Chapel Hill Mayor | Elect Tim Sookram

The state polling place locator is pretty effective: http://www.sboe.state.nc.us/PrecinctFinder.aspx But Orange County BoE has a list of precincts on their site as well. http://www.co.orange.nc.us/elect/precincts.asp#precincts   Name Code Address House District Comm. District Municipal Election Battle Park   BP   Chapel Hill Community Center, 120 S. Estes Dr., Chapel Hill 56   1   Chapel Hill   Booker Creek NO CAMPAIGN … Read More →

Downtown University Square, Suite 133-G (back of building) 123 W. Franklin St, Chapel Hill Thursday & Friday, October 20 & 21 -  9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Monday – Friday, October 24 – October 28 – 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Saturday, October 29 – 9:00 a.m – 1:00 p.m. Monday – Friday, October 31 – November 4 – 9:00 a.m. … Read More →

Chapel Hill’s government is goofy. I’m tired of basic necessities like sidewalks, crosswalks and bike lanes being neglected while the mayor & council focus on making more things illegal. Signs for businesses are basically illegal, so owners park their catering or delivery trucks out on the street. The town is desperately under budget, and they’re wasting money hiring more people … Read More →

In North Carolina, cars must yield to pedestrians on crosswalks. The trouble is, people in cars don’t know people are in crosswalks until they’re already in the middle of the street. The streets here have a tendency to curve, and drivers are a lot higher up than they used to be. So pedestrians either wait for a lull in traffic … Read More →

Speaking of buses, you only need to look at the map of bus routes in Chapel Hill to see the zany way it has grown. Everything outside of downtown is a winding, ten minute drive that will make a new resident wonder if they’re in the same place. The local neighborhoods are more like islands. Those of us lucky enough … Read More →

We’ll get to details soon. For now, this website  needs some more stuff on it. Try and enjoy it in the meantime. I’m on the twitter which is apparently the thing to do in Chapel Hill. You can also email me at tim@chapelhillmayor.com unless you are a spambot.