http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ 2010-07-30T11:30:56-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ http://squeezethepulp.com/w/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2009-11-16T13:33:57-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:ag?rev=1258396437&do=diff July 2009 Drive Thru Ban Fails, “Environmental Scientist” Nelson Emits Global Warning Press The Image To Hear Commish Nelson’s Response To Commish Jacobs' Position Array The wedge of man-made, drastic climate change will be the dominant 21st century social engineering tool used to force behavioral changes throughout the USA. (Just ignore the unrestricted carbon loading of the rapidly growing mega-economies of China and India.) text/html 2008-12-03T17:14:34-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:bc?rev=1228342474&do=diff September 2008 Gangs… The Devil Inside! Chapel Hill Admits Presence of Gang Members At Halloween UNC Street Party Press the Image to Hear Mayor Foy Warn of the Devil Inside Array Now you don’t see gangs. Now you do. Pulp readers are familiar with the past inability of Chapel Hill politicians and officials to recognize publicly the presence of gangs and gang members in southern Orange. (See Gangs in Southern Orange Stories.) “Facts optional” behavior is acceptable in southern O… text/html 2009-01-16T10:38:46-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:bf?rev=1232120326&do=diff October 2008 Commish Jacobs Scolds Representative Faison For Having To Fight "Rear Guard Action", Developer Pals Not Part of Local Airport Economic Engine Press the Image to Hear Taxpayer Reaction To Commish Disrespect Array In most North Carolina counties, if a local state legislator ensured that the economic development engine of a new local airport was located in their county, the local governance boards would hail a job well done. But the Pulp focuses on Orange County, where the co… text/html 2008-07-08T15:29:56-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:bj?rev=1215545396&do=diff March 2009 Orange County Property Taxes Must Increase 12% To Be “Revenue Neutral” Press The Image To Hear The Commish Explanation Array In most of North Carolina, if the county commissioners said they are not increasing the real property tax rate from the previous year, then that means that the assessed value ad valorem rate is not changing. But Orange County is not like most of North Carolina. In Orange County property tax rates can be set to rise by 12% and yet still be declare… text/html 2008-07-08T15:39:40-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:bk?rev=1215545980&do=diff April 2008 Former Local Democrat Party Head Katz Hisses at Incumbent State Senator Kinnaird, Local Stenographers Yawn and Change Ad Policy Press the Image to Hear How to Determine a Negative Political Ad Array In the past recent election cycles, the local steno pool (aka media outlets) have refused to print “negative” campaign ads. But what the term “negative“ means is in the eye of the beholden. text/html 2008-11-14T09:51:47-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:bp?rev=1226674307&do=diff July 2009 Drive Thru Ban Fails, “Environmental Scientist” Nelson Emits Global Warning Press The Image To Hear Commish Nelson’s Response To Commish Jacobs' Position Array The wedge of man-made, drastic climate change will be the dominant 21st century social engineering tool used to force behavioral changes throughout the USA. (Just ignore the unrestricted carbon loading of the rapidly growing mega-economies of China and India.) text/html 2010-07-14T15:00:46-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:br?rev=1279134046&do=diff January 2010 Carrboro Says “Yesh” To Another Partially Secured Loan Press The Image To Hear Boa Reaction Array One of the pride and joys of the local living economy movement is the Carrboro revolving loan fund (CRLF). Created by a grant of non-local state funds, the CRLF lends money at less than market interest rates to businesses that supposedly can’t get loans from private capital lenders. text/html 2010-02-24T10:36:44-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:bs?rev=1267025804&do=diff [Array] December 2009 Mayor Kleinschmidt Not Color Blind, Just Math Challenged, “6” is greater than “3300+” Press The Image To Hear Voter Appreciation Array To those who don’t have intolerant ideology and blind partisanship coursing through their veins, the moral and ethical way to fill a panel elective seat that's vacated before the election, but vacated after the filing period for that election, is to have the highest vote getter not elected to the panel to receive the vacan… text/html 2009-05-26T13:49:08-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:db?rev=1243360148&do=diff [Array] February 2009 More ED Leakage As Another Art Gallery Leaves, Town Officials