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Fact Checking Carrboro Town Council Candidates on Greenways in Sewer Easements

by Ryan Byars

I recently attended a Carrboro candidate forum at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Carrboro. One of the questions asked by the moderator was if the candidates supported building the Bolin Creek Greenway along the “creekside” alignment that best connects Carrboro neighborhoods to schools and parks. Most of the candidates answered in the affirmative, […]

Posted inAmerican Legion, CHALT, Election 2023, Journalism

Fact checking The Local Reporter’s candidate questionnaire

by Geoff Green

It’s Chapel Hill tradition for nearly a dozen local organizations to distribute questionnaires to candidates before local elections. And, typically, it’s the answers that need fact-checking. But The Local Reporter’s candidate questionnaire turns that on its head. Here, it’s the questions that need fact-checking. We have written before about The Local Reporter’s close relationship with […]

Posted inElection 2023

Speed round: Factchecking Town Council candidates in Carrboro and Chapel Hill

by Geoff Green

Sometimes a fact-check requires a deep dive into source material to disentangle the intricacies of a situation and explain why a claim is false. Other times, though, it’s simple. This is one of those times. Welcome to Fact Check, Lightning Round Edition! With the election campaign heating up, we’ve encountered some false statements of fact, […]