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Is Carrboro complex discriminating?
Submitted by mschultz on 07/18/2008 - 11:33
Staffer Jesse James DeConto broke the story in this morning's N&O about the Carrboro condo complex towing residents' cars for looking shabby or because residents didn't have the legal paperwork to show for them.Â
Now comes word that the Orange County Office of Human Rights and Relations is investigating the issue. Some residents of the complex are illegal immigrants and may not have the papers the complex is now requiring for them to use the parking lot.
One of the questions the county must answer is whether the policy is being applied equally to all residents or whether a certain group is being singled out. Here's the short update we posted this morning. Â Â
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Comments
Why??
Sun, 07/27/2008 - 06:27 — JohnPershingTo New: Police assist people in breaking the law because nobody in charge in Carrboro gives a flying f#*k on a rolling donut about Americans. They're all a bunch of Kristin Collins and shills for El Pueblo. The sooner people get that through their thick skulls, the sooner these problems will be addressed.
Carrboro BOA to the rescue!
Tue, 07/22/2008 - 14:44 — johnmkramerOnce again, ignoring serious financial difficulties looming on the horizon, the Carrboro BOA (except of course for Herrera) chooses instead to try to deal with a feel good issue concerning a private property owner.
Classic Carrboro.
Safety
Mon, 07/21/2008 - 10:54 — Dirty Davey (not verified)This has nothing to do with making the location safer--in fact, the location of the "visitor parking" makes the complex less safe for visitors. This is mostly an attempt to identify and drive out people who are living in an apartment in the complex without being listed on the lease.
I live in Abbey Court and do not feel it is safe to ask my girlfriend to walk the distance from the new "visitor parking" spaces to my apartment, especially not at night.
Safety
Mon, 07/21/2008 - 10:27 — Dirty Davey (not verified)If there were any concern about safety, the visitor spaces would be conveniently distributed among buildings in the complex rather than grouped together at the far reaches of the property. I live in Abbey Court, and when my girlfriend visits I don't feel safe asking her to park in the new visitor area and walk through the complex to get to my building.
Wow!
Fri, 07/18/2008 - 14:56 — adummyI am glad to hear I no longer need to deal with registration or a driver's license. Does this mean I don't have to get my car inspected either? This will save me a lot of time and money.
I live in the neighborhood
Fri, 07/18/2008 - 12:35 — Emily (not verified)I live in the neighborhood so I am strongly in favor of any regulation to make the location safer. Illegal immigrants are breaking the law by driving without the necessary paperwork. Why would the police assist people to break the law?!