Monday, December 31, 2012
Monday, December 24, 2012
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
How many can vote?
How many people are registered to vote in Nov to elect whichever members of the Chapel Hill Town Council are up for election?
Monday, December 17, 2012
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Friday, December 7, 2012
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
FDI
I was going to send this group an e-mail telling them that I would support to the death their right to say whatever they like on this subject, and I would also tell them that I will do the same in responding to their scurrilous messages, and in learning more about where they get their money. (This is the group that wants to place these ads on Chapel Hill buses; if that sparks reactions like mine, it will be a good investment, and if it does not, we will know more about our the negative side of our community.)
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Best by different criteria
Oldest family-owned business in Chapel Hill?
Oldest business, period, in Chapel Hill?
Most innovative business in Chapel Hill?
Oldest business, period, in Chapel Hill?
Most innovative business in Chapel Hill?
Amy Ryan Joins The Conversation Of Filling Penny Rich's Town Council Seat - Chapelboro.com
So far, she seems to be the best candidate.
Cary Welcomes Christmas Season this Saturday with Day/Evening Activities for the Entire Family
What do we have to learn from what Cary is doing with "The Cary"?
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
The Daily Tar Heel :: Transit partners advocate for bus advertising policy
I am imagining the kind of hard-hitting advertising that may arise next year in local elections. It will be a challenge for the Town Council and partners to deal with all that.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Studying Cities to Find Global Warming’s Benefits - NYTimes.com
Don't we need to get even more granular in looking at the environmental impact of Obey Creek development?
Monday, November 26, 2012
Sunday, November 25, 2012
2012 Board of Directors | Chapel Hill–Carrboro Chamber of Commerce
Seems like an odd assortment of people on first blush.
Bangladesh Fire Kills More Than 100 and Injures Many - NYTimes.com
We need to know the details of which stores in the US have reaped the profits of these apparent unsafe -deadly - working conditions so that we as customers can hold them responsible.
M.I.T. Lab Hatches Ideas, and Companies, by the Dozens - NYTimes.com
So what difference has innovation like this made in Chapelboroham?
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Monday, November 19, 2012
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
The Daily Tar Heel :: Four seats claimed on county commissioners
I certainly did not vote for Penny RICH and there appear to be many who agreed with me.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Monday, October 29, 2012
France 3 Provence-Alpes - Régie municipale agricole bio et plan local d'urbanisme: Mouans Sartoux et l'agenda 21
Is this a model for Chapelboroham?
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Sidewalks
Where can anyone go on these? What can anyone do? Those are the important questions. This is from 2003, it appears.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Friday, October 19, 2012
Obey Creek
If zoning is done correctly in the first place, variances, or zoning changes, should not be necessary.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
"Dwight Bassett Returns as Chapel Hill Economic Development Officer" - Chapel Hill Magazine
There just has to be a lot more to this story than we read here in the Chapel Hill Cheerleader.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
"Courtyard construction brings promise of new shops and dining" - Daily Tar Heel
What does the rest of Chapelboroham have to learn from this?
Monday, October 15, 2012
Thursday, October 11, 2012
"La nouvelle carte des radars vitesse et feu rouge à Nice" - Nice-Matin
Why don't we get serious and deploy this many in Chapelboroham?
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
"Organizers Say Wal-Mart Labor Protests Spread" - NYTimes.com
What are the implications for all of this in Chapelboroham?
Sunday, October 7, 2012
"Saunders: Durham trail safe Tuesday night, but what about Wednesday morning?" - NewsObserver.com
We have to find an answer to this, not just for this trail, but for all of them in Chapelboroham.
Saturday, October 6, 2012
"Pro-Israel Subway Ads Will Appear on New York City Buses" - NYTimes.com
More speech is best in NYC and in Chapel Hill.
Friday, October 5, 2012
"Sharing Medical Records With Patients" - NYTimes.com
We should be the best in the country in promoting this!
"Bonny Doon Vineyard’s Labeling Policy Draws Little Attention" - NYTimes.com
There is an old story of selling books in Georgetown - Washington, D.C. It goes something like this. A piece of paper was inserted at random in copies of a hot new book in one bookstore. The books sold. The piece of paper offered some kind of reward just for finding them and, I think, calling a number. Almost no one called.
