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2009 Elections: Council Candidate James Bryan’s Answers

I emailed questions to all the candidates and incumbents for Jacksonville City Council.
Below are the answers from Mr. James Bryan (At Large). The answers are cut and pasted directly from the email and contain no altering of text, except for format (bulletized the questions and indented the answers).

-Water is becoming a less plentiful, but more [...]

2009 Elections: Council Candidate Bob Warden’s Answers

I emailed questions to all the candidates and incumbents for Jacksonville City Council.
Below is the response from Bob Warden (At Large). The response is cut and pasted directly from the email and contain no altering of text.
I’m responding to this because I’ve heard that your blogs are balanced. I’ve read several [...]

2009 Elections: Council Candidate Kevin O’Connor’s Answers

I emailed questions to all the candidates and incumbents for Jacksonville City Council.
Mr. O’Connor has not submitted answers, but I did speak with him briefly on the telephone today. Below is a quick synopsis of our conversation.
Mr. O’Connor believes in taking government “back to basics”, meaning providing the primary services (police, fire, water, sewer etc). [...]

Onslow Memorial Hospital Wants to Pay Mommy-Bloggers, Not Interested in Dads

Onslow Memorial Hospital (Twitter, Facebook) is seeking to pay mommy-bloggers and not offering equal opportunities to dads.
It’s a move I’ve called sexist, ignorant and foolish.
Certainly, moms have a particular perspective on raising children. Certainly, in Jacksonville and Onslow County moms have to deal with particular issues that other moms (you know, the non-married-to-military kind) don’t. [...]

2009 Elections: Jacksonville City Council Candidates

The filing deadline for 2009’s municipal election has passed and the final listing of candidates is available at the Onslow County Board of Elections site.
The incumbents:

Jerome Willingham (Ward 1)
Reva Sullivan (Ward 2)
Alva Williams (At-Large)
Randy Thomas (At-Large)

The challengers:

Jerry Bittner (Ward 2)
Hunter Hadley, Jr. (At-Large)
Robert Warden (At-Large)
James Bryan (At-Large)
Lori Ready (At-Large)
Kevin O’Connor (At-Large)

You’ll notice that Mr. [...]

Adventures in Computing: The Trials and Tribulations of Purchasing a New PC in Jacksonville, NC

AM and I recently purchased a new PC (actually, all I did was recommend a PC, she did all the purchasing) at our local Best Buy (Store 805, which is also available on Twitter).
I’ll summarize the adventures. If you want details, follow the jump.
We needed a new PC. We wanted a Dell, but it [...]

2009 Elections: Candidate Filing is Upon Us

Candidate filing for the 2009 municipal elections will begin Monday, July 6th and end at Noon on Friday, July 17th.
Filing fees (MS Excel) and more information on the municipal elections is available at the Onslow County Board of Elections website.
There are four seats (Willingham Ward 1, Sullivan Ward 2, Thomas (At-Large) and Williams (At-Large) [...]

City of Jacksonville: Trails and Greenways Commission Joint Meeting with Beautification and Appearance and Parks and Recreation Commissions Notes

The City of Jacksonville’s Trails and Greenways, Parks and Recreations and Beautification and Appearance commissions met Monday, May 18th for their annual joint meeting. The agenda is here.
All commissions previous meeting minutes were approved.
The chairmen of each commission made reports on each the actions of each commission:
Parks and Recreation: Work on the recreation Capital Improvement [...]

City of Jacksonville: Trails and Greenways Commission Joint Meeting with Beautification and Appearance and Recreation and Parks Commissions

The Jacksonville Trails and Greenways Commission is meeting Monday, May 18th at 6pm in the Choate Room at the Jacksonville Commons Senior Center. This is a public meeting and all City residents are invited and welcome to come.
The agenda is below.

I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Previous Meeting’s Minutes

a. Recreation & Parks Commission [...]

City of Jacksonville: Recreations and Parks Commission Meeting: March 23rd Notes

The City of Jacksonville’s Recreation and Parks Commission met at 6pm on March 23rd at the Senior Center located at the Jacksonville Commons Recreation Complex.
The minutes from the January 26th, 2009 meeting were approved.
The Recreation and Parks Director, Mr. Tim Chesnutt, reported several items. He covered the Recreation and Parks Commission recommendations in the City’s [...]

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