Declared To Be In “Denial” Press The Image To Hear Denial Over Being In Denial Array Another art gallery leaves Chapelboro. Bill Hester Fine Art has closed its doors after three years. ”My business plan was based on the possibility of creating an arts and cultural complex downtown. I no longer think that's possible. My collectors don't come to downtown Chapel Hill any more.” In a stunning re… text/html 2008-05-01T10:18:57-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:dc?rev=1209651537&do=diff March 2010 BOA Adds Architecture To “Crown Of Incompetence” Press The Image To Hear About Boa Appearances Array In most of North Carolina, municipal governance boards understand that architecture requires years of study, practical experience, and, oh yes, talent. If they are intelligent, then these boards refrain from micromanaging the architectural aesthetics of a private development, letting market forces provide an optimal balance of esthetics and costs. text/html 2010-07-14T13:20:16-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:do?rev=1279128016&do=diff January 2010 Gunfight At The FOMBY Corral, Dave Otto Too Slow On The Draw Press The Image To Hear Ms. McClintock Call Out Mr. Otto Array Even streetwalkers for Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton better look twice when doublecrossing the path that runs up behind “Friends of My Backyard” backyards. text/html 2008-07-08T15:38:26-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:ek?rev=1215545906&do=diff Sour & Seedy - The Musings, Sayings, and Antics of State Senator Ellie Kinnaird... February 2010 Carrboro Rejects Pursuing Costco – "A Temptation of Bad Choices" Press The Image To Hear Mr. Baker Explain Array In most of North Carolina, a town would be glad to have a Costco store set up shop. Costco is seen as a responsible big box retailer by most people who don’t believe that local government should pick economic winners and losers. text/html 2010-07-14T15:26:55-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:fc?rev=1279135615&do=diff February 2009 Chickens Come Home To Roost In $5,700,000 County Budget Hole Press The Image To Hear Commish Nelson's Farewell Address Array The signs were everywhere. Orange County sales tax revenues, down. County building permits, down. County economic development, down, but then when in the past decade has it been really up? Yet the Commishes kept spending every penny of the FY 2009-2010 budget. text/html 2009-11-16T13:08:19-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:ht?rev=1258394899&do=diff April 2009 UNC Shocked, Shocked To Discover Campus Intolerance Press The Image To Hear Dreaded Hate Speech Array In most of North Carolina, if a group of students shut down a speech by an invited campus speaker through the threat of force, there would be little concern for the politics of the speaker and sure condemnation of the protesting provocateurs. But southern Orange is not like the rest of North Carolina. text/html 2008-12-03T16:55:16-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:jaha?rev=1228341316&do=diff The Musings, Sayings, and Antics of Carrboro Economic Development Manager James Harris January 2010 Carrboro Says “Yesh” To Another Partially Secured Loan Press The Image To Hear Boa Reaction Array One of the pride and joys of the local living economy movement is the Carrboro revolving loan fund (CRLF). Created by a grant of non-local state funds, the CRLF lends money at less than market interest rates to businesses that supposedly can’t get loans from private capital lenders. text/html 2010-07-14T15:31:54-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:jb?rev=1279135914&do=diff February 2010 Carrboro Rejects Pursuing Costco – "A Temptation of Bad Choices" Press The Image To Hear Mr. Baker Explain Array In most of North Carolina, a town would be glad to have a Costco store set up shop. Costco is seen as a responsible big box retailer by most people who don’t believe that local government should pick economic winners and losers. text/html 2008-03-30T12:38:29-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:jc?rev=1206895109&do=diff Sour & Seedy - The Musings, Sayings, and Antics of James Carnahan... October 2008 Village Project Hails Light Rail Project Linking Southern Orange To Raleigh, Cost No Object Press the Image to Hear Carrboro Planning Chair Carnahan Explain Light Rail Financing Array Demand for transportation infrastructure is linked to population volume and density in the real world. However, the Pulp is concerned with how infrastructure demand is viewed within the microcosm of southern Orange County. … text/html 2010-07-14T15:44:52-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:je?rev=1279136692&do=diff March 2010 Out Of The Mouths Of Presidential Candidates & Babes, “A Force Field Of Love” Performance Press The Image To Hear Mr. Edwards