So it is with food labels everywhere. I would be very interested to see what is known about what people read on food labels today. How many read anything? How many look for certain things? What are they? How many devour them in detail? How many ask questions?
So it is with food labels everywhere. I would be very interested to see what is known about what people read on food labels today. How many read anything? How many look for certain things? What are they? How many devour them in detail? How many ask questions?
"Do We Ban App Distractions, Too?" - NYTimes.com
Yes. My response to POGUE is that we have a zero tolerance policy when it comes ot drunken driving, and yet we know people will drink and drive. In fact, we even let us have one drink and still drive. That's because we believe that this is still safe. No one has demonstrated that it is safe to do anything else while behind the wheel of a vehicle and there is absolutely no reason not to continue to ban as much as possible and apply sanctions that hurt a lot, up to but not including the hurt of someone injured as the result of distracted driving.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
"Basic Requirements - Campaign Reports - Board of Elections" - Cumberland County NC
Is something similar to this available for Chapelboroham?'
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
"Estrosi lance un plan anti-tabac pour la métropole de Nice" - Nice-Matin
What are the anti-tobacco plans for all government employees in Chapelboroham? How many are there?
"Fewer Teenagers Are Drinking and Driving, C.D.C. Says" - NYTimes.com
Is this true in Chapelboroham?
"ACLU says banning controversial bus ad would violate First Amendment" - Daily Tar Heel
There is a basic principle at stake here - as a society we have set our "all" on a core American principle: More debate is better than less; more speech is better than less. The Council would be doing the right thing in encouraging advertising from any source on any issues with only minimal requirements relating to disclosure.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
"Our Latest Obsession: Chapel Hill Shopping-Bag Decor" - Chapel Hill Magazine
The Chapel Hill Cheerleaders, a/k/a Chapel Hill Magazine, sure live up to the first name, don't they? How superfluous can you get?
Monday, October 1, 2012
"Transports: les bus branchent la prise" - Nice-Matin
Do we have electric buses yet in Chapelborham anywhere?
"Hiking trail draws concern" - The Carrboro Citizen
I think the priority ought to be placed on trails and paths and sidewalks that people can use in their daily lives as opposed to weekend hikes.
"Burlington Free Press Loses Ground in Vermont" - NYTimes.com
Couldn't we come up with a newspaper that really addresses our essential information and communication needs in Chapelboroham - and is successful? The Chapelboroham Essential, one might call it.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
"Des compteurs de vitesse sur les Vélos Bleus? Estrosi ne dit pas non" - Nice-Matin
My sense is that far too many bicyclists in Chapelboroham pedal at too fast a speed when sharing a path with walkers. What can we learn from Nice?
"Our range of hosting plans - Hosting"
Small Orange is in Durham. Are "we" making the most of it to make the most of us?
"Marseille : plaidoyer pour la future communauté métropolitaine" - La Provence
Why don't we go ahead and create Chapelboroham, made up of Orange, Durham and Chatham counties. What a dynamic combination that would be and it would allow a lot of nettlesome problems of the day (like searching for tax revenues) to be considered in a more logical, regional context.
Saturday, September 29, 2012
"Rules to Curb Use of Paper and Plastic Shopping Bags" - NYTimes.com
Isn't this a good time for us to rethink all of this, based on solid data?
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Monday, September 17, 2012
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Walmart guns
I was reminded today that the arrival of Walmart on 15-501 means that they likely will be selling some number of firearms, perhaps the same as are advertised today in their Sunday newspaper insert. How depressing a thought is that?
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Friday, September 7, 2012
The Herald-Sun - UNC Health Care in lease negotiations for former Borders building
Apparently this has now happened. UNC Health Care seems to be at every turn in the road!
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Hyde Park "corner" on the Chapel Hill buses?
