I just don’t understand
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:39:27 +0000 From: Karen E Crowell Subject: prejudice “Everyone has strengths and weaknesses, advantages and disadvantages and they have nothing to do with skin color or ethnicity.” How ironic that someone would say such a thing considering we are celebrating Martin Luther King’s birthday thisContinue Reading
How is it making up a snow day if they take another day off to replace it?
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 19:59:32 -0500 From: Amanda Trayes Subject: PLease help me understand How is it making up a snow day if they take another day off to replace it? Why not just leave the days as they are? Now the kids have 2 3 day weekends insteadContinue Reading
Paul Cuadros plays the race card already and I Googled Siler City
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 17:08:12 -0500 From: Whatzup Subject: Paul Cuadros plays the race card already and I googled Siler City It didn’t take long at all. Based on his chatlist post, it looks like Paul Cuadros has already decided to pay the race card. He states “The lastContinue Reading
Taking IN (not out) the trash!
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 05:04:26 -0800 (PST) From: stephanie talbott Subject: Taking IN (not out) the trash! County leaders are proposing to build a regional landfill, so Chatham County can accept regional industry and residential waste. Potential sites for such an industry have been identified, and county-wide meetings areContinue Reading
Step up to the plate and be an Eco Hero, Chris Garriss
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:31:06 -0500 From: Tom West Subject: Step up to the plate and be an Eco Hero, Chris Garriss Chris – Happy to hear that you have been around for more than 60 years. Hopefully it means you are a man of some wisdom. I amContinue Reading
Chatham County residents are tired of the old regime’s political gestures
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:52:39 -0500 From: Donna Kelly Subject: Human Relations Paul Caudros says that eliminating the Human Relations Director position was nothing more than politics because people were angry about the passage of the 287g immigration law enforcement resolution. He points out that the resolution carried noContinue Reading
Chatham County Board of Education Mid-Year Retreat Summary – January 14, 2011
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 09:45:27 -0500 From: Mia Munn Subject: School Board Retreat summary issued by the district: Chatham County Board of Education Mid-Year Retreat Summary – January 14, 2011 The Chatham County Board of Education met for a mid-year retreat on Friday, January 14, at RAFI-USA in Pittsboro.Continue Reading
Chatham County Board of Education Meeting Summary – January 14, 2011
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 09:46:05 -0500 From: Mia Munn Subject: School board meeting summary issued by the district: Chatham County Board of Education Meeting Summary – January 14, 2011 The Chatham County Board of Education met on Friday, January 14, at the central office in Pittsboro. Below is aContinue Reading
Woody’s Store provides a service that I find extremely helpful
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 05:51:44 -0500 From: Phyllis Thomas Subject: Dog tags Woody’s Store has a person that has pet supplies, but also provides a service that I find extremely helpful. If you purchase a dog collar from him, he will stamp (with some kind of machine that resemblesContinue Reading
Bad day? Or not so bad of a day?
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:52:45 -0500 From: Mark Stinson Subject: Bad day ? or not so bad of a day ? Sometimes we take things for granted such as a bad day . We complain and wish it were over with but what if that was the last dayContinue Reading
School redistricting discussion going on in Chatham County
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:57:58 -0500 From: Mia Munn Subject: school redistricting For all of you wondering what happened to the plans for redistricting last year, here is the presentation (starts on p3) for Friday’s retreat – it is on the schedule for 8:30 am at RAFI (across fromContinue Reading
Northwood Booster Club in need of telephone poles
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:42:56 -0500 From: Darcey Moore Subject: Northwood Booster Club in need of telephone poles All, One of the goals of the Booster Club this year was to have a netting system installed on the soccer field to prevent balls from going into the wooded areaContinue Reading
Don’t tell me that a big bus is worse than no bus at all
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:40:00 +0000 From: Karen E Crowell Subject: public transportation & on the job training To quote a recent chatlist post: “Why is it my responsibility as a taxpayer to subsidize transportation for you to get to work? Should I also buy your food and payContinue Reading
Sustainable Communities Director position created to expand role of government in Chatham County, NC
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:29:39 -0500 From: Donna Kelly Subject: Sustainable Communities Director We keep hearing now that the Sustainable Communities director position was created to promote efficiencies and reduce redundancies in county government departments. How about we look at the minutes of some of the BOC meetings whenContinue Reading
This is why I think Sustainable Communities director position was created
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:36:09 -0500 From: Caroline Siverson Subject: Recent county actions and transparent government I was present at the January 3 Board of Commissioners meeting, and I have some thoughts on the chat list discussions about the recent staff cuts, the bus service, and citizen participation inContinue Reading