In a previous post, we examined the backgrounds and experiences of Carrboro’s Town Council candidates. This post delves into their policy positions. Today, we are endorsing future mayor Barbara Foushee alongside the Better Together slate—incumbent Eliazar Posada, former Planning Board chair Catherine Fray, and former Transportation and Connectivity Advisory Board Chair Jason Merrill. Broadly speaking, […]
Posted inBike and Walk, Bike Beat, Carrboro, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, Connectivity, Things to do with kids
Forget Autonomous Cars, I Want Autonomous Kids
Happy Walk, Bike, & Roll to School Day! The occasion provides a good opportunity for me to share what you might consider a “nerd urbanist parenting” milestone that I recently reached, which is that my daughter rode her bike to school without one of her parents accompanying her. My daughter is seven years old and […]
Posted inCHALT, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill Town Council, Journalism
DTH: Nonprofit Friends of Bolin Creek Likely Held Illegal Campaign Event
Blockbuster story from the Daily Tar Heel today: The Friends of Bolin Creek, a registered nonprofit under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, likely held a partisan campaign event and broke federal law. One of the benefits given to 501(c)(3) nonprofits is that their donors can typically deduct the amount of their donation off […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Election 2023
Elizabeth Sharp is Running for Council Because She Doesn’t Want Any More Students in Her Neighborhood
With few exceptions, most people running for Chapel Hill Town Council—a part-time job that pays a tad over twenty thousand a year and requires you to work nights and weekends—are doing so for a reason. Erik Valera is running because he wants to represent communities that are seldom heard in council meetings. Melissa McCullough is […]
Posted inHousing
Yonah Freemark: An interview about land use and zoning
Yonah Freemark is the research director of the Land Use Lab at the Urban Institute. His research focuses on the intersection of land use, affordable housing, transportation, and governance. He has published peer-reviewed scholarship in numerous journals, including Urban Affairs Review, Politics & Society, Housing Policy Debate, and the Journal of the American Planning Association. Thank you for doing […]
Posted inCarrboro, Chapel Hill, Election 2023, voting-info
Council Candidate Interview and Questionnaire Compendium
Updated October 22, 2023 with additional questionnaires and interviews. Just about every civic organization in Chapel Hill and Carrboro sends out questionnaires to candidates asking about their key issues. The responses to these questionnaires are often used to help decide endorsements and are often reprinted in full. Here is a link to all of the […]