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Chaos at Town Council - Triangle Blog Blog A group civics blog covering town council, education, transportation, and recreation in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC.

Earlier this week, the Chapel Town Council tripped all over themselves to sabotage an ordinance they, themselves, requested from town staff.

Viewpoints: Town Council Takes a Swing and a Miss - Chapelboro.com The Chapel Hill Town Council hit a surprising 4-4 stalemate on some critical updates to our land use manual Wednesday night. Here’s why that matters, and what we can do next.

COLUMN: On the latest Viewpoints, Chapel Hill Town Councilor Theodore Nollert expresses his disappointment with a 4-4 stalemate on some critical updates to the town's land use manual.

Here's what he had to say on potential next steps:

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we have free public buses and have for a long time.

Glad the dog didn’t see the goalie

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@veronicaodavis.bsky.social Starts thing off , Davis wrote the book “Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities “

Chapel Hill Mayor, Jess Anderson kicking off the Triangle West TPO Safety Summit

Phew, sometimes I think Chapel Hill Town Council has turned the corner then blammo, a shitshow like tonight happens. A set of commonplace land use amendments fails to pass 4-4 (we're down one council member), and it's not clear at all why the opponents voted against it.

blogbloggers are in attendance at two civic meetings tonight.

The Politician who Refused to Eat Barbecue and Lost (also, it's the Rabbit Hole's Fifth Birthday) An update on the state of the Hole, but first, the most ridiculous North Carolina political food story ever told.

Today is the North Carolina Rabbit Hole's fifth birthday. Because I hate making an entire newsletter out of earnest reflection, here's a story about the guy who lost his race to become North Carolina's governor because he told people that barbecue sucks www.ncrabbithole.com/p/the-politi...

The last Chapel Hill Town Council of 2025 is underway. The mayor is reading a statement in response to the increased presence of federal immigration actors in the area. The town and its police force are not participating with these operations

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Erik Valera, an immigrant rights advocate who ran for Chapel Hill Town Council this year, shared his thoughts on how community members should be preparing for ICE activity in the Triangle.

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Auspicious start to the day 🌈 in Carrboro, NC

CHCCS Shares Support For Immigrant Families, Says Absences Increased - Chapelboro.com Representatives from CHCCS shared their support for immigrant families as ICE activity ramped up in the Triangle Tuesday.

Representatives from the Chapel Hill Carrboro City School system shared their support for immigrant families as Immigration and Customs Enforcement ramped up federal enforcement in the Triangle Tuesday.

Joint Statement on U.S. Customs and Border Protection Presence at UNC-Chapel Hill We demand that UNC Chapel Hill ensure the safety of its students and staff in the face of domestic terrorism. With the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) entering the Triangle, issues that seemed distant are now close to home. CBP actions in Chicago, Portland, and Charlotte suggest that they know no limits. In Charlotte this week, among the over 200 abductions under the auspices of legal arrest, they dragged a US citizen out of his car after shattering his car window. Federal agents shattered car windows with the muzzle of a loaded assault rifle. CBP agents entered a church and kidnapped people in front of their children. Earlier this year, CBP agents murdered a person during a traffic stop. These actions mean that many of our UNC community members and families are now living in fear, as simply “looking Latin” can lead to detention. International policing, border control, and other parts of the surveillance apparatus exploit racism and xenophobia to project the lens of risk onto innocent people. Under this kind of state, no one is safe, and we must protect those most vulnerable to harm. Furthermore, we know that CBP targets community members who act to protect each other, arresting people in clear violation of their rights to punish them through the judicial process. Nevertheless, we as members of the UNC community, must speak out and act to protect one another. University leaders must unwaveringly support students, staff, and faculty—yesterday’s tepid statement from Interim Provost Dean is inadequate to meet the moment of fear and uncertainty. Interim Provost Dean reiterated that while CBP can approach individuals in public spaces, they must have a judicial warrant to enter classrooms and residence halls. The extrajudicial killing and kidnapping we have seen by CBP over the last month indicate that they will continue to ignore the law as they have been given a blank check …

With ICE in the Triangle, UNC student and faculty groups are joining to demand that our Campus leadership ensure the safety of its students and staff in the face of domestic terrorism! @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social + TransparUNCy +SUNRISE UNC

Carrboro Town Council voting 6-1 in favor of the Downtown Area Plan

The @carrboronc.bsky.social Town Council just passed the Downtown Area Plan! Thanks to Mayor Foushee and Councilors Nowell, Fray, Posada, Merrill and Palmer for their leadership!

I hope folks are paying attention. Y'all are not going to believe the amazing way that Durham is showing out to protect our neighbors.

Organizers pulled today's response together with about 12 hours notice. Tomorrow we are going to send CBP home crying.

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Carrboro Downtown Area Plan passes 6-1. This is great news and a continuation of the Carrboro Connects Comprehensive Plan!

Over 700 members of our community participated in engagement! A real win for Carrboro!

We will not report anything without confirmation which we do independently. If you see something, the best place to call is @siembranc.bsky.social’s hotline. Also please follow them.

If you are ready to join us, wherever you might be in our state, go to defendandrecruit.org/charlotte.

We’ve got work to do.

NC Republican leaders backing immigration enforcement in Triangle, Charlotte, as Democrats oppose moves As Border Patrol agents descend on Charlotte — and are reportedly active in Wake County and Durham too — the state's top Republican leaders are supportive of the immigration enforcement action.

According to @ncgovernor.bsky.social, state officials aren't getting information about Border Patrol immigration enforcement activities in the Triangle and Charlotte. "We don't know pretty much anything. They're operating in the shadows."

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ICE Has Arrived In The Triangle. Here's A Guide of Resources to Use - Chapelboro.com Here is a guide of resources compiled by Chapelboro to track confirmed ICE sightings, track detainees and stay informed about your rights.

United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, officers and Border Patrol agents are active in the Triangle as of Tuesday.

We complied a guide of resources to track confirmed ICE sightings, find detainees, and stay informed about your rights:

“They’re Just Kind Of Grabbing People”: Fear Grips Durham As Federal Agents Arrive Federal agents detained at least three people as volunteers mobilized to track the agents through Durham.

BREAKING: Federal agents detained at least three people in Durham on Tuesday, chasing them through a shopping center parking lot as stores locked down and shoppers fled.

"[T]hat kind of experience makes some people want to preserve their cities in amber and makes others into fierce defenders of the ability of cities to absorb and protect other people who also need to remake themselves. They’ll all need someplace to live."

This is how I feel about Carrboro.

Why I'm Stoked on Carrboro's Downtown Area Plan plus a few longish notes on the process and philosophy behind it

Maybe you've heard about the Downtown Area Plan Carrboro is considering tomorrow night. I wrote some longish thoughts on why I think it's so important and some communityconversation behind it: dannynowell.substack.com/p/why-im-sto...

this is an insane statistic and partially explains our school enrollment trends.

Census data (2010, 2020) shows that Orange County grew by 11%, but at a slower rate than Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Wake. For that growth, 65+ drove the growth

(73% of folks moving in to Orange County are 65+.)

Live blog blog: CHCCS in a Time of Change meeting - Triangle Blog Blog A group civics blog covering town council, education, transportation, and recreation in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC.

We're live blogblogging the @chccs.bsky.social meeting on school enrollment trends triangleblogblog.com/2025/11/17/l...

the blogblog is headed to the @chccs.bsky.social meeting tonight and will either be live live blogblogging, or live live blogblogging on a short delay - depending on wifi.

Town of Chapel Hill Vision Zero Team walk audit today on Legion Road