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 reparations […]
Election 2023
Posted inChapel Hill, Chapel Hill Town Council, Election 2023, Journalism
Seven things we learned from the News & Observer’s follow up on our scoop on the $120K PAC
Earlier today the News & Observer published a piece on the plans by twelve wealthy couples to inject $120,000 into the Chapel Hill elections in a bid to overturn the Chapel Hill Town Council’s June vote to legalize duplexes townwide. Here are seven things we learned: The News & Observer confirms that Adam Searing met […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Chapel Hill Town Council, Election 2023, Housing
$120,000 PAC: We asked Chapel Hill candidates what they thought
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 inChapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, Election 2023
Interview: CHCCS School Board Candidate Barbara Fedders
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 reparations […]
Posted inChapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, Election 2023
Interview: CHCCS School Board candidate Jane S. Gabin
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 reparations […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Chapel Hill Town Council, Election 2023
Scoop: Chapel Hill’s wealthiest residents plan to throw $120,000 into the 2023 mayoral and council race
What does $120,000 buy you? A small group of wealthy Chapel Hill homeowners are hoping it buys them the 2023 mayoral and council race. Several rich and well-connected residents in Chapel Hill’s wealthiest neighborhoods are planning to pour vast sums of money into this fall’s local election. The money will be directed to a single-issue […]