John Foley, You are clearly a nice guy. Smart, handsome, charming, married into one of the best families in Chatham County. You’ve evidently given generously to others over your life. So, why would you choose to associate with such a person as Randy Voller? Voller’s long list of self-dealing:  CollectedContinue Reading

Virginia Penley more concerned about 2020 election deniers than local Chatham County issues?

Elections are around the corner.   Here is the voting information published by the Chatham County Line: https://chathamcountyline.org/know-before-you-go-make-a-plan-to-vote/ And below are the answers the County Commissioner candidates provided the Chatham County Line: https://chathamcountyline.org/candidates-for-chatham-county-commissioner/ I was surprised to learn from the Chatham News and Record that at least two of theContinue Reading

So, the Chatham Journal (on Facebook) has posted public documents on the PAC started by Randy Voller to support Jim Nass and Michael Fiocco. Turns out that the documents show two major donors. Mayor Jim Nass and some retired attorney from Florida. Jim Nass appears to have donated 79.16% of the totalContinue Reading

Michael Fiocco and Randy Voller both make money through their ties to real estate development. Many times the interests of the town and its residents are negatively impacted by the priorities of developers—including environmental regulations and safeguards as well as where the money goes for sewer and highway allotments. BothContinue Reading

How revealing that Randy Voller’s wife would step in to defend Mr. Fiocco. I understand that Randy is involved with the PAC that is spending money on behalf of Mr. Nass and Mr. Fiocco. Am I wrong? Further, Randy sits on the Main Street board with guess who? Mr. FioccoContinue Reading

I understand the frustration of Mr. Ernst. He has served his community on a number of public boards, run for office, although not successfully, and puts a finger on the imbalance of our tax base as well as the attenuation of our manufacturing sector. Some of these problems are relatedContinue Reading

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I read the last post from GOP activist Bill Crawford with interest. From my understanding the tax paying residents of District 1, Karen Howard, actually pay more to Chatham County in taxes every year than the combined total for the western districts of 4 and 5. I believe even DistrictContinue Reading

Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 10:58:02 -0500 From: “Leda Hartman” Subject: Correction to Tom West’s post I need to correct Tom West’s serious misunderstanding of my last post regarding Chatham Thinker. This was my post: “Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2019 15:07:29 -0500 From: “Leda Hartman” Subject: Conflict of interest articlesContinue Reading

Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 20:18:16 -0400 From: virginia penley <> Subject: RE: Chatham Primary of 2018 I read an interesting article in the Chatham Record about the Democratic Primary for Sheriff in Chatham County. Apparently because the Republicans did not field a candidate for Sheriff some Republicans have changedContinue Reading

Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2016 17:58:52 -0500 From: Gene Galin Subject: Last Week’s Hottest Bulletin Board Topics 1. Would you want George Lucier to be your “expert witness”? (Read 5653 times) at http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,20258.0.html 2. Climate change in Chatham County (Read 3328 times) at http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,16516.0.html 3. Chatham County perspective on TheContinue Reading