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Why we must change Durham BOCC
I just saw this email to the BOCC – since communications with our elected officials are public documents, I am sharing it here. Will the BOCC ignore this citizen? So far they have done nothing. > To: nallam@dconc.gov <nallam@dconc.gov>; nburns@dconc.gov <nburns@dconc.gov>; hcarter@dconc.gov <hcarter@dconc.gov>; bhowerton@dconc.gov <bhowerton@dconc.gov>; wjacobs@dconc.gov <wjacobs@dconc.gov> Sent: Wednesday, January 3, 2024 at 07:17:34 PM EST Subject: Serious on-going road hazard in Durham County enters 3rd year For over…
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On Being Sold Out
December 13, 2023 County Commissioners (BOCC) gave us the middle finger last night. Twice. Despite a good turnout of opposition and lots of written input, 3 out of 4 of them (one of the five absent) voted to blindly follow the city council in approving the developers’ wish list, the SCAD amendments to the Uniform…
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Concerned citizens on SCAD:
From Tom Miller, former planning commissioner and member of Mayor’s SCAD Task Force; About SCAD Task Force Convened This is the fifth of a series of short pieces about problems with SCAD. What is SCAD? It is a developer-proposed re-write of Durham’s zoning code or “UDO.” The SCAD acronym was coined by the developers to…
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SaveDurham.com is dedicated to the open spaces, farming, woods, wildlife, and waterways and lakes in north Durham County.
Rampant and irresponsible development has already decimated southeast Durham. We admire the tireless efforts of our friends at PreserveRuralDurham to protect the little remaining open spaces of southeast Durham and, especially, the critical waterways and lakes on which we all depend. For a great deal of information about existing damage and threats to the entire…
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