Explain Array As a prologue to the pending indictment of Senator John Edwards for conversion of presidential campaign moneys for personal use, the bizarre has become commonplace. text/html 2008-12-03T17:17:27-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:jg?rev=1228342647&do=diff February 2010 Carrboro Rejects Pursuing Costco – "A Temptation of Bad Choices" Press The Image To Hear Mr. Baker Explain Array In most of North Carolina, a town would be glad to have a Costco store set up shop. Costco is seen as a responsible big box retailer by most people who don’t believe that local government should pick economic winners and losers. text/html 2009-11-16T13:45:45-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:jh?rev=1258397145&do=diff August 2009 What’s Wrong With Living In Carrboro? Alderman Herrera Heads To Holly Springs, Pulling A “Stromboli”! Press The Image To Hear Herrera's Farewell Address Array Yes, what’s wrong with living in Carrboro after leaving office? Why do rulers impose their will on the town for years, and then up and leave? Why, when they leave, do they wait until after candidate filing periods close? text/html 2008-07-08T15:50:06-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:jhb?rev=1215546606&do=diff [Array] June 2009 Carrboro BOA Gags Planning Board, “Open Democracy" At Work Press The Image To Hear The BOA Excuse Array Sometimes the velvet glove slips off the iron fist of local government. That happened at the Carrboro Planning Board on 4 June 2009. text/html 2008-09-17T17:31:48-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:joeh?rev=1221687108&do=diff The Musings, Sayings, and Antics of North Carolina House Speaker Joseph Hackney June 2008 Orange Progressives Don’t Believe That a 2 to 1 Vote Against the Local Property Transfer Tax Should Prevent Endless Attempts by Commishes to Get What They Want Despite Supermajority Press the Image to Hear Citizen Response to Kinnard and Hackney Obstinence Array On 11 June 2008 the NC Senate Finance Committee approved a repeal of the land transfer tax option that lawmakers gave to counties last year.… text/html 2008-11-02T20:33:15-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:jonw?rev=1225675995&do=diff The Musings, Sayings, and Antics of Arts Center Director Jon Wilner text/html 2008-07-08T15:32:08-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:josey?rev=1215545528&do=diff Sour & Seedy - The Musings, Sayings, and Antics of Joseph Capowski... [Array] February 2009 Orange Tea Party Unlikely, Despite A Decade Of Taxes Outpacing Income Press The Image To Hear The Unspeakable Array Early Warnings Of Unsustainable Taxation For years the Pulp has had postings beating the drum on how unsustainable it is to expand your local taxes faster than the income of your citizenry. It’s simple economics really. If you double the taxes while citizens increase the… text/html 2009-04-01T20:19:46-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:jw?rev=1238631586&do=diff December 2008 Dense Chapel Hill Councilors Approve High Density “Spot Zoning” For Residential Development, Almost Tripling Existing Density Limits Press The Image To Hear Developer Endorsement Of The Council In Action Array Right before Chapel Hillians carved their Thanksgiving Turkey, the Chapel Hill Councilors, absent Councilor Matt Czjakowski, unanimously amended the special R-SS-C zoning district, almost tripling the existing density limits (floor ratio) from 0.4 to 1.1. text/html 2008-12-03T17:20:25-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:kf?rev=1228342825&do=diff November 2009 Chapel Hill Homeless To Become “Illegal Immigrants”? Press The Image To Hear The Progressive Solution To Homelessness Array Whereas, a rose by any other name shall smell as sweet, can the same be said of the homeless? Chapelboro is proud to open its arms to illegal immigrants (as long as they live in the Carrboro barrio). Who doesn’t welcome low cost, low skill talents to sweep one’s floors, groom one’s garden and clean one’s bidets? text/html 2008-08-27T10:44:02-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:lb?rev=1219848242&do=diff [Array] March 2009 Orange County Manager Quits Unexpectedly Announcing $8,700,000 Shortfall in County Revenues Press The Image To Hear The Sound Of Your Tax Dollars At Work Array Orange County Manager Laura Blackmon submitted her resignation notice unexpectedly barely three months before a new fiscal year. It comes right in the middle of a budget cycle. She had taken over from Mr. Link after his retirement some almost three years ago. She had to report missing county moneys al… text/html 2010-07-14T15:13:23-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:le?rev=1279134803&do=diff February 2010 Mayor Mark Poor Mouths Other Mayor Mark While Asking County for $2,700,000 Carrboro Library Press The Image To Hear