The Jordan Lake rules are the best
[Jun. 17, 2013] I was involved with the establishment of the Jordan Lake rules to a degree. I attended stakeholder meetings and commented with legislators present before its passage. As a founder and past-president of the Haw River Assembly, as author and director of the "Haw River Drinking Water Survey, 1985," I had a stake in this rule and in the water quality of the Haw River. The Bynum cancer studies pointed to a drinking water problem. By Tom Glendinning [In In My Opinion]

It is about time the radical Left learned to use the tactics of the radical Right
[Jun. 16, 2013] This is in response to Thom Goolsby's "Moron Monday shows that the radical Left just doesn't get it" article. Instead of promoting an atmosphere to create desperately needed jobs, they are rehashing decisions made years ago so that the new member can have chance to vote against the law of the land. [In Letters to the Editor]

Child Care Networks and child care subsidy changes for Chatham County
[Jun. 13, 2013] Starting in July, Child Care Networks will no longer provide the child care financial assistance program that it has administered for many years under contract with the Chatham County Department of Social Services. Child care financial assistance (child care subsidy) will still be available to eligible families by contacting DSS directly. By Erin Suwattana [In Chatlist Chatters]

Protecting Jordan Lake from upstream pollution is essential for Chatham County
[Jun. 12, 2013] Senate Bill 515, Jordan Lake Water Quality Act, has moved from the NC Senate to the NC House. The bill would roll back and eventually eliminate the "Jordan Lake Rules" put in place to protect the quality of Jordan Lake. The rules are the result of a very long stake holder process to develop nutrient reduction strategies for the lake and the waters that flow into it. By Brian Bock [In Chatham Weblogs]
Also: Commissioner Bock Blog

The risk of doing nothing
[Jun. 11, 2013] “We will not be Intimidated or Coerced by Certain Alphabetical Organizations or Committees under the Disguise of ‘Betterment of Certain Groups or Races’.” It reads like the reactions of some North Carolinians to the Moral Monday demonstrations at the North Carolina Legislative Building recently, doesn’t it? By D. G. Martin [In One on One]
Also: NC Book Watch
Also: Our State Magazine

Individual Chatham County citizens can decide for themselves how to best spend their own money
[Jun. 10, 2013] On budget matters, the previous Chatham County Board of Commissioners believed that and acted on the premise that government should throw money at problems in order to solve them. This management strategy is the reason for the upheaval in local and national politics, among other objections. And our country was suffering a deep recession. The stock market lost 50% of value on the DOW. That equalled the performance of 1929-30 and we were in bad shape. Our school fiscal support places us at 6th or higher in the state for student supplement. Yet our performance does not show the comparable result. So teaching is not a matter of money. It's a matter of quality and dedication. By Tom Glendinning [In Chatlist Chatters]

A new book reminds us to say thank you
[Jun. 10, 2013] “Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops.” So wrote General Dwight Eisenhower on June 5, 1944, sixty-nine years ago this week. According to Rick Atkinson’s new book, “The Guns at Last Light: The War in Europe, 1944-1945,” currently Number One on the New York Times Non-Fiction Best Seller list, Ike continued, “If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone.” By D. G. Martin [In One on One]
Also: NC Book Watch
Also: Our State Magazine

Moron Monday shows radical Left just doesn’t get it
[Jun. 7, 2013] The circus came to the State Capitol this week, complete with clowns, a carnival barker and a sideshow. Several hundred people – mostly white, angry, aged former hippies – appeared and screeched into microphones, talked about solidarity and chanted diatribes. It was “liberal theater” at its best. By Thom Goolsby [In In My Opinion]

Links to more information about planned Chatham Park
[May 30, 2013] For those interested in the 7,000+ acre Chatham Park development here are a couple of links for more information. The development is located within Pittsboro's Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) so all planning will be handled by the town of Pittsboro. This will be a long term project, probably taking at least 30 years to complete, so it will certainly change and adapt over that time. By Donna Kelly [In Chatlist Chatters]