August 29 Office Hours

My last Fall Office Hours were productive but not as busy as usual.    Starting next week, Office Hours will move to Fridays at noon. Chia Chi:  Chia Chi runs the IBM Global entreprenenurship Program and is very interested in working with me to offer a more structured mentoring program for the Hottovation program.   […]

August 28 Triangle J Council of Governments Meeting

On August 28 I attended, along with Morrisville Councilwoman Broadwell, the Board of Delegates Meeting for the Triangle J Council of Governments–one of the 17 regional North Carolina Councils of Governments (Region J) established by the North Carolina General Assembly for the purpose of regional planning and administration.  Delegates are encouraged to share this report with their elected colleagues. Recognition […]

Childrens Expo and Open House at The Goddard School

Great fun for all today at the Children’s Expo/Open House and 2013 Carnival held at The Goddard School located in Morrisville. Arvindh Mahajan hosted and many children performed in a Fashion Show and Group Talent show. So cute! Some of the children made their first stage appearance. Attendees were also encouraged to purchase raffle tickets […]

August 8 Office Hours

This week, office hours were quieter than normal but enjoyable as always. Dipak Patel, a Morrisville resident, and founder of an education company, is interested in founding a charter school in Morrisville, focusing on science and math.    I am going to meet him in two weeks as he will be submitting a plan for […]

Fun at the National Night Out

On Tuesday, August 6th, neighborhoods throughout Morrisville joined forces with thousands of communities nationwide for the “30TH Annual National Night Out” (NNO) crime and drug prevention event.     I enjoyed this event with family and friends and thank our staff, police and fire for a wonderful event. National Night Out, which is sponsored by […]

August 3 Breckenridge Triathalon

I had a wonderful time participating in the annual Breckenridge triathalon this morning and also volunteered for the kids race. Thanks to Jay Helms and the families for organizing this event and the 8 laps of swimming, and 4. 2 miles of running, since I do not have a bike!   Willingham is a killer […]

August 2 Office Hours

Rep Murry:   I met Rep. Murry to review some of the legislative bills, and conveyed to him that I was not happy with the guns in restaurants and bars, or increasing restrictions on abortions.   A number of bills did take away or restrict municipal revenue and authority  (protest petitions, aesthetic design control) although Tom did his […]