WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 2021 128 YEARS OF SERVING UNC STUDENTS AND THE UNIVERSITY VOLUME 129, ISSUE 10 Last year, the Orange County public discussion and more since a group and run some candidates Board of Commissioners election their creation: for council and mayor, because Chapel was shaped by endorsements made we didn’t feel that the concerns by two local PACs. And in 2015, CHALT of the citizens were being heard,” 2017 and 2019, one local PAC found Henkel said. Hill’s many success in endorsing candidates for The Chapel Hill Alliance for In 2015, CHALT supported Pam Town Council. a Livable Town, or CHALT, is a Hemminger for mayor and three While some of these PACs focus group of community members who others for Town Council, including PACs, on fighting developments that don’t advocate for responsible growth Nancy Oates, Jessica Anderson and align with their vision for the town, and work to preserve Chapel Hill’s CHALT co-founder David Schwartz. others have focused on getting college-town character. Hemminger, Oates and Anderson explained funding for county schools. And The group was formed in 2014 were all elected. Chapel Hill isn’t alone — towns and in response to concerns that the In 2017, the organization formed Tom Henkel By Kayla Guilliams cities across the state have their own Town Council wasn’t listening to a PAC, the Chapel Hill Leadership Save Orange Schools Senior Writer local PACs that seek to influence community input on their Chapel Political Action Committee, to
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