Alderman Coleman Screen Chapel Hill Library Guests Array In most of North Carolina, library systems are countywide, paid for by all county residents, open to all county residents. text/html 2008-05-01T10:13:16-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:ll?rev=1209651196&do=diff August 2009 Wet Seats For All! Another Carrboro Breakthrough Press The Image To Hear The Injustice Array In most of North Carolina if a person with ambiguous gender walks into a single sex bathroom, the reaction is “no harm, no foul”. A transgender person can quietly select by which gender they choose to be known. text/html 2009-05-26T14:11:56-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:mb?rev=1243361516&do=diff March 2009 Carolina Commons, An Uncommon Alliance Of Private Developers And Public University - UNC Press The Image To Hear Ungrateful Carolina Commons Neighbors Array The UNC publicity machine scored another triumph. At a media-only event University development officials rolled out plans for Carolina Commons. UNC talked of its concern for affordable housing for employees. The media lapped it up, rewriting the press releases. (See Chapel Hill Herald Story and Chapel Hill News S… text/html 2009-11-16T12:36:09-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:mc?rev=1258392969&do=diff [Array] June 2008 Commishes Pick at Budget Edges, Avoiding Developer Impact Fee Discussions While Local Media Praises Them for Being “Tough on Taxes” Press the Image to Hear Commish Response to Calls for Full Impact Fee Discussions Array The local steno pool has rallied behind the Commishes, extolling them in Republican iconographic terms as being “tough on taxes”. Four of five Orange County commissioners ”unequivocally oppose” increasing the tax rate beyond the $1 per $100 valu… text/html 2008-12-03T17:23:21-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:mcz?rev=1228343001&do=diff January 2010 Tax & Spend, Living Within One’s Means Isn’t A Choice Press The Image To Hear Kudos For Kleinschmidt Array The hallmark of 21st Century fiscal conservatism is the practice of government living within its citizens' means. Revenues are projected. Sustainable debt loads and taxation loads are calculated. The basic premise is that wealth generated predominately among the common folk can be tapped by taxation to support government programs. Overtapping that wealth disincenti… text/html 2008-12-03T17:25:22-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:md?rev=1228343122&do=diff September 2008 Hispanic Communities Don’t Have Crime Problem... Just Ignore Governor’s Report on Hispanic Gang Activity Press the Image to Hear What Wasn't Said At UNC Array In response to a bonehead statement by Johnston County Sheriff Steve Bizzell about Hispanic immigrant procreation habits, Orange Progressives declare that anyone questioning the role of criminal gangs in Hispanic culture is a racist. text/html 2010-07-14T15:03:47-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:mk?rev=1279134227&do=diff March 2010 Mayor Kleinschmidt Sticks To Deal, But Ram Partner Butts Tampa Temple Terrace Aside Press The Image To Hear Mayor Kleinschmidt Explain Array Nothing brings home the naivete' of local progressive leadership when it comes to for-profit business dealings than the recent statement by Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt in referring to the 140 West Franklin deal. “The town can’t back out. It’s not a matter of money; once the town agrees to a development deal, it can’t simply change its mind.… text/html 2008-11-14T09:48:49-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:mkc?rev=1226674129&do=diff March 2010 No Pay Increase Seen By Mayor Chilton As "Partnering" With Unemployed? Press The Image To Hear Mr. Stewart Defend Fat Municipal Pensions Array As North Carolina deals with record unemployment, it’s easy to see evidence of the economic cocoon that is southern Orange County. Fed by tax receipts mainly mined from the 99 other counties in the state, the “local economy” is sheltered from the reality of double digit unemployment seen across the rest of the Piedmont. text/html 2008-03-30T13:24:51-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:mm?rev=1206897891&do=diff February 2009 Orange Tea Party Unlikely, Despite A Decade Of Taxes Outpacing Income Press The Image To Hear The Unspeakable Array Early Warnings Of Unsustainable Taxation For years the Pulp has had postings beating the drum on how unsustainable it is to expand your local taxes faster than the income of your citizenry. It’s simple economics really. If you double the taxes while citizens increase their median income by half, then you are reaching ever deeper into their pockets. … text/html 2008-11-14T12:56:10-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:mn?rev=1226685370&do=diff October 2009 Mike Nelson Flees County