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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2003
Northside panel files conservation proposal
BY NICK EBERLEIN
ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR
After six months of planning,
the Northside Neighborhood
Conservation District Advisory
Committee submitted a proposal
Monday to classify the neighbor
hood as the town’s first-ever con
servation district.
A public hearing before the
Chapel Hill Town Council has been
set for Jan. 21, and some minor
changes to the plan might be made
by then, according to committee
chairwoman Delores Bailey. The
council will set a date to vote on the
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measure after the hearing.
In April town officials charged
the committee with the conception
of a platform that would ensure
preservation of the historically
black and working-class neighbor
hood’s character and function.
Many residents have com
plained of gentrification in the
area, particularly from investors
that outbid families on properties
in attempts to capitalize on the
lucrative student rental market.
“Why does our neighborhood
have to be the one that you make
your money off of?” Bailey asked. “It
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has always been a place where fam
ilies, especially those with moderate
incomes, can make their home.”
The proposal asks that restrictive
covenants on development be
enacted to guarantee that new
home construction or refurbish
ment be done in a way that is
amenable to family living. The
restrictions include limits on a
home’s height, maximum square
footage and ratio of house to lot size.
Mark Patmore, a neighborhood
resident and investor who owns sev
eral properties in the district, told
the council that he thought the sug
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gested actions would be counter
productive. “This is not a second
class neighborhood and it should
not be treated that way.”
He argued that limiting what
people could do with their homes
would discourage families from
moving in if they couldn’t alter
their houses to fit changing needs.
The restrictions, he added, would
also have the consequence of
unfairly capping the value of an
owner’s property.
But Mark Chilton, executive
director of EmPOWEßment Inc., a
local affordable housing agency,
SPEECHWRITER
FROM PAGE 1
she said.
Drafting remarks has taught her
several “tricks of the trade,” which
she said can be seen even in
speeches prepared for politicians.
“If you want to sound clear and
direct, there are ways to do that,”
she said.
Using repetition and simple
grammar and construction are
ways she said many speechwriters
make a speech effective.
Travis said the hardest audience
to prepare for consists of critics of
the University. Those present dur
ing the controversy concerning
UNC s summer reading selections
the past two years serve as a perti
nent example.
“The chancellor speaks for the
University in good times and in
bad times,” she said.
Nancy Davis, associate vice
MORGAN
FROM PAGE 1
Ferrel Guillory, director of
UNC’s Program on Southern
Politics, Media and Public Life,
said Morgan’s move is an example
of politics as usual.
“Redistricting at its root is
extremely political,” he said.
“When districts are drawn, it’s an
opportunity for political leaders to
maximize the strength of their own
base.”
But Morgan’s situation is differ
ent. He is a co-speaker at the top of
a coalition government comprised
of Democrats and a handful of
Republicans.
In January's speaker election,
Morgan not the Republican
caucus’s nominee got the
House’s top post in the state’s first
dual speakership.
“Some Republicans have been
heatedly disputing Morgan’s deci
sion to join a coalition with
Speaker Black. This has not gone
down well in some Republican cir
cles,” Guillory said.
McMahan said he’s in the mid
dle of one of those circles. But he
said it’s beginning to take on the
characteristics of a bull's-eye.
“I think that he has certainly
tried to eliminate those incum
bents who he considers his ene
mies,” he said. “It’s devastating to
the party.”
But Morgan is just doing what
he has to in order to keep his posi
tion in the House, said Thad
Beyle, UNC professor of political
science.
“It sounds kind of brutal, but
VOTING
FROM PAGE 1
Tepper on Friday by the elections
board, there are as many as 925
and 867 registered voters in
Hinton James and Morrison resi
dence halls, respectively.
Thomas estimated that at best,
the campus could be divided into
three districts.
But Tepper said he doesn’t think
the numbers are reflective of the
actual amount of registered stu
dent voters.
“It’s a complicated process with
all the numbers,” he said.
State law mandates that when
residents move, they are responsi
ble for notifying elections officials
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said whether or not creation of a
conservation district will cap values
is a matter of perspective. “From an
investor’s point of view, it may hurt
the values, but for a homeowner it
can work the other way.”
Bailey said a shift from investor
dominance to homeowner domi
nance is exactly what the commit
tee has sought to do.
“We’re not against students, and
we’re not against rentals. We just
want to make sure that the neigh
borhood remains a place families
want to live in and move into.”
The limits placed on construc
chancellor for University relations,
also occasionally helps draft
remarks for the chancellor if his
schedule becomes especially full.
She said Moeser is an excellent
writer, but she meets with him
before he writes to help capture
what he wants to communicate.
