The commissioners and their Chatham Coalition friends keep saying the funds were not available to honor the employee pay increases promised on the PFP Agreements for the FY2008/2009 work period. Our first question should be: did the county have enough …
Category: Opinion
Maybe the Chatham school board should have considered the timing of the AP exams
The school administration presented a draft calendar at the January 11 board meeting. I think the board should have considered the timing of the AP exams more – there was a little discussion, but the board unanimously decided to go with this calendar b…
Chatham County’s talking bread machine
I read with geat interest the post regarding another talking bread making machine in Chatham county. I also have a bread maker that has always seemed to be saying something too. My machine seems to say “Whose Gonna Win?” Whose Gonna Win?” It sometimes …
Cell phone service quality varies in Chatham County
Evan Keiser’s post about how excellent Verizon works for him is a reminder that there is no one general answer for which cell phone service is best. Chatham is a big county with lots of different dead spots and coverage areas for all the different carr…
My little scoop and the talking bread machine
When I moved to Chatham County, I brought my bread machine. I have taken a class in writing. The instructor said it is important to keep one’s thoughts in a paragraph. And to pack as much information into a paragraph as possible. And indent. I was only…
Do Chatham County officials operate in the shadows?
So, Chatham County’s “leadership” is being pragmatic when they decide that the Sheriff’s department personnel should not spend their time enforcing the law (ICE), to give them the time to arrest those who “break” the law (burglars, drug dealers, etc.),…
Chatham County officials side with lawbreakers
I found a list of “sanctuary cities” in the US – those in which the chief of police or the city council forbids the police to ask about the immigration status of anyone who is detained for some other offense. The list includes Chatham County, as …
64 known JournoListas
JournoList was a private Google Groups forum for discussing politics and the news media with 400 journalists, academics and others, most with left of center political views. A Free Republic poster compiled this list of known members of the Journolist. …
Spring break schedule shortchanges Advance Placement students
Wow. That is surprising and very disappointing news concerning the placement of spring break right before AP exams. Almost as surprising as the scheduling Northwood did which puts all but one of the AP exams in the spring. I understand the thought behi…
Chatham Board of Education sabotages students
It’s hard to believe that community leaders elected and appointed to promote educational excellence would sabotage the students they’re supposed to serve, but that’s precisely what Chatham County school officials and the Board of Education have d…