Commishes, Next Year County Budget Declared Disaster Area??? Press The Image To Hear Progressive Reaction Array Mike Nelson has been the quintessential Orange County politician, long on cumbayah words, short on competence, horrible with municipal finances. In less than a decade he was able to double Carrboro’s taxes WITHOUT noticeably increasing town services. text/html 2008-01-31T18:39:39-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:ncw?rev=1201822779&do=diff NC WARN Charges Duke Energy with Running a “Global Warming Machine” January 2008 Tax-exempt, Durham based NC WARN placed a full page advertisement in the N&O today spelling out a certain coming “climate catastrophe”. NC WARN calls for Duke Energy to stop building coal-fired electrical power generation facilities in North Carolina, as well as no more nuclear facilities. text/html 2008-05-01T10:16:18-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:nj?rev=1209651378&do=diff March 2008 Neloa Jones Files For Orange County Big Commish Spot Press the Image to See and Hear Ms. Jones Address the Commishes Array As the last day of filing drew to a close, no Democratic, environmental justice candidate had come forward to file for the “big commish” seat (commissioner at-large). (See Hot Orange Story.) text/html 2009-11-16T13:22:29-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:np?rev=1258395749&do=diff June 2009 City Schools May Lose 100 Jobs, Guess How Many Are Administrators Press The Image To Hear School Job Cutting Explained Array City and county school systems in Orange County receive not only county funds, but state funds as well. With Governor Perdue kiting state finances by holding back on paying tax refunds, one can see how bad the current state economic conditions is. (Across the country, 2008 federal income tax revenues are down 34% from 2007.) text/html 2009-02-13T15:13:42-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:nparks?rev=1234556022&do=diff August 2008 Rogers Road Resident Responds to County Commissioner Apologists Who Fought Orange County Democratic Party Resolution to Support CEER Goals January 2008 On 19 December 2007, the Chapel Hill News presented a guest editorial by Barry Katz, former head of the Orange County Democratic Party (OCDP) and resident of the area outside the southern Orange urban services boundary, sometimes referred to as the “Rural Buffer”. Mr. Katz equated the Coalition to End Environmental Racism (CEER) a… text/html 2008-12-03T17:23:53-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:rd?rev=1228343033&do=diff March 2009 New Affordable Housing Policy Bears Fruit As BOA Strangles Apartment Owner’s Rights Press The Image To Hear Mayor Chilton Attribute His Success Array People vote not only with a ballot, but also with their bucks. A Carrboro apartment owner (Tar Heel Companies of North Carolina or “THC”) has just voted to remove its capital from Carrboro's municipal jurisdiction after being villified by the town elected officials. text/html 2009-11-16T13:26:14-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:rho?rev=1258395974&do=diff June 2009 Carrboro BOA Gags Planning Board, “Open Democracy" At Work Press The Image To Hear The BOA Excuse Array Sometimes the velvet glove slips off the iron fist of local government. That happened at the Carrboro Planning Board on 4 June 2009. text/html 2008-08-28T10:37:16-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:robert_dowling?rev=1219934236&do=diff text/html 2009-05-26T13:52:03-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:rp?rev=1243360323&do=diff Sour & Seedy - The Musings, Sayings, and Antics of Chapelboro Developer and UNC Trustee Roger Perry... March 2009 Carolina Commons, An Uncommon Alliance Of Private Developers And Public University - UNC Press The Image To Hear Ungrateful Carolina Commons Neighbors Array The UNC publicity machine scored another triumph. At a media-only event University development officials rolled out plans for Carolina Commons. UNC talked of its concern for affordable housing for employees. The… text/html 2008-07-08T15:43:13-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:rs?rev=1215546193&do=diff January 2010 Carrboro Says “Yesh” To Another Partially Secured Loan Press The Image To Hear Boa Reaction Array One of the pride and joys of the local living economy movement is the Carrboro revolving loan fund (CRLF). Created by a grant of non-local state funds, the CRLF lends money at less than market interest rates to businesses that supposedly can’t get loans from private capital lenders. text/html 2008-08-27T10:37:20-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:rst?rev=1219847840&do=diff September 2009 Bailout For Dream Team Developer, Senate Hopeful Foy Aims To Fill Senate Campaign Coffer? Press The Image To Hear D. R. Bryan's Reaction Array US Senate races are expensive. In