Remember this rally?

By Peter Theye
Posted Tuesday, April 29, 2008

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Pittsboro, NC - In the January 28, 2004 issue of the Independent Weekly there was an article "Chathamites rally to be heard" written by Jennifer Strom. Here are several paragraphs from the story.

More than 400 Chatham residents armed with citizen outrage, clever slogans and demands for public records rallied around the Pittsboro courthouse and stormed a commissioners meeting on Jan. 20. "The citizens of this county are disenfranchised and they have no one to turn to," Chatham Citizens for Effective Communities leader Loyse Hurley told the commissioners inside, while a capacity crowd of 300 held up copies of the Jan. 7 issue of the Independent Weekly, headlined "Sold Out: How Developers Bought Chatham County"

"The county commissioners are being derelict in their duties to the people who elected them," Chatham County United leader Patrick Barnes told the five commissioners, who sat through all the criticisms somewhat stonily until Chairman Tommy Emerson lost his temper at the crowd's enthusiasm for Barnes' speech."We are fed up!" Haw River Assembly leader Elaine Chiosso shouted through a megaphone outside, to loud applause, whistles, stomping and drum beats. "We've never seen anything like this board of commissioners."

"We are fed up!" Haw River Assembly leader Elaine Chiosso shouted through a megaphone outside, to loud applause, whistles, stomping and drum beats. "We've never seen anything like this board of commissioners."

Here in the web link.

The Chatham Coalition was formed to be an umbrella PAC for all the splinter groups that were attempting to confront issues surrounding uncontrolled development within Chatham. These groups included Chatham County United and the Southeast Chatham Advisory Council. What happened to the alliance the Chatham Coalition built between all the citizens and groups from 2004? The Chatham Coalition has lost it's base and it's way. It is not asking how it can help any more, it is to rule. That not the group I supported in 2004.

Vote Cross and Barnes on May 6.