It’s good to step back sometimes and question why things are the way they are, especially when they just don’t make any sense. I have no doubt that at some point, probably sooner than later, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a world class, leading research university, will cease to burn coal at […]
Posted inSatire, Greenway
Taylor Swift’s lyrics are secretly all about Chapel Hill and Carrboro
Here at TBB we’re thinking about town politics all the time, even when we’re listening to Midnights for the millionth time while contemplating the latest batshit NextDoor thread. And we can’t ? shake it off ? – we’re fairly certain Taylor is singing, over and over again, about what’s happening right here in Chapel Hill […]
Posted inChapel Hill Town Council, Housing
Kudos to the Chapel Hill Town Council for leading the way in affordable housing
Last week’s Chapel Hill town council meeting was so jam-packed with good news that we’re still processing it, as if it were a long awaited 10th Taylor Swift album dropping at midnight. From dueling petitions on the future of the Legion site to a public apology for Chapel Hill’s illegal raid on a Black business […]
Posted inCarrboro, Carrboro Town Council, Greenway
Your poop ? and Bolin Creek
Recently, a social media post from anti-greenway group Friends of Bolin Creek caught our attention. It seemed to suggest that paving a 10-foot-wide path along an existing 30-foot-wide sewer easement next to Bolin Creek would be equivalent to deforestation. This is bananas. The proposed greenway along Bolin Creek would be built on top of a […]
Posted inCarrboro, Bike and Walk, Carrboro Town Council, Greenway
We must restart the much-needed conversation around greenways in Carrboro
Stalling or delaying a project happens a lot in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. We often hear: More time is needed, or More studies are needed, or We must wait for our understaffed town staff to answer a long list of questions before proceeding. Delaying or stalling a project stops progress. It makes projects more expensive, […]
Posted inChapel Hill Town Council, Greenway
Live Blogging the Nov. 16 Chapel Hill Town Council Meeting
We’re thirty minutes into the Nov. 16 meeting of the Chapel Hill Town Council, and in the words of The Carpenters…”we’ve only just begun.” 7:30: We open with a petition from the Save Legion Park group. Virginia Gray opens with quoting Joni Mitchell. She notes “Some of us remember Joni Mitchell. Others have never heard […]