defeating Ms. Elizabeth Dole, Ms. Kay Hagan spent over $8,500,000 in 2008. Unless you are Mr. John Edwards, that money comes from contributions. What better way for Senate hopeful, and current Chapel Hill Mayor, Kevin Foy to start the contributions running than to bail out a group of big … text/html 2008-12-03T17:06:33-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:rw?rev=1228341993&do=diff The Musings, Sayings, and Antics of Former Chapel Hill Mayor and Power Developer Rosemary Waldorf March 2009 Carolina Commons, An Uncommon Alliance Of Private Developers And Public University - UNC Press The Image To Hear Ungrateful Carolina Commons Neighbors Array The UNC publicity machine scored another triumph. At a media-only event University development officials rolled out plans for Carolina Commons. UNC talked of its concern for affordable housing for employees. The medi… text/html 2008-11-14T09:53:26-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:sc?rev=1226674406&do=diff August 2008 Local “Environmentalists” Reinvent the Non-Sustainable Water Wheel… Viva Las Vegas East! Press the Image to Hear Commish "Elvis Boy" Nelson Sing Praises to the Environment Array While southern Orange progressives (OPies) like to dream of being on the political avant garde, once again a more grounded appraisal reveals the proclivity for these avant gardes to reinvent what has already been shown to be problematic elsewhere. text/html 2008-07-08T15:35:23-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:sg?rev=1215545723&do=diff The Musings, Sayings, and Antics of Chapel Hill Town Councilor Sally Greene January 2009 Councilor Czjakowski “Panhandles” Fellow Councilors To Control Public Obscenity and Lewdness, As Councilor Greene “Solicits” For Right To Solicit Press The Image To Hear A Street Solicitor In Action Array In the continuing saga which is the battle royale between the right for people to be free from abusive public behavior of others versus the right for beggars to ask for free money from others… text/html 2009-01-16T10:31:29-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:sh?rev=1232119889&do=diff The Musings, Sayings, and Antics of Former Commish and OCS School Board Chair Steve Halkiotis October 2008 County Commishes to Decide On Leaving Growth Impact Fee “Barn Door” Open As Developers Pay Only 23% Of Maximum Supportable Fee in City, 32% in County Press the Image to Hear the Commish Conundrum Discussed Array For years the Pulp has kept you informed on how residential growth in Orange County is net negative to county finances, yet the county remains addicted to a policy of “gro… text/html 2009-01-16T10:38:23-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:start?rev=1232120303&do=diff Home to Orange Public Personas Decked Out in Their "Emporer's Clothes" Did you ever want to know what Carrboro's mayor said two years ago on economic development? What local organization failed to speak out against environmental racism? Or who supported a candidate who was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon? You can forget finding this information in the local media marketplace. Too much boot polishing going on. text/html 2010-07-14T15:38:36-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:stst?rev=1279136316&do=diff [Array] March 2010 No Pay Increase Seen By Mayor Chilton As "Partnering" With Unemployed? Press The Image To Hear Mr. Stewart Defend Fat Municipal Pensions Array As North Carolina deals with record unemployment, it’s easy to see evidence of the economic cocoon that is southern Orange County. Fed by tax receipts mainly mined from the 99 other counties in the state, the “local economy” is sheltered from the reality of double digit unemployment seen across the rest of the Piedmont.… text/html 2009-08-27T15:15:45-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:vf?rev=1251400545&do=diff [Array] May 2009 "Rip Van Winkle" Foy Awakes From Dreamwalking, A New Trash Transfer Station Site Rises From The Grave Press The Image To Hear The Dreamwalker Array In most communities in North Carolina, elected officials stay on top of critical municipal needs, such as having enough space to dispose of solid waste. However, as Pulpsters know, Orange County isn’t like most of North Carolina. text/html 2010-07-14T15:06:09-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ss:wss?rev=1279134369&do=diff February 2010 Crop Mobbing, Carrboro Alderman Slade’s Tax Evasion Answer To A Collapsing Economy Press The Image To Hear Alderman Slade Explain Crop Mobbing Roots Array As the state of North Carolina grapples with the worst loss of employment since recordkeeping started over 30 years ago, in most of North Carolina elected officials are trying to hold on to diminishing state revenues from the taxation of employment. But then most of North Carolina does not believe in socialistic anarchi…