“We help him by tailoring his
response,” she said.
Moeser is not the only campus
leader who uses feedback. Student
Body President Matt Tepper said
he has a group of people who
review his speeches as well.
“I wish I had someone who
would help me write my speeches a
little bit more,” he said.
Tepper said he might speak for
an audience as many as three times
a week, and he usually writes a
draft of the speech first and reviews
it with members of his Cabinet.
“We’re kind of there as sounding
boards," Student Body Secretary
Frances Ferris said.
“Yo u can term
(Morgans actions)
survival, but
you can also
term it revenge ”
THAD BEYLE, UNC PROFESSOR
that’s the name of the game some
time,” he said. “You can term it sur
vival, but you can also term it
revenge.”
Creech said the new maps hurt
many Republicans and ultimately
benefit the Democratic Party,
which features little infighting
among representatives.
“It’s worked good from a liberal
Democrat standpoint,” Creech
said. “(But) I think it’s a sad day for
the people of North Carolina.”
In the end, Guillory said, that’s
the reason rules are so stringent for
the redistricting process, which is
the legislature’s most contentious
issue.
Legislators always will try to
improve their re-election chances,
he said, but the redistricting rules
attempt to keep them from going
too far.
“It has to be carried out by a
number of rules, many of them
laid out by courts, some of them
laid out by federal laws,” Guillory
said.
“No legislator can just willy-nilly
play politics. They’ve got to play
politics within those rules.”
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Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.
of their relocation.
Few students do this, however,
and elections authorities do not
inquire into the status of registered
voters until they fail to vote in two
consecutive federal elections,
Thomas said.
Tepper now plans to investigate
how other campuses are divided
into voting precincts to evaluate
how the University can make vot
ing more convenient for its stu
dents.
“It’s definitely something that
should be looked into, especially
with the upcoming important state
and federal elections.”
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tion and development are not yet
final and can be tweaked after fiir
ther public review before the coun
cil takes action, Bailey said.
Tim Dempsey, chairman of the
Town Planning Board, said the cur
rent process for Northside is long
overdue, and he has been happy to
help the committee craft its vision.
“We’re behind the committee on
what they have been trying to
accomplish. This is a really gutsy
thing that the town is doing.”
Contact the City Editor
at citydesk@unc.edu.
Ben Adams, Tepper’s chief of
staff, said that Tepper usually has a
good idea of what he wants to say
and that the topics of his speeches
often are similar.
“It’s not like he has to reinvent
the wheel every time around,”
Adams said.
Tepper said preparing for
speeches still takes up a lot of his
time despite his having people who
can gather information and review
speeches for him.
“I think (the speech) is better in
the end if he wrote it,” Ferris said.
Travis said that although she
often drafts speeches or makes
cues for the chancellor, his voice is
still prevalent in his speeches.
“Writers always want the speak
er to sound like himself or herself
at their best," she said.
“It’s about him. It’s not about me.”
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atfeatures@unc.edu.
MAP
FROM PAGE 1
Knox Jenkins ultimately redrew
the lines for the 2002 elections but
said legislators had to redraw
them again when the new session
began in January. Jenkins said last
April that the lines he drew for last
year’s elections were unconstitu
tional.
But this might not be the end of
the ongoing tug-of-war for voting
districts. Rep. Paul Luebke, D-
Durham, said he thinks
Republicans might be back with
another lawsuit once the bill
becomes law.
He said there appears to be a
division between Republicans who
support House Co-speaker Richard
Morgan and those who do not. In
the 2004 election, based on the
new House lines, some Morgan
detractors would be pitted against
each other, including Republican
Reps. Leo Daughtry and Billy
Creech, both of Johnston County.
In addition, Luebke said law
suits probably will come from
Republicans claiming that Y r oting
Rights districts were weakened by
the new maps.
In the end, Luebke said he is
happy to have the matter resolved,
at least for now. “I hope we can get
the issue laid to rest.”
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Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.
TUFTS
FROM PAGE 1
He had an impact in the devel
opment of the UNC ONE Card
through work he did on a commit
tee with the Registrar’s Office in
1989.
T\ifts was honored at last week’s
Board of Thistees meeting for his 31
years of service. Chancellor James
Moeser praised him for providing
UNC with “moral and ethical lead
ership” on the issue of fair labor.
Peacock said TUfts is a “remark
able figure” who has contributed
quietly to many of the University's
efforts during his time at UNC.
“He is one of the great saviors of
the University” he said. “When Rut
leaves UNC, it will be a tremen
dous loss for the University.”
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