http://www.orangepolitics.com/tags/chapel-hill-town-council The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.orangepolitics.com/2012/01/open-letter-to-town-council-ma <p>At the Town Council meeting Monday night, I and many others felt frustrated, after issuing our statements and as the Council was deliberating, unable to respond to or correct the circuitous discussion between council members, Chief Blue, Mr. Stancil, Mayor Kleinschmidt, and Attorney Karpinos. </p><p><a href="http://www.orangepolitics.com/2012/01/open-letter-to-town-council-ma">read more</a></p> http://www.orangepolitics.com/2012/01/open-letter-to-town-council-ma#comments Civil Liberties anarchists Chapel Hill Town Council Chris Blue Downtown Partnership Mark Kleinschmidt militarization OccupyCHC police Roger Stancil SERT SWAT Yates Building Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:46:08 -0600 Alex Kotch 6209 at http://www.orangepolitics.com http://www.orangepolitics.com/2012/01/yates-raid-report-town-council http://www.orangepolitics.com/2012/01/yates-raid-report-town-council#comments Public Health &amp; Safety Chapel Hill Chapel Hill Town Council police Roger Stancil Town Manager Yates Building Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:53:40 -0600 Damon Seils 6204 at http://www.orangepolitics.com http://www.orangepolitics.com/2011/11/swat-interlopers-and-a-lingeri <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:TargetScreenSize>800x600</o:TargetScreenSize> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/> <w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/> <w:OverrideTableStyleHps/> </w:Compatibility> <p><a href="http://www.orangepolitics.com/2011/11/swat-interlopers-and-a-lingeri">read more</a></p> http://www.orangepolitics.com/2011/11/swat-interlopers-and-a-lingeri#comments Civil Liberties Government History Racial &amp; Economic Justice anti-lingering ordinance Carrboro Board of Aldermen Chapel Hill Sanitation Two Chapel Hill Town Council OccupyCHC SWAT Yates Garage Sat, 26 Nov 2011 08:30:20 -0600 Geoff Gilson 6141 at http://www.orangepolitics.com http://www.orangepolitics.com/events/occupy-chapel-hillcarrboro-pro <p>New press release from Occupy Chapel Hill/Carrboro:</p><blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; padding: 0px"><p>(Chapel Hill, North Carolina) (November 21, 2011) --  On Monday, November 21st, Occupy Chapel Hill/Carrboro will not be holding its regular 6pm General Assembly at Peace and Justice Plaza on Franklin Street.  Instead, we are coming together for a peaceful protest and march in opposition to the repression of, and excessive show of force against, the occupation of 419 W Franklin St.  </p><p>The protest will commence at 6pm, at Chapel Hill Police Headquarters, and after peacefully demonstrating there, we will walk to Town Hall to participate in the 7pm Town Council Meeting.</p></blockquote><p>&nbsp;</p> http://www.orangepolitics.com/events/occupy-chapel-hillcarrboro-pro#comments Civil Liberties Government Chapel Hill Town Council OccupyCHC police Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:11:38 -0600 Ruby Sinreich 6120 at http://www.orangepolitics.com http://www.orangepolitics.com/2011/11/guns-over-franklin <p><em>I just sent the following to the Mayor and Town Council of Chapel Hill. It somewhat re-hashes my previous comments here on OP, so I'm not going to front-page it, but wanted it to be on the record.</em><br /><br />I was extremely disappointed to see the Town handle the anarchist break-in at the Yates Building so poorly after working so well with the activists at Occupy Chapel Hill/Carrboro for the past month. What happened last weekend played into every simplistic anarcho-fantasy about jack-booted thugs violently protecting the wealthy. That's not the Chapel Hill we know, but there is a vocal group of residents that now may never believe otherwise. <br /><br />I'm undecided about Jim Neal's specific proposal for an independent commission to study the events of last weekend. Do we really have to empanel a committee to tell us what almost everyone knows (at least in retrospect), which is that the police action was unnecessarily forceful and overly broad? However, I very much want and need some clearer answers from the Town of Chapel Hill.<br /> <p><a href="http://www.orangepolitics.com/2011/11/guns-over-franklin">read more</a></p> http://www.orangepolitics.com/2011/11/guns-over-franklin#comments Civil Liberties Government Chapel Hill Town Council Chris Blue Mark Kleinschmidt OccupyCHC police Roger Stancil Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:12:27 -0600 Ruby Sinreich 6116 at http://www.orangepolitics.com http://www.orangepolitics.com/2011/11/chapel-hill-time-for-appointme Many questions remain unanswered in regard to the <a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/11/14/1642841/police-team-swarms-chapel-hill.html">Chapel Hill Police Department's deployment Sunday of a heavily-armed Special Emergency Response Team </a>to clear a private building in Chapel Hill that had been occupied by a group of protesters.