Only We Can Save North Durham

They are coming for the North, as predicted. Open letter to Durham’s Planning Commission Developers are seeking to have have 43 acres of land currently designated as Agricultural Reserve and OUTSIDE the Urban Growth Boundary, annexed to the city and rezoned in order to build 81 single family homes (but the tier would allow duplex,…

The story of “Griselda,” part cat, part fish, all fake. As I’ll explain, “Griselda” is an instrument being used by someone to affect upcoming local elections. I think it’s appropriate to warn our local politicians of the skullduggery they may face at the same time I alert community members to beware of fake neighbors and…

In my previous post I shared the questions I submitted to the Durham Planning Department regarding the UDO amendment, passed by the council on April 21st, which nullified tree coverage requirements for developments. Below are my questions and the answers I received. I will analyze the planning department’s answers in a future post. The planners’…

On April 21st the city council unanimously passed a private amendment to the Uniform Development Ordinance, drafted by developer lawyer, Patrick Byker, that allows developers to ignore the UDO’s tree coverage requirements if they proceed via a “statutory development agreement.” A statutory development agreement is a special contract negotiated between the individual developer and the…

The Triangle Business Journal has sent me a notice that the article I referenced is copyrighted and they prohibit it from being posted. So I have taken it down. The TBJ is available at the Durham Public Library so, if you are interested, you can read it there for free. I’ll write on the same…

Updated 9/8/2025 All of our local governments in the Triangle are approving rabid development based on the economy of a year ago. Now, we may be heading into a recession. Thousands of federal workers are being fired, the many non-profits in the triangle are being defunded, research grants for our major universities are being pulled,…

Because of upcoming elections for Durham City Council, my open letter to the Durham City Council is again relevant. The same forces that framed Dr. Monique Holsey-Hyman are now primarying councilmember DeDreana Freeman. Holsey-Hyman and Freeman have both been independent voices on the council willing to listen to the public and say “no” to destructive…

Disgusting and dangerous to this country. Musk played by 25 year old “influencer” who got her ticket punched with his 13th baby (she already had a meal ticket kid with a chiropracter.) She got with Musk when she was 22 and he was 51. She was open about wanting a “rocket baby” with Musk (another…

Mr. Tillis: You are ruining the lives of federal worker families who are of your constituents.  These federal employees have worked long and hard to deliver necessary services.  Suddenly, these public servants are fired without cause or having their salaries slashed.  My daughter is a physician assistant at the Butner federal corrections facility and she was…

This blog is devoted to saving Durham, but Durham can’t survive if our American democracy is transformed into a billionaires’ fascist state. Regarding Trump’s and Vance’s embarrassing and failed bullying of Zelensky: It is apparent that in Trump’s unannounced phone calls with Putin leading up to the meeting with Zelensky, the Russian dictator and the…