Gentlemen outside the Dollar General & Piggly Wiggly
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:30:20 -0400 From: Barbara McCoy Subject: gentlemen outside store The gentlemen outside of the grocery store are very friendly and pleasant. They always greet me with a hello and how are you today. They are retired and this has become their gathering place and noContinue Reading
Isn’t beer made with the local water
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:39:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Linda Bienvenue Subject: Isn’t beer made with the local water “Sarah Mendel” wrote: drink more BEER! In response to the water contamination issue I would recommend all Chatham County folks drink more BEER! As an Aussie this is sound adviseContinue Reading
Sales tax increase vs property tax increase
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:08:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Jason Strickland Subject: Taxation Instead of ever increasingly raising the property taxes we land owners pay to support the rest of those who don’t have land in this county, why hasn’t any one proposed an increase in sales taxes. I wouldContinue Reading
McFat or McFit?
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:54:47 -0400 From: Scott Priestley Subject: McFat or McFit? Except for one private comment, I have managed to stay out of the fray about the “oncoming doom” from the Golden Arches. However, this one was just too good to pass up 🙂 It’s an oft-toldContinue Reading
Anthropomorphism
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:48:36 From: Jeanne Fort Subject: Anthropomorphism It’s called Anthropomorphism n. Attribution of human motivation, characteristics, or behavior to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena. The animals being sent for slaughter have NO IDEA what is going on. You know what is going on, so youContinue Reading
FW: Animals don’t know….?
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:10:54 -0400 From: Brenda Denzler Subject: FW: Animals don’t know….? Jeanne, Don’t underestimate what animals perceive. (1) If animals truly didn’t know what was going on *at some point* during the slaughtering process, why the need for Dr. Temple Grandin’s services to design more humaneContinue Reading
Discount for the elderly on land taxes
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:47:56 -0400 From: Rita Marley-McKenzie Subject: land tax To bounce off Doug’s post, There is also a deep discount for the elderly on land taxes. They need to fill out the application found at the tax office. It’s called the Homestead Exemption. Call the taxContinue Reading
Someone else will pay
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:23:09 EDT From: Bruce Paradis Subject: RE: property tax and more I just can’t help myself, I just got to put in my two cents. To all those who are anxious about rising property taxes and to those who want more and more amenities. ToContinue Reading
Factory farming
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:44:23 -0400 From: Karen E Tiede Subject: Factory farming “All I am asking is if you must eat meat don’t support these corporations ie:, McDonalds, KFC that do nothing to practice humane alternatives to factory farming.” According to Temple Grandin, it is McDonalds that hasContinue Reading
Need mower advise/comment
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:50:21 +0000 From: Meg Miller Subject: Need mower advise/comment Morning all- My husband is one of the “recyclers” some of you don’t care for. About a month he brought home a manual mower from the recycle center. I don’t know if it was in theContinue Reading
Eating food that’s still alive!
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:03:44 -0400 From: Al Cooke Subject: Eating food that’s still alive! When you pick lettuce, beans, corn, tomatoes, or any other fruit or vegetable, it doesn’t automatically die. When you bite a fresh apple, it’s still alive! Actually fresh produce continues to age (and deteriorateContinue Reading
Excessive trihalomethanes in the Pittsboro water supply
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:37:14 -0400 From: Gene Smelik Subject: Pittsboro Water Supply This is a response to Chatlist entry #14 from Chatlist #3151 entitled “Pittsboro Water Supply”. The subject of excessive trihalomethanes in the Pittsboro water supply has been popping up in the news and on the ChatlistContinue Reading
Chatham County adopts new budget
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:53:54 -0400 From: Debra Henzey Subject: Chatham County adopts new budget with proposed increase reduced by 35% Chatham Commissioners Reduce Tax Increase by 35 Percent PITTSBORO-The Chatham County Board of Commissioners adjusted or eliminated several county budget items to lower the property tax increase toContinue Reading
New Major Corridor Ordinance is before the Planning Board
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:26:59 -0400 From: Mark Barroso Subject: Re: Linda Cooper Linda Cooper wrote: You advocate and do all you can do to limit development. Not control it. After all, controlling it would mean designing areas of the county where business development would be encouraged such asContinue Reading
Show compassion for all animals
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:45:48 -0400 From: Aurora aka HipVegan Subject: Chatlist #3151 – Steve, Forrest and Ed Thank goodness for Brenda, who actually understood what I was trying to say. She was right on the money. And, shame on you Steve for always trying to twist things thatContinue Reading