Last week we broke the news that a group of wealthy local homeowners were organizing to dump $120,000 into a single-issue Political Action Committee (PAC) to support Adam Searing’s mayoral campaign by piggybacking onto his and his like-minded council candidates’ vehement opposition to Chapel Hill’s mild housing reforms adopted in June. We wondered what the […]
Posted inTriangle Blog Blog
Donate to help Triangle Blog Blog embark on a big project
Hello friends! We are writing to ask you to make a financial contribution to Triangle Blog Blog to help us elect progressive candidates in Chapel Hill and Carrboro during the 2023 municipal election cycle. As a young organization, this is our first foray into local elections and we need your support to reach a wider […]
Posted inChapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, Election 2023
Interview: CHCCS School Board Candidate Barbara Fedders
Spanish/Espanol As we noted in our post about vetting school board candidates, we have sent questionnaires to each school board candidate and are publishing them in the order received. Questions were compiled by board members of both Triangle Blog Blog and Bridging the Gap, and attendees of a four-part community read and discussion series on […]
Posted inChapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, Election 2023
Entrevista: Candidato a la Junta Escolar de CHCCS Barbara Fedders
English/Ingles Como señalamos en nuestra publicación sobre la evaluación de los candidatos a la junta escolar, hemos enviado cuestionarios a cada candidato a la junta escolar y los estamos publicando en el orden en que los recibimos. Las preguntas fueron compiladas por miembros de la Junta de Triangle Blog Blog y Bridging the Gap, así […]
Posted inAdvisory Boards, Chapel Hill, Downtown, Planning Board: Chapel Hill
This week in Chapel Hill Planning Commission — Sept. 5, 2023
Welcome to a new, hopefully regular segment on the blogblog summarizing the agenda of the next Chapel Hill Planning Commission meeting. As a newly appointed member of the Planning Commission, I will be attending my first regularly scheduled meeting this week. My goal with this series is to help demystify the Town’s development review process […]
Posted inChapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, Election 2023
Interview: CHCCS School Board candidate Jane S. Gabin
Spanish/Espanol As we noted in our post about vetting school board candidates, we have sent questionnaires to each school board candidate and are publishing them in the order received. Questions were compiled by board members of both Triangle Blog Blog and Bridging the Gap, and attendees of a four-part community read and discussion series on […]