The current dust-up over the advertising on Chapel Hill buses calling for an end to US assistance to Israel (or maybe just a significant reduction) is curious. Penny RICH, the departing Council member, brought up that she is Jewish and says she is uncomfortable with the advertising. First off, she should not participate in any votes on this matter given the lens through which she seems to be looking at this. Second, why not - as a compromise - keep the debate alive in this very public place (the bus) by setting aside a panel in every bus for this type of social/political advocacy advertising? That way, everyone is free to use it, but everyone would also know that it will be restricted to one place on each bus? While mentioning Penny RICH, Lee STORROW has reported said that we need to have representation on the Council from the Jewish community of Chapel Hill. No, we do not. We need to have as much diversity in the Council membership as possible, but no group is deserving of representation more than any other. I am an Irish citizen, as well as a citizen of the US - where is the Irish representative on the Council? Or the Hindu? Or the New York? Or the Trans Gender (not sure how that is written)?
Monday, September 3, 2012
Text Messaging and Driving - Texting Can Wait | AT&T
Chapel Hill, if the Town Council cares, should adopt something like this - no use of an electronic device - yes, it can wait. One really has to wonder why no one has pushed this.
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Car route map?
I'd love to see a map generated that would take an average weekday - surely, one can pick a day that would give something generally applicable as a result - and an average weekend day ---- plot in some graphically compelling way where cars go in the course of that day. In other words, a certain number of cars come from Chatham County and go up 15-501 to UNC; what number turn off on 54 and go to I-40? Where do cars leaving Pittsboro or Carrboro go in the course of time they area away during that day. A number of assumptions would have to be made - such as that cars leaving in the early morning likely are based at the point of departure, but that later in the day, they are returning. Anyway, a color-enabled map would be a fascinating thing to watch. Why do it? Because it would help us determine where people go and then try to sort through what it might take to get them to go to other places or not to go at all.
Saturday, September 1, 2012
In Bike-Friendly Copenhagen, Highways For Cyclists : NPR
We need this, but we also need high speed sidewalks/paths for pedestrians - routes that take us as directly as possible to where we can walk.
Friday, August 31, 2012
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
WCHL (AM) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
So I guess it is someone named Jim HEAVNER, but this is Wikipedia so one never knows for sure and the station's website does not seem to want to tell us, at least easily.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Chapel Hill To Appeal On Towing, Cell Phone Rules —
As much as I support the cellphone ban, the Chapel Hill Town Council has done all the wrong things to make that - less use of cellphones and other devices while driving - happen. It is solidly in the bad judgment category and maybe worse.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Monday, August 20, 2012
NC exports jump 5% - Charlotte Business Journal
What are the specific products/services that we export from Chapelboroham?
Friday, August 17, 2012
Tracking the economy and GDP through trash | Marketplace.org
Can we create this chart just for Chapelboroham?
Brooklyn Navy Yard Is Site of Proposed Media Campus - NYTimes.com
Why not a "media hub" in Chapelboroham?
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Woman who got money for sidewalks on 15-501
The Chatham County Commissioner who got that stimulus money for sidewalks along 15-501 north of Cole Park Plaza might be interested in filling in the gap between Chapel Hill and the northern end of that sidewalk -- a distance that would include Walmart. Would Walmart contribute?
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
New 15-501 Walmart
I want to propose to Walmart that they work with the community within a 2 mile radius of their new store on 15-501 to develop a pedestrian/bike plan for the new store. Who can walk to the store from where? Who can safely bike there? What could Walmart do to make all of this better? What does the community need to do? Said differently, it seems to me we should all work to make the most of the store coming here, whether we like the idea or not.
Monday, August 13, 2012
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Friday, August 10, 2012
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Distribution : les magasins de proximité - Les secteurs qui recrutent - Journal du Net Management
We ought to have a lot more places like this that are close at hand, convenient and competitive with the larger stores.
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
A Bicycle Superhighway in Denmark | PRI's The World
"Convenience" is the key word and it ought to apply to pedestrian routes as well. Somewhat separately, I wonder if an electric bike fits somewhere between walking and biking?
Local Store
Having seen a mention of a new store today at Southpoint Mall - focused on selling sugar products of various sorts, It'Sugar - I could not help but wonder why we don't have a store that sells everything and anything made in NC. This is not a tourist promo idea (although tourists might enjoy the place) but rather a places where you could go physically and virtually to pursue/purchase any product or service that really comes FROM NC. It would be a place where we could all learn about those things that our state makes and offers, a place to search and buy, and a place - if more convenient - to pickup items ordered. Why not?
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Who owns a gun in Chapelboroham?
