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 […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Chapel Hill Town Council, Durham, Election 2023, Orange County
Wait, I might vote in Durham County?
Most people who live in Chapel Hill will vote at the Orange County early voting sites. But there are small parts of Chapel Hill within Durham County. Those residents will need to vote at Durham County one-stop early voting sites. Wait, there are Chapel Hill residents who live in Durham County? Yep! There are. And […]
Posted inCHALT, Election 2023
CHALT is not interested in collaborative, coalition-building local governance
This is a pivotal election for Chapel Hill. Beyond the clear policy differences there is a significant experience gap between the candidates. The slate of candidates strongly supported by CHALT (Adam Searing for mayor; Breckany Eckhardt, Elizabeth Sharp, Renuka Soll and David Adams for council) have a paucity of experience with town governance. This is […]
Posted inChapel Hill Town Council, Election 2023, Transportation
Will Chapel Hill support transit oriented development if the NSBRT is funded?
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. What is the North-South […]
Posted inTriangle Blog Blog
A critic of Triangle Blog Blog called my employer. That’s not okay.
In 2021, an East Chapel Hill High School junior named Caroline Chen wrote a piece about CHALT for her high school newspaper. Instead of ignoring the piece, CHALT’s leadership complained to Chen’s high school newspaper advisor, The Daily Tar Heel, and IndyWeek. This reaction was wildly inappropriate, and people across our community rightfully saw CHALT […]