by Gene Galin Chatham County, NC – About 120 people attended the candidates forum at Carolina Meadows on the evening of Monday, October 1. That night’s forum featured four of the candidates running for the Chatham county commission. In District…
by Brian Bock Pittsboro, NC – I want to address the effort to expand the county board of commissioners one more time. This is a big issue and deserves much more in-depth discussion than it is currently receiving. Like many issues, the…
By Raymond Gastwaite Pittsboro, NC – Since zoning is such a hot issue in the county, here is a timeline (based on public records at chathamnc.org) of what has transpired to date. March 2014: Board of Commissioners Vice Chairman Bock…
Pittsboro, NC – A former Army Ranger and national hero will relate what really happened in Benghazi. “The Chatham County Republicans are kicking off the fall season with an exciting program,” says Brian Bock, Chatham GOP Chair. The party will…
On June 18 we passed the FY 2012-2013 budget. I want to touch on the highlights of the budget and make a few comments in areas that might need some clarification. To see the approved budget and a more complete summary please visit the county website. W…
If you want to catch up on happenings at a meeting of the Chatham County Board of Commissioners, the county is offering a way to view meeting videos a few days after the meetings online. At this time, the May 16 meeting and the two public hearings on t…
Chatham County Commissioners Brian Bock, Walter Petty and Pam Stewart are holding town hall meetings around the county every quarter. To this point there have been five such meetings. These commissioners feel that the interaction with Chatham citizens …
Since 2006 our commissioner districts have been changed twice. In 2006 the Board of Commissioners (BOC) lead by Commissioner Morgan gathered a bi-partisan task force to redraw the districts. A solution was agreed on by the task force and subsequently a…
Around this time last year Pam Stewart, Walter Petty, and I made a commitment to bring much needed change to Chatham County. We had fantastic support from folks all across the county helping us get here so that we could make these changes, and I’d like…
Like most decisions that the board of commissioners has to make, this one was not as straight forward as it might first appear. The decision to allow the Western Wake Partnerships to route the pipeline that will carry clean water from the New Hill trea…