Shouldn't we all have the right to know who is licensed to have a gun of any kind? It seems to me that our right to know this far outweighs any concerns of privacy or security for those holding those licenses, whether or not they have a gun or guns.
Friday, August 3, 2012
Walks of Italy | VIP Access - Vatican Behind the Scenes & Sistine Chapel
Couldn't we focus on doing many more of these in NC? Walks of North Carolina?
Postal Service
Is there a Postal Service map of Chapelboroham that shows all of the places that can have addresses attached to one post office or another? For example, which physical addresses are "Chapel Hill"? Where is the line between Chapel Hill addresses and Carrboro? Between Hillsborough and Mebane, for example? I am not speaking of Post Office Boxes, just physical addresses.
My exchange with the Mayor of Mebane
"Dear Mr. Mayor,
As we look at other communities in the area, I am relieved now to know that we will not have to explore Mebane as a future place to live. I am grateful for only one thing in connection with the advertisement – it informs us that Mebane is not a place where I would shop, and least of all, live.
Thanks for your response. If you
don’t want the rest of us to associate this store and its guns with Mebane, you
might want to take up the matter with the Postal Service. From your response,
however, it would appear that you delighted to have them nearby and just wish
they were closer so that you could collect sales tax.
Lots of things are legal and bad
ideas at the same time. Thoughtful politicians recognize this; courageous ones
say so.
Have a good weekend,
Terry
From: Glendel Stephenson [mailto:stephenson@mebtel.net]
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 10:37 PM
To: 'Terry MAGUIRE'
Cc: rwilson@cityofmebane.com; cbateman@cityofmebane.com
Subject: RE: Mace Sports
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 10:37 PM
To: 'Terry MAGUIRE'
Cc: rwilson@cityofmebane.com; cbateman@cityofmebane.com
Subject: RE: Mace Sports
Good Evening, Terry:
1. I am sorry you were so distraught over a newspaper ad.
2. Mace Sports is not a Mebane business resident.
3. Mace Sports is located outside Mebane, in Orange County,
is a legal business, and has, apparently, been issued proper permits for the
operation of a business of this type. They simply have a Mebane postal
address as do dozens of other businesses located outside our city limits.
Their taxes are paid to Orange County, not to the City of Mebane.
4. It is not the business of The City of Mebane to dictate
what Orange County may or may not allow within its borders, or to dictate what
businesses permitted by The State of North Carolina must sell, display, or
advertise.
5. The City of Mebane is a fine place in which to live, work,
raise a family and enjoy life.
6. The City of Mebane is a growing community of 12,000
people, supported by an excellent City Administration and Staff, well financed,
and providing many services needed and requested by our citizens.
7. We have a fine City Council that is constantly alert to
protect and maintain the liveability of our citizens.
8. If you have not had the opportunity to visit and learn
more about Mebane, we invite you to do so.
Glendel Stephenson, Mayor, City of Mebane
From: Terry MAGUIRE [mailto:tmaguire@newspaper.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 12:59 PM
To: gstephenson@cityofmebane.com
Subject: Mace Sports
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 12:59 PM
To: gstephenson@cityofmebane.com
Subject: Mace Sports
Dear Mr. Mayor,
I live in Chapel Hill and have for 13 years.
No doubt there are some places here, or nearer than Mebane,
that sell firearms. Dick’s Sporting Goods and Walmart, come to mind as I think
one or both sell guns at their stores in Durham, just across the county line.
But when I saw the full page ad for a store that purports to
be in Mebane – Mace Sports – today in the Herald-Sun, I was both extremely
angry and disappointed to see what that ad contained. If you have not seen it,
you should ask your staff to get you a copy.
Never have I been as sorry to recognize how freely available
are these awful weapons of human destruction as I was when I looked at the full
page of guns and rifles promoted by Mace.
So this is – for today – just the statement of one citizen
in saying that any thought we’ve had of visiting Mebane, and shopping there, is
now crossed off the list. I surely do not want to contribute a dime to any
community that apparently supports an establishment selling the kinds of
instruments of death that I see in that advertisement.
As we look at other communities in the area, I am relieved now to know that we will not have to explore Mebane as a future place to live. I am grateful for only one thing in connection with the advertisement – it informs us that Mebane is not a place where I would shop, and least of all, live.
