnc.org/home/showpublisheddocument?id=32222 In the Progressive case (and ourContinue Reading

Woods Charter School Now Accepting Applications for 2021-2022

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Woods Charter School is a K-12 school of 512 students in northern Chatham County that is open to all school-aged children in North Carolina. Woods has small class sizes, a creative, dynamic, and dedicated faculty, a school culture where respect and civility rule, and learning is alive! Our admissions areContinue Reading

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It’s pretty easy to look up voter registrations online at the NC state elections website. According to the voter registration data, there are two Michael Youngs registered as Democrats in Chatham County and while birthdate is not publicly available in the voter website, taking their full names and addresses andContinue Reading

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I’m writing in response to Mr. Gastwaite’s claims of a 115 year old Democratic voter here in Chatham: Congratulations to the oldest voter in Chatham County during the recent> elections: Mr. Michael Young, who will be 115 years old at the end of this> year.> He voted absentee as aContinue Reading