Only We Can Save North Durham

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…

https://bcpi.substack.com/p/how-durham-city-council-voted-on I posted the above article on Reddit. Below is my response to several developers’ trolls who channeled their inner toddlers by crying “NIMBY!” in lieu of any rational comments:

Below is an excerpt from an article for planners on the American Planning Association website.  As you can see, planners want the state, not local governments, to control zoning and impose the ideology of the planning and development community on all citizens of the state.  It’s already happened in California and other states.  Disguised as a…

From: Katie Ross Date: Sun, Dec 1, 2024 at 5:16 PMSubject: NO on SENATE BILL 382To: <info@ncgop.org> Why is the GOP becoming the party of centralized control?  Why is North Carolina becoming the next California in seizing all zoning control from local government? A few wealthy developers seem to own all the politicians in Raleigh.   Some states have…

Developers are having their way with Durham, but they are not paying their way. To facilitate the building of huge subdivisions on forested land, the first thing they do is bulldoze away all signs of natural life. Developers indiscriminately bulldoze the trees and all plant life because it’s cheaper than preserving trees within the property…