Whether I share this and related thinking with others and
urge them to express their views to you and others in Mebane remains an open
question.
In the meantime, I could not live with myself without
expressing my horror to the community’s top elected official.
Regards,
Terry MAGUIRE"
Thursday, August 2, 2012
The Herald-Sun - Judge declares cellphone ban unconstitutional
One of the worst-handled moves by the people on the Chapel Hill Town Council who think they are so much smarter than apparently they are. It is, most of all, a question of judgment, which in this case, was very bad.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Crews begin lane reduction at Hillsborough Street traffic circle :: WRAL.com
Traffic circles work nearly perfectly in Nice, France, and most of them are new. Why is it so hard to teach NC old dogs new tricks? Or is it the designer who need to learn how to do it right? Here is some reference and a wiki overview.
Friday, July 27, 2012
@ThisIsVt, Vermonters Taking Turns On Twitter - NYTimes.com
An opportunity? Or just a waste of time?
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Thursday, June 28, 2012
A Recycling Ideal So Close, Cities Can Smell It - NYTimes.com
Another reason that I prefer dogs. How close are we to these numbers in Chapelboroham?
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Monday, June 25, 2012
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Friday, June 22, 2012
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Monday, June 18, 2012
Environmentally Friendly > Trex Recycling Programs | Trex
Do they collect plastic bags in Chapelboroham?
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Merging Cellphones and Dashboards - NYTimes.com
Awful! How distracted are we going to be invited to be while behind the wheel? These cars need co-pilots who run this stuff while the driver drives. What a safety novelty that would be!
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
The Center for International Understanding | Global Heatmap
Well, I look forward to understanding this - my first impression is "so what?", as much as I am interested in the subject.
Sex Offenders Face Growing Restrictions on Public Places - NYTimes.com
How is this working out in Chapelboroham?
A Massachusetts City Tries to Change Its Reputation - NYTimes.com
How does Chapelboroham avoid this?
Monday, May 28, 2012
Friday, May 25, 2012
Public Transit In Triangle At Crossroads — North Carolina Public Radio WUNC
A good piece from WUNC. Rarely do I hear anything this comprehensive. It's just too bad that they don't provide a lot more connections from the story so that people can pursue the subject efficiently. (There is only one link.)
In any case, I really want to understand this better and the argument about whether it makes sense.
For me, the real task is not building the system; it is in convincing people to locate themselves to minimize time spent in their cars and to adapt their lives to public transit starting with the bus. Until we do both of those things en masse, we are not likely to find much success with simply expensive and maybe a bit faster options.
In any case, I really want to understand this better and the argument about whether it makes sense.
For me, the real task is not building the system; it is in convincing people to locate themselves to minimize time spent in their cars and to adapt their lives to public transit starting with the bus. Until we do both of those things en masse, we are not likely to find much success with simply expensive and maybe a bit faster options.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Green Roofs in Big Cities Bring Relief From Above - NYTimes.com
How are we doing on this in Chapelboroham?
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Friday, May 18, 2012
Bike To Work Day: Your Photos, And Riding Advice From Grant Petersen Of Rivendell Bikes : The Two-Way : NPR
How about a Walk to Work Day?
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Long Island/In the Region — A Cautious Step Toward Growth - NYTimes.com
Why can't we get focused on doing the same thing for UNC and RTP - i.e., building around centers to which people first can walk and second can walk to buses that will take them where they want to go? We seem to be so timid about this. If the whole place was zoned right and the transportation committed, government could just get out of the way and let the building begin.
Monday, May 14, 2012
True Value Hardware Stores : Local Home Improvement Experts
With Pope's closing, we have no other area TrueValue hardware stores, it appears.
Left turns
What are the accident records showing now that we have had the left turn on flashing yellow arrow for a while at least in Chapel Hill. I think it is a really risky option, and many from out of town will not be used to it. The proof, however, is in the number of accidents and what we learn about how they occurred.
RAIDS Online - Crime mapping, email reports and tips for the public
I would love to understand why every jurisdiction in Chapelboroham is not participating in this, joining Durham, Durham Countya nd Raleigh?
