http://www.orangecountypolitics.org We love OrangePolitics.org, but had to create a site to contain items censored there. Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:59:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 On Thursday, Nov 2nd, the county commissioners may vote on a $25M plan that was just made public less than a week before. This has obviously been in the works for months if not longer, but the details have been kept private. I have a lot of questions at this ... http://www.orangecountypolitics.org/index.php?p=21 … individuals (from) out of the county gave Nelson $7,868 between Feb. 10 and April 15. The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund of Washington, D.C., also contributed $4,000 to Nelson’s campaign, the largest donation in the filing. Source: Herald Sun I am all for a little help from out-of-county relatives or ... http://www.orangecountypolitics.org/index.php?p=20 We owe a great thanks to our state legislators for stealing from our school districts. These are the kinds of stunts that we can expect with the lottery, I am sure. See below for the hoops that the county is having to jump through to stop this. http://www.orangecountypolitics.org/index.php?p=18 My comments on the recently published county Q&A on the district tax: squeezethepulp.com/viewtopic.php?t=52 http://www.orangecountypolitics.org/index.php?p=17 My name is Mark Peters and I speak to you tonight on behalf of 50 families. This is a very simple situation. It comes down to whether the county residents want to pay more school tax or not. We favor small school districts and local control. We favor any taxation mechanism where ... http://www.orangecountypolitics.org/index.php?p=16 Last night, the Orange County Commissioners considered the proposed implementation of reducing school capital spending by 16% for the next 10 years. But worse than that, it looks like school impact fees are likely going to be misdirected. http://www.orangecountypolitics.org/index.php?p=15 I find it refreshing that the very same commissioners who repeatedly abuse *elected* school board members in public meetings and try to overstep legal authority by micro-managing local school boards are fretting over a little pressure by a state representative to get the commissioners to finally step up to an ... http://www.orangecountypolitics.org/index.php?p=11 Bill Faison introduced today NC House Bill 460 bill to give "disenfranchised annexees" the right to vote for officers of the annexing city prior to any annexation taking place. I noticed this when I was looking up the placeholder bills to provide for Orange BOCC district representation. http://www.orangecountypolitics.org/index.php?p=4 The following are notes that I took during the Orange County Commissioner Planning Retreat on January 22nd, 2005. The agenda is here: http://www.co.orange.nc.us/OCCLERKS/050122.pdf Summary --------- Commissioners agreed that funding equity is a priority, though waiting for Grumet Study. Carey made statements here and in the 12/13/2004 Collaboration meeting that ... http://www.orangecountypolitics.org/index.php?p=9 OrangePolitics.org has been a great place to discuss all matters of politics in Orange County. I thought that any political topic was fair game and was shocked when several matters regarding the Orange County Commissioners was refused (censored?) by the editor, even though these matters are being discussed in the media. ... http://www.orangecountypolitics.org/index.php?p=6