|~~NOTOC~~| ====== Welcome to Squeeze the Pulp! A Juicy Look At the Zany World of Orange County, North Carolina ====== ^//Harvesting Seeds Of Wisdom From Fields of Stupidity...//^| ==== User Notice: We'll Take You Down the Rabbit Hole... ==== ^{{flowplay>test:stp_intro.flv}}^ ^Freshly Squeezed Juice! Highlight Any Photo Below with Your Mouse and Press for a Refreshingly Different Slice of Zesty Orange County^ ^⇓ For General Site Feedback Go to the Bottom ⇓^ ^ [[ho:start#the_zany_orange_county_year_2009_in_review|The Zany Orange County Year 2009 In Review]] ^ ^ [[ho:start#the_zany_orange_county_year_2008_in_review|The Zany Orange County Year 2008 In Review]] ^ ^{{:ho:irresponsibility.jpg?350x350}}^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== 35% More Wages, 45% More Compensation, 243% More Retirement, It's Municipal Employee Appreciation Week ==== ^[[ho:march_2010#more_wages_45_more_compensation_243_more_retirement_it_s_municipal_employee_appreciation_week|{{:ho:oc_money_down_drain.jpg?350x350}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== County Budget Hits Fan As Outgoing Commish Nelson Primps For Next Office ==== ^[[ho:march_2010#county_budget_hits_fan_as_outgoing_commish_nelson_primps_for_next_office|{{:ho:oc_fan.jpg?350x350}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== Saint Thomas Abricus, Indy Party Guide Hatchets Truth & Invokes Racism ==== ^[[ho:march_2010#saint_thomas_abricus_indy_party_guide_hatchets_truth_invokes_racism|{{:ho:indy_hatchet_job.jpg?350x350}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== No Pay Increase Seen By Mayor Chilton As Partnering With Unemployed? ==== ^[[ho:march_2010#no_pay_increase_seen_by_mayor_chilton_as_partnering_with_unemployed|{{:ho:carrboro_rolling_in_dough.jpg?350x350}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== Local NAACP Fails Honors Class Honesty, Isn't End To Racism The Prize? ==== ^[[ho:march_2010#local_naacp_fails_honors_class_honesty_isn_t_end_to_racism_the_prize|{{:ho:ch_racism_wo_racist.jpg?350x350}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== Report On Developer Suing Carrboro, Herald Sun Shames Chapel Hill News And Town-Indebted Carrboro Citizen ==== ^[[ho:march_2010#report_on_developer_suing_carrboro_herald_sun_shames_chapel_hill_news_and_town-indebted_carrboro_citizen|{{:ho:carrboro_citizen_golden_handcuffs.jpg?350x350}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== Boa Adds Architecture To Crown Of Incompetence ==== ^[[ho:march_2010#boa_adds_architecture_to_crown_of_incompetence|{{:ho:boa_design.jpg?350x350}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== Chapelboro Metro Unemployment Really 17% ==== ^[[ho:february_2010#is_chapelboro_metro_unemployment_really_17|{{:ho:unemployment_facts.jpg?350x350}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== Carrboro Loan Debtor Says "Yesh" To Tax Stupidity ==== ^[[ho:february_2010#carrboro_loan_debtor_says_yesh_to_tax_stupidity|{{:ho:yeshmath.jpg?350x350}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== Carrboro Rejects Pursuing Costco, "A Temptation Of Bad Choices ==== ^[[ho:february_2010#carrboro_rejects_pursuing_costco_a_temptation_of_bad_choices|{{:ho:wsm_choice.jpg?350x350}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== Chickens Come Home To Roost In $5,700,000 County Budget Hole ==== ^[[ho:february_2010#chickens_come_home_to_roost_in_5_700_000_county_budget_hole|{{:ho:oc_chickens_roosting.jpg?350x350}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== Chapelboro Weather Station Gets "Fair" Rating In Independent Review ==== ^[[ho:february_2010#chapelboro_weather_station_gets_fair_rating_in_independent_review|{{:ho:owasa_weather.jpg?350x350}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== Progressive Carrboro, Home To Financial Opaqueness ==== ^[[ho:february_2010#progressive_carrboro_home_to_financial_opaqueness|{{:ho:chilton_blunden_freak_bike.jpg?350x350}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== Special Police Treatment For Special People, John Edwards Wallet Incident ==== ^[[ho:february_2010#special_police_treatment_for_special_people_john_edwards_wallet_incident|{{:ho:edwards_wallet.gif|}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== Mayor Mark Poor Mouths Other Mayor Mark While Asking County For $2,700,000 Carrboro Library ==== ^[[ho:february_2010#mayor_mark_poor_mouths_other_mayor_mark_while_asking_county_for_2_700_000_carrboro_library|{{:ho:carrboro_library.jpg?350x350}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== Edwards Hunter Sues For Sex Tape, Pulp Video Exclusive ==== ^[[ho:february_2010#edwards_hunter_sues_for_sex_tape_pulp_video_exclusive|{{:ho:edwards_morph.gif|}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== Crop Mobbing, Carrboro Alderman Slade's Tax