Texting While Walking Banned in New Jersey Town | ABC News Blogs - Yahoo!
Distractions are dangerous whether on feet or wheels. Pressing the policy, I think, is better than enacting rules. That applies to Chapel Hill, too.
In New York, Neglected Trees Prove Deadly - NYTimes.com
I wonder what sort of program and what sorts of problems we have with trees falling in Chapelboroham? I have noticed one or two along the path in Southern Village that look perilously close to falling. Are we supposed to call someone?
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Dollar Store Plans Divide Vermont Residents - NYTimes.com
Are we having enough of a discussion about "dollar stores"?
Friday, May 11, 2012
Deep Discounts Dip Into Kohl’s Profit - NYTimes.com
I wonder how this will affect our local Kohl's. How to present this from the customer's perspective?
Thursday, May 10, 2012
www.townandcountryhardwarestores.com
There is a great harware store story to be written about all of the changes this year and in recent times in hardware stores in Chapelboroham. These stores appear to have left Ace Harware and may now be independent. But not clear.....
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
The Herald-Sun - Chapel Hill stopped from enforcing cellphone ban
This is inspires little confidence in the management of Town of Chapel Hill affairs. There is no reason the Town had to wind up in this predicament. More important, the Town still ignores repeated suggestions to establish a firm policy against using an electronic device when driving an automobile as the starting point for all of this, with the members of the Town Council being the first to announce that they subscribe to the policy. So far, only one has said that he does.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Queens Students Get Water Lessons by Designing Playground - NYTimes.com
I wonder if this happens in Chapelboroham schools.
Friday, May 4, 2012
2012 Events : Jane Jacobs Walk
It's too bad we don't have one this weekend in Chapelboroham. See this story in the New York Times.
For Craftsmen, Craigslist Is a Slender Lifeline - NYTimes.com
It has always seemed to me that Home Depot, Lowe's and other stores could provide a wonderful alternative to this by creating a center in each store where people could go to seek recommendations of craftsmen and women.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
The Herald-Sun - Town challenged on cellphone ban parking ordinance
Another story on the same development.
Regional Airlines Squeezed by Flight Cutbacks and Higher Fares - NYTimes.com
I'd like to do a long story, interactive graphic, website, book, app - whatever it takes - to help people get more value and satisfaction flying into and out of RDU. Tips, ideas, practical information - such as how to go back and forth to the airport for $4. History and future in terms of flights and connections, etc. and service, options, security -- the whole works from the perspective of someone leaving from or arriving at RDU.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
George's Towing and Recovery - Chapel Hill, NC
This is the outfit that has sued to prevent the new cell phone ordinance from going into effect in Chapel Hill. I just called them and confirmed this. And this is the law firm that is representing them. Here is what has happened. The fellow I reached on the phone refused to explain why they took the legal action that they did.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
While waiting at CVS
Think of the totally wasted opportunity to deliver value and satisfaction instead of wasted time and frustration while waiting for prescriptions at CVS. Imagine that you could watch or listen to items of general health-related nature beyond the doctor's office videos - something tailored locally and updated regularly - a little CVS TV show.
It seems to me that it is a real missed opportunity to deliver value. Latest health news. ReadSpeaker could read the news out loud. Maybe from the New York Times?
Another thing I learned was that there is a price checker at CVS near or as part of the machine that will print out offers if you scan your CVS loyalty card.
It seems to me that it is a real missed opportunity to deliver value. Latest health news. ReadSpeaker could read the news out loud. Maybe from the New York Times?
Another thing I learned was that there is a price checker at CVS near or as part of the machine that will print out offers if you scan your CVS loyalty card.
Wouldn't it be neat?
Imagine that you shop in a Chapelboroham store and when you get home, there is an e-mail awaiting you with suggestions, comments, notes, etc relating to everything you just bought? What an added value that could be?
Lowes customer service
I went to Lowes the other day to look for two items for my wife and found neither; had to go to Harris-Teeter instead. Today, I needed something else and called first; they did not have that either. I asked the woman on the phone if they had sent anything to us frequent customers about the renovation in progress. No. She took down the three items and said she would look into that and pass on my suggestion to communicate more.