<a href="http://www.chapelboro.com/CHPD-Identify-Arrested-Protesters/11459862"> Seven people</a> were arrested and charged with misdemeanor breaking and entering.<p>I submitted a petition Monday afternoon to to the Chapel Hill Town Council calling for the appointment of an independent commission to review the events leading up to yesterday's deployment of the SERT unit. Residents of Chapel Hill are divided, one camp outraged by what they deem to be an unmeasured response by a SWAT team and the other yielding to the professional judgment of the CHPD.<p><a href="http://www.orangepolitics.com/2011/11/chapel-hill-time-for-appointme">read more</a></p> http://www.orangepolitics.com/2011/11/chapel-hill-time-for-appointme#comments Civil Liberties Government Public Health &amp; Safety anarchists Chapel Hill Town Council OccupyCHC police SERT Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:28:15 -0600 JNealNC 6110 at http://www.orangepolitics.com http://www.orangepolitics.com/2011/11/election-maps-2011--town-council <p> Something happens when I make these maps. So much time goes into pulling them together, I finish without the energy to engage in a lot of commentary. But I know the rest of you election geeks can do the job, so... </p> <p> First, the table below shows the number of precincts in which the leading candidates came in first, second, third, and fourth places. </p><p><a href="http://www.orangepolitics.com/2011/11/election-maps-2011--town-council">read more</a></p> http://www.orangepolitics.com/2011/11/election-maps-2011--town-council#comments 2011 Elections Chapel Hill Chapel Hill Town Council maps visualization Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:04:36 -0600 Damon Seils 6102 at http://www.orangepolitics.com http://www.orangepolitics.com/2011/11/november-fifth <p>In 1991, as a 20 year-old rising Senior at the University of North Carolina, I did the most outlandish and absurd thing I have ever done in my life.<p><a href="http://www.orangepolitics.com/2011/11/november-fifth">read more</a></p> http://www.orangepolitics.com/2011/11/november-fifth#comments Elections Environment History UNC Chapel Hill Chapel Hill Town Council Mark Chilton Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:39:22 -0500 Mark Chilton 6080 at http://www.orangepolitics.com http://www.orangepolitics.com/2011/11/unc-student-government-and-cam <p><b>UNC Student Government and Campus Y host candidate forum: What do candidates really think about town-and-gown relations?</b></p><p>As a student of social justice at Chapel Hill’s largest employer, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I am acutely aware of the impact my education plays on the economic and demographic make-up of our community. With the UNC Student Government and Campus Y (the center for social justice on campus) coming together on November 3, 2011, to host a candidate forum, I had hoped students would finally have their most salient concerns heard by potential council representatives. Even more, I was optimistic that students without cars or a thorough understanding of the intricate bus system would finally gain access to the campaign process, which has built to a climax over the past weeks.</p> <p><a href="http://www.orangepolitics.com/2011/11/unc-student-government-and-cam">read more</a></p> http://www.orangepolitics.com/2011/11/unc-student-government-and-cam#comments 2011 Elections UNC candidate forum Chapel Hill Town Council elections food trucks gentrification SOCI 273 student government UNC Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:01:29 -0500 Burton Peebles 6079 at http://www.orangepolitics.com http://www.orangepolitics.com/2011/10/candidates-and-affordable-hous <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/> <w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/> <w:OverrideTableStyleHps/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="C<p><a href="http://www.orangepolitics.com/2011/10/candidates-and-affordable-hous">read more</a></p> http://www.orangepolitics.com/2011/10/candidates-and-affordable-hous#comments 2011 Elections affordable housing candidates Chapel Hill News Chapel Hill Town Council elections SOCI 273 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:27:50 -0500 Burton Peebles 6012 at http://www.orangepolitics.com