Harold’s Blog: Trip to the Nation’s Capitol
From the blog of Cary Mayor Harold Weinbrecht, covering the week through February 19, 2012. Photo by Wally Gobetz.
Cary, NC – This week consisted mostly of my trip to Washington. Read more
Harold’s Blog: Technology, Planning and No Political Positions
From the blog of Cary Mayor Harold Weinbrecht, covering the week through February 5, 2012. Photo by Hal Goodtree.
Cary, NC – A week that was supposed to be relatively light and have some open days, filled up quickly. So I was unexpectedly busy this week. Read more
Harold’s Blog: Land in Chatham County
From the blog of Cary Mayor Harold Weinbrecht, covering the week through January 29, 2012. Photo of Jordan Lake by Hal Goodtree.
Cary, NC – This week was a tough week for me with a council meeting and two speaking engagements. Read more
Harold’s Blog: Growth and My Soapbox
From the blog of Cary Mayor Harold Weinbrecht, covering the week through January 22, 2012. Photo collage by Hal Goodtree.
Cary, NC – This week consisted mostly of three events: the Mayors Association Meeting, a meeting of the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO), and a council work session on downtown. Read more
Harold’s Blog: Retreat Week
From the blog of Cary Mayor Harold Weinbrecht, covering the week through January 15, 2012. Wilmington, NC photo by Hal Goodtree.
Cary, NC – This week was a busy one that included a council meeting and the annual council/staff retreat. Read more
Harold’s Blog: Costco, Fracking & Neon
From the blog of Cary Mayor Harold Weinbrecht, covering the week through January 8, 2012. Photo by Martin Abeggien.
Cary, NC – This was the first full week of the New Year but included a holiday so things were still a little slower than normal.
On Monday I had dinner with a longtime supporter and talked about the next four years and the new council makeup. Read more
Harold’s Blog: State of the Town
From the blog of Cary Mayor Harold Weinbrecht, covering the week through January 1, 2012. Photo of downtown Cary by Hal Goodtree.
Cary, NC – Happy New Year!
This was a holiday week so there is not a lot to report except for the State of the Town Address. Read more
Humorist: Bang a Pan, It’s New Year’s Eve
Cris Cohen is CaryCitizen’s Resident Humorist. Photo by Paul Galipeau.
When I was a kid, New Year’s Eve meant sleeping over at a friend’s house, staying up very late, and physically assaulting cookware. At midnight, whoever was babysitting would send us out onto the driveway and have us hit pots with wooden spoons. Several new years were rung in to the sounds of some sort of saucepan violence. As a result, it is possible that various cooking sets dreamed of one day having a celebration of their own where they beat small children. Read more
Harold’s Blog: Busy Week, Prepping for 2012
From the blog of Cary Mayor Harold Weinbrecht, covering the week through December 18, 2011. Photo of Gurkan’s holiday-decorated Mercedes by Hal Goodtree.
Cary, NC – This was a busy week with meetings, events, and dinners. Read more
Harold’s Blog: Cary Policeman Employee of the Year, Christmas Fun and Skittles Incident
From the blog of Cary Mayor Harold Weinbrecht, covering the week through December 11, 2011. Photo by Hal Goodtree.
Cary, NC – This week was filled with events and meetings.
Since I had no scheduled meetings or events on Monday, I spent time on the State of the Town message. During the rest of the week I reviewed and fact checked the best I could. Tomorrow it goes to the Public Information Office for further fact checking and review. We will tape it the following week for Cary TV and I will give it live for the first time at Glennaire on January 7th.
Tuesday I had a phone meeting with the town manager to catch up on items. There was really nothing new and only status updates which is the reason we decided to use the phone.
Later Tuesday I went over my appointments of council members to inner town committees and external committees. It is important that council members share responsibility and are placed in an environment that they can provide the most benefit to the town. My appointments will be the first order of business after I am sworn in for my second term on December 15th. Read more