CVS customer service
I raced off to CVS on 15-501 south of Chapel Hill today, and found that an order phoned in for my wife after an early morning doctor's visit was there but
had not been filled. The pharmacist, who knows me, said it would done in 10 mins.
Perfect. I walked around just a little and wanted to do a price check
on some suntan lotion and so went up front for just a moment to do
that. Came back, the pharmacist looked at me - no one said anything. I stood
for another 10-15 mins and no one said anything. The clerk asked if I was being helped and I said I was waiting. Finally, I looked at the "Waiters" tray
and there was something in it. So I asked the clerk if that could be mine. It was but
she took another customer and took forever ahead of me. I told her I
was very disappointed and that she should have checked the
tray and called out my name again. The pharmacist heard me and said he had but I
was at the front of the store. I told him he knows me and he saw me
standing there later and said nothing. So I stormed out and called the
manager who seemed quite concerned about what I related.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Wal-Mart Bribery Scandal Complicates U.S. Expansion Plans - NYTimes.com
Which news organization is asking questions about Wal-Mart in Chapelboroham? I would think a review in detail of the application for a new store on 15-501 south of Chapel Hill is in order given the inquiries that have been launched elsewhere. The more we know, the better able we will be to formulate our own opinions.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Fashion Statement Is Clear - the Gun Isn’t - NYTimes.com
I would still like to know the names and addresses of everyone in Chapelboroham who is licensed to carry a handgun.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Friday, April 13, 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Vertical Gardens in Mexico a Symbol of Progress - NYTimes.com
Don't we have vast opportunities to do the same - say, around ugly telephone polls done in such a way that the growing kudzu or whatever does not endanger the wires?
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
Grading the nation: How accountable is your state? | iWatch News by The Center for Public Integrity
We should do so much better than a C-!
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Imagine
Imagine you are a Chapel Hill Town Council member. Imagine that the horrific bus accident in Switzerland had been caused by a driver using a cellphone. I am not saying that happened, and not even suggesting it actually happened. But imagine that it did. Then ask yourself - how can I sleep at night if I don't seize the opportuinty to enact a local restriction on the use of cellphones et al while driving a motor vehicle? Imagine the unimaginable - a horrendous accident caused by someone who legally talking on the phone while driving in Chapel Hill. What would you do? I'd enact the ordinance, making the offense a primary one, and ask the Chapel Hill Police to enforce it aggressively. And I would sleep more soundly.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Monday, March 12, 2012
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Rossen Reports: Is your child breathing radon at school? - TODAY Rossen Reports - TODAY.com
Where do we go to learn what the situation is, and need for testing, in this area - both schools and homes?
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
The Herald-Sun - Texting while driving cost 100
Why don't we increase this to about $500?
In France, the fine for using a cellphone while driving is 135 euros or about 175 USD + 3 points on the driver's license.
In France, the fine for using a cellphone while driving is 135 euros or about 175 USD + 3 points on the driver's license.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Coversheet
I take it that this will be voted upon 12 March 2012.
If anyone gets stopped and charged with such a violation, how many people are simply going to say they were talking with family. Will the Police subpoena phone records? I doubt it.
The propopsed exemption reads:
"Is for the sole purpose of communicating with the motor vehicle operator's
parent, child, legal guardian or spouse."
Why can't the driver pull over in that case?
If anyone gets stopped and charged with such a violation, how many people are simply going to say they were talking with family. Will the Police subpoena phone records? I doubt it.
The propopsed exemption reads:
"Is for the sole purpose of communicating with the motor vehicle operator's
parent, child, legal guardian or spouse."
Why can't the driver pull over in that case?
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Monday, February 13, 2012
Obesity and Overweight for Professionals: Data and Statistics: U.S. Obesity Trends | DNPAO | CDC
What a depressing trip through the last couple of decades of an increasingly fat NC population. We all are the biggest losers in this one.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Carrboro occupiers, Mayor leave vacant building | NBC17.com
If people trespass on private property, they are breaking the law and ought to be prosecuted for the offense. There is no imaginable justification in this instance and Carrboro ought to show that it respects the law and proceed with arrests and prosecution. The protesters should know that if they break laws in exercising their right to protest, they will be arrested and charged. Obey the law and protest all you like; break the law and go to jail.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Friday, January 6, 2012
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