Evasion Answer To A Collapsing Economy ==== ^[[ho:february_2010#crop_mobbing_carrboro_alderman_slade_s_tax_evasion_answer_to_a_collapsing_economy|{{:ho:sammy_up_in_smoke.jpg?350x350}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== Carrboro Town Attorney Runs Meter During Boa's Embarassing Failure ==== ^[[ho:january_2010#carrboro_town_attorney_runs_meter_during_boa_s_embarassing_failure|{{:ho:carrboro_meter.gif|}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== IFC Homeless Shelter Site, Council Says "Trust Us" ==== ^[[ho:january_2010#ifc_homeless_shelter_site_council_says_trust_us|{{:ho:kleinschmidt_king.jpg|}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== Carrboro Says "Yesh" To Another Partially Secured Loan ==== ^[[ho:january_2010#carrboro_says_yesh_to_another_partially_secured_loan|{{:ho:chilton_yes-man.jpg?350x350}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== Aldermen Dan Coleman Troubled By Criminal Behavior. Will Carrboro Ban Mirrors? ==== ^[[ho:january_2010#aldermen_dan_coleman_troubled_by_criminal_behavior_will_carrboro_ban_mirrors|{{:ho:grass_boa_car_people.jpg?350x350}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== Dense Future Revealed, Chapelboro 2035 - Student Population Growth ==== ^[[ho:january_2010#dense_future_revealed_chapelboro_2035_employment_population_growth|{{:rwr:denscity.jpg?350x350}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== The "Great Unleashing", Chapelboro To Hold Climate Change Revival ==== ^[[ho:january_2010#the_great_unleashing_chapelboro_to_hold_climate_change_revival|{{:ho:tcch_cottage.jpg?350x350}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== Dense Future Revealed, Chapelboro 2035 - Employment Population Growth ==== ^[[ho:january_2010#dense_future_revealed_chapelboro_2035_employment_population_growth|{{:rwr:denscity.jpg?350x350}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== Gunfight At The FOMBY Corral, Dave Otto Too Slow On The Draw ==== ^[[ho:january_2010#gunfight_at_the_fomby_corral_dave_otto_too_slow_on_the_draw|{{:ho:fomby_corral.jpg?350x350}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== Dense Future Revealed, Chapelboro 2035 - Overall Population Growth ==== ^[[ho:january_2010#dense_future_revealed_chapelboro_2035_overall_population_growth|{{:rwr:denscity.jpg?350x350}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== Stylish Marriage? Boa Pals Get $1,800,000 Country Bike Lane Dowry ==== ^[[ho:january_2010#stylish_marriage_boa_pals_get_1_800_000_country_bike_lane_dowry|{{:ho:chilton_blunden_freak_bike.jpg?350x350}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== Tax & Spend, Living Within One's Means Isn't A Choice ==== ^[[ho:january_2010#tax_spend_living_within_one_s_means_isn_t_a_choice|{{:ho:one_s_means.jpg?350x350}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== Bambi's Revenge, Doe..n't Shoot Urban Deer ==== ^[[ho:january_2010#bambi_s_revenge_doe..n_t_shoot_urban_deer|{{:ho:chapel_hill_does.jpg?350x350}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== "Dancing With Bricks" Man Returns To A New "Dancing Dan", Alderman Coleman Now A Staunch "Property Rights" Advocate ==== ^[[ho:august_2009#dancing_with_bricks_man_returns_to_a_new_dancing_dan_alderman_coleman_now_a_staunch_property_rights_advocate|{{:ho:coleman_marx.gif|}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== Fruit Falls Close To Tree, Haley Koch Parents OK With Disrupting Unwanted Speech ==== ^[[ho:june_2009#fruit_doesn_t_fall_far_from_tree_haley_koch_parents_ok_with_disrupting_unwanted_speech|{{:ho:haley_koch_africa.gif?350x350}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== Ties That Bind, Local Carrboro Media Borrows $50,000 From Carrboro ==== ^[[ho:june_2009#ties_that_bind_local_carrboro_media_borrows_50_000_from_carrboro|{{:ho:carrboro_citizen_golden_handcuffs.jpg?350x350}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== Carrboro Town Staff Turns Thumbscrews On Widow With Boa Approval, The Cost Of Not Being A Boa Pal ==== ^[[ho:february_2009#carrboro_town_staff_turns_thumbscrews_on_widow_with_boa_approval_the_cost_of_not_being_a_boa_pal|{{:ho:pzi_rulers_of_evil.jpg?350x350}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== Cutson Commentary - UNC’s Expansion Of Animal Research Labs And Storage Facilities ==== ^[[http://squeezethepulp.com/w/cc:anim|{{:cc:bananafish.jpg?350x350}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ==== Rhymes Without Reason from Carrboro's Poet Lariat - Merry Carrboro Has a Little Lawyer ==== ^[[rwr:mcll|{{rwr:merry_carrboro_lamb.jpg?350x350}}]]^| ^♦^ \\ \\ ^{{uncle_sam_pulp_s.jpg?350x350}}^ \\ ^The Pulpmeisters have always been interested in controversial, fact-based material flavored with humor. 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