Madison, Wisconsin has a really cool program that I think Chapel Hill and Carrboro should adopt. It’s called Adopt-a-Median, and…it’s exactly what it sounds like. People adopt medians, and then plant native plants from an approved list in the median. There are several benefits: It looks great It gets people more invested in helping their […]
Posted inCarrboro, Election 2023
Extremely misleading and incorrect election flyer circulating in Carrboro
We have gotten several emails and reports that neighborhoods along Pathway and Homestead received flyers over the past two days that contain extremely misleading and incorrect information about candidates and issues in the election. In this post, we fact check these flyers and the group circulating them. Who is sending the flyer? One flyer says […]
Posted inElection 2023
We need your help: Print our endorsement handouts for poll greeters
The blog bloggers have been greeting voters at the polls since the start of early voting on Thursday, and we’ve had a great time meeting with voters and providing information so they can make smart choices. One item that voters have found super helpful are the endorsement handouts that we prepared as part of our […]
Posted inElection 2023
UNC Student Voting Guide to the 2023 elections
With the Fall semester reaching a fever pitch, students are often being pulled in many directions. One such direction is the municipal elections knocking at our collective door. Triangle Blog Blog is a civics-loving, Shameful Nuisance-inducing group of eccentric do-gooders. In the spirit of the blog, we recently released TBB’s endorsements for the 2023 races. […]
Posted inCHALT, Election 2023
Adam’s polling flyer implies Jess was hiding from affordable housing votes. She had COVID.
Volunteers for the Searing slate are passing out a flyer to voters at the polls called the “Voting Report Card for Chapel Hill 2022-2023” while telling them “actions speak louder than words. There are so many plans and endorsements and assertions, it’s hard to know what is true, false or noise.” The endorsements candidates have […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Chapel Hill Town Council, Election 2023
Will Chapel Hill rewrite its zoning to allow for more housing diversity and density?
This series considers policy questions that will be addressed by the Chapel Hill and Carrboro Town Councils in the next two years. As we always do at Triangle Blog Blog, we will offer our opinions, but we’ll also point you to primary source documents so you can make your own judgment. Is Chapel Hill “a […]