Triangulator

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• Toby on "Perdue celebrates tobacco jobs, even as smoking ban wages on": I don't see the inconsistency between allowing (and yes, even encouraging) the manufacture of a product, while at the same regulating where and when it is permitted to be used.
• Jock Lauterer on "Community journalism project to open newsroom at Golden Belt": How can we thank Durham enough? This new space is just a physical manifestation of the open arms, minds and hearts the Northeast Central Durham Community VOICE has encountered since we first stumbled upon the idea of giving the neighborhood its own...well...VOICE!
• Will Wilson on "Judge upholds Duke’s original map change of Jordan Lake watershed": Minimizing the water quality damage seems to now fall on the City Council. Their decision regarding bringing city sewer and water out to that development determines its density and impervious surface fraction. The plans I saw at a commission meeting last week look horrible, paving over ecological treasures, putting roads over streams, with tremendous amounts
• Melissa Rooney on "Judge upholds Duke’s original map change of Jordan Lake watershed": It's hard to believe that attorneys for the county (defendant) and the developers (plaintiff) didn't meet or at least inform the judge of their parallel desire (at least where 3 of the 5 county commissioners are concerned) -- to have Frank Duke's watershed boundary stand. This would seem a win-win situation to any judge,
• Elsa on "Hustler founder Flynt to speak at UNC": For a time, anything on pornography and censorship was central when relating to free speech. Now there's way less attention. Interesting to see this blip of attention to Flynt. It's almost as if sexuality as once again become rather a taboo topic - or very different aspects are at the forefront of discussion.
• Jonathan Jones on "Hustler founder Flynt to speak at UNC": The keynote speech by Larry Flynt on Thursday, Feb. 18 is actually free and open to the public. Tickets will be available, at no cost, beginning Feb. 1 at the student union box office. The fees listed above are only for the all-day symposium that follows Flynt's speech on Friday, Feb. 19.
• Durham resident on "Bowman says he didn’t push board for severance; agreement was mutual": Apparently Durham Annon and many others, including the media, missed the key point which is that this was not earmarked as a lump sum of $275,000. the amount depended on how long he worked. It was deferred compensation / incentive that, according to his contract attached, the Durham CVB knew about and funded
• water_warrior on "Wendell Falls Development fined $21,000 by EPA": Wow, where to begin? First off, let's address storm water run-off. It's caused by impervious surfaces (parking lots, roofs, etc). WalMart is the largest creator of storm water run-off from impervious surfaces created by vacant buildings, new roads, parking lots filled with cars leaking toxic fluids, and big box buildings. WalMart locations are fined daily
• Durham Anonymous on "Bowman says he didn’t push board for severance; agreement was mutual": It seems that this issue is classic example of “the left hand not aware of what the right hand is doing” after reading this and the corresponding posts. I find it interesting to be informed the city elected public officials (County Commissioner Ellen Reckhow, City Manager Tom Bonfield, Durham Mayor Bill Bell and City
• citizen on "Few food expenses for Chapel Hill advisory boards": ..seems a small enough amount given a large amount of volunteer community service.