hiss, boo

that's about all we heard last night at the county commissioners' performance of "sell chatham today! part 1." the n&o covers the unprecedented meeting at which our favorite three approved 11 new subdivisions in chatham. congrats to the paper for pulling a story together - for all our best efforts we couldn't make out a word said through the faulty mic system and commissioner mumbles (ever want to get away with something? mumble. no one will ever know). unfortunately, last night was a drop in the bucket - albeit a large drop - after these guys' tenure, during which they've approved 10,000 new homes, mostly in the northern part of the county where we live (keep in mind chatham currently only has ~60,000 residents; pittsboro, only ~2500). they're scheduled to take up part 2 of the performance tonight at the district courthouse (developers' race to get a stamp of approval before the november elections = hearings that run over into 2 meetings). it's amazing what the lackadaisical raise of a hand can do: all in favor? the same 3 raise their hands. poof! we get another shopping center